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Wow, this is all totally amazing. I love all these ideas. But over
the next month, I will be totally wrapped up with the CIRA CIP grants
as well as my Carleton university innovation class. After that I will
be in Europe for a month. So it would be mid-May/ June before I could
turn any attention to these terrific ideas.<br>
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I hope, however, that others can catch the ball and run with it. I
have always wanted to have a Canadian Community champions award to
counter the big spenders award given out every year at the annual
industry Telecom Summit.<br>
<br>
Marita<br>
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On 3/4/2014 4:41 PM, James Van Leeuwen wrote:
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<div>There is new money for establishing an initiative along these
lines (CIRA, ISOC and others). </div>
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<div>If we designed a strong communication program for leveraging
digital and conventional media on a Canadian footprint, we could
attract a lot of private sector sponsorship.</div>
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<div>The likes of Ciena, Calix, and a host of other vendors or
service providers... no need to go to Telus, Bell, Shaw or any other
incumbents... they would be coming to us. </div>
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<div>With sponsorship commitments from the above sources, it becomes
far easier to leverage $$ out of senior governments. </div>
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<div>The people behind Broadband Communities magazine in the U.S.
have expressed interest in staging one of their upcoming BB EcDev
conferences in a Canadian city, and I now have a conversation going on
with them along these lines.</div>
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<div>I have already spoken with some folks at the City of Coquitlam,
and they might be interested to help host the event somewhere in
Vancouver. </div>
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<div>This would create the opportunity to showcase QNet as one of
North America's most successful community broadband initiatives. </div>
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<div>I will be attending the Broadband Communities Summit in Austin
TX next month:</div>
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<div><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.bbcmag.com/2014s">www.bbcmag.com/2014s</a></div>
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<div>I will take up the conversation with the BBC mag folks while I'm
there. </div>
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<div>If there were a Canadian 'enterprise' whose interests aligned
with those of BBC magazine, and who could help to coordinate the event
I've described above, it might make all the difference.</div>
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<div>There would be no better place in Canada to host such an event
than Vancouver, because of the density of related initiatives that can
be showcased there. </div>
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<div>In addition to QNet there is BCNET and of course FNTC, PCNA,
BCBA and everyone else related to broadband development in the rest of
the province. </div>
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<div>The folks behind BBC magazine would bring a pile of sponsors and
advertisers with them. </div>
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<div>By the time I get to Austin, it would be great if TC/BC3/PCNA et
al had crafted an initial vision and plan for promoting and advancing</div>
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<div>I realize the timeline is absurdly tight, but I'm thinking on
the fly here... I think there may be a huge opportunity staring us in
the face. </div>
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<div>Comments, concerns?</div>
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<div>On Mar 4, 2014, at 2:17 PM, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:cleader@mb.e-association.ca">cleader@mb.e-association.ca</a>
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like it we could also grow the base that was put together in the book
that Darlene 's project produced. All of the stories are on her website
in Pdf. Could also create short digital stories with pics and video and
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<div><b>From: </b>James Van Leeuwen</div>
<div><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, March 4, 2014 3:05 PM</div>
<div><b>To: </b>Bev Collins</div>
<div><b>Cc: </b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div>That's a compelling idea Bev.</div>
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<div>I own the domain <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://bestofbroadband.com/">bestofbroadband.com</a>.</div>
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<div>BOBB is the acronym for Best of Broadband, and I own <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://bobb.ca/">bobb.ca</a> as well.</div>
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<div>I would be happy to hand over both domains to TC or any other
'social' enterprise that took on an initiative like this.</div>
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<div>Could be a great idea for showcasing broadband-related
initiatives across Canada. </div>
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<div>Could also be a monthly or semi-monthy newsletter (call it <i>BOBB's
Your Uncle</i>), and who knows what else. </div>
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<div>Oh wait... imagine two core programs called Best of Broadband
and Digital User Guide (BOBB & DUG). </div>
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<div>(stop me before I slay again)</div>
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<div>These ideas align with the idea discussed in the last AGM of
shifting the TC mandate to community capacity building.</div>
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<div>More food for thought...</div>
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<div>James</div>
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<div>On Mar 4, 2014, at 1:47 PM, Bev Collins <<a
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Take
the John Webb Community Champions Award and make it National. So
happy Gary Shearman was the last recipient<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">J</span><span
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Bev<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US"><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>James Van Leeuwen [<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:jvl@ventus.ca"
style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">mailto:jvl@ventus.ca</a>]<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>March 4,
2014 12:45 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Bev Collins<br>
<b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:advisors@tc.ca"
style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">advisors@tc.ca</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re:
[Advisors] Thought I'd share<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">I
wish we could celebrate all the other Bev Collins out there. <o:p></o:p></div>
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occurs to me that this might be another worthwhile thing for TC to take
on under a revised mandate.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<div
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Celebrate
the success of community broadband initiatives and the people behind
them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<div
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another great success story (see the comments that follow the article):<o:p></o:p></div>
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style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">http://wordsbynowak.com/2014/03/04/digital-divide/</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Mar 4, 2014, at 1:40 PM, Bev Collins <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:bev@pcna.ca"
style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">bev@pcna.ca</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></div>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Wow
– thanks James. This kind of thing reminds me of why we do all this
and brings back that “feels good” feeling!!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
class="apple-converted-space"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">James
Van Leeuwen [<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:jvl@ventus.ca"
style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span
style="color: purple;">mailto:jvl@ventus.ca</span></a>]<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>March
4, 2014 12:38 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Bev
Collins<br>
<b>Cc:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:advisors@tc.ca"
style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span
style="color: purple;">advisors@tc.ca</span></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Re:
[Advisors] Thought I'd share</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; color: rgb(55, 64, 78); background-color: white;">From
my FaceBook page.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; color: rgb(55, 64, 78); background-color: white;">Good
luck to your son, Bev... great story.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; color: rgb(55, 64, 78); background-color: white;">I
am pleased to be a backer of this Kickstarter campaign from Barry
Collins of Powell River BC, who has become a world-class game
developer. </span><span
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<span style="background-color: white;">Barry and his brother
started developing computer games at home in their bedrooms when they
were <span class="textexposedshow">only 6 and 8 years old.</span><br>
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<span class="textexposedshow">An important contributor to their
success was the Powell River Community Network, a wireless network that
leaders in their community built to bring better Internet access to the
whole community. </span><br>
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<span class="textexposedshow">Barry's mother Bev Collins was a
driving force behind the PRCN as well as the Pacific Community Network
Association.</span><br>
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<span class="textexposedshow">This is what community broadband
is all about, and it's people like Bev Collins who make it possible.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Mar 4, 2014, at 12:06 PM, Bev Collins <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:bev@pcna.ca"
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style="color: purple;">bev@pcna.ca</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></div>
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style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span
style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1763303301/ashen-rift-a-man-and-his-dog?ref=live</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Some of you
may know that way back when the Powell River Community Network was
started and my two sons were 6 and 8 years old they started designing
video games. This pursuit has taken them to Malaysia to present their
community project at the GK3 a few years ago. We considered them a
success story, and Michael Gurstein wrote about them in a HRSDC report
13 plus years ago. They’ve worked on some of the world’s top games as
contractors and now Barry is finally taking the time to work on his
own. I have always considered them a community networking success
story because they are self-taught and worked out of their bedrooms.
So it was our idea to enable youth to do the same thing from where-ever
they were in the world. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Anyway –
take a look at Barry’s kickstarter campaign - feel free to support!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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