[Advisors] info needed re govt programs

[Marita Moll]

Hello advisors. I will be attending ICANN77 in Washington D.C. in a 
couple of weeks. There is a roundtable discussion:

"Government efforts to expand Broadband Access in the US and Canada" 
will explore and critique federal, state and local initiatives to make 
broadband more available, affordable and usable. The panel will look at 
different approaches taking place in urban, rural and Indigenous 
communities and how these efforts are progressing, including programs 
seeking to improve access, financial affordability, device availability 
and end user activation.*
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*Date: Monday 12 June - 10:45- 12:15*

One of our members from National Capital Freenet -- Andrew Marty Asare 
will be speaking remotely about some work he and NCF are doing on the 
ground to get people connected. I am also on that panel. I am wondering 
if any of you have examples I can use about how you are working with 
government programs to fill the connectivity gap -- and how that is 
working out -- or not. This is about different approaches -- and I am 
sure some of you have some examples to offer.

Many thanks

Marita


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