<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><br><div style=""><div>On Sep 29, 2014, at 12:27 PM, James Van Leeuwen <<a href="mailto:jvl@dusk.ca">jvl@dusk.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Further to my most recent post...<br><div><br></div><div>I have now put print publications from Broadband Communities into the hands of community/municipal leaders all over southern Alberta. </div><div><br></div><div>They are quality products, and they bring credibility to the notion of community/municipal leadership in broadband.</div><div><br></div><div>Over the last two years, I've been encouraging Broadband Communities and the FTTH Council to host an event or two up here. </div><div><br></div><div>A few weeks ago in Minneapolis, the President of the FTTH Council told me they are thinking of putting on a GigBit Highway event in Toronto next spring (no announced yet).</div><div><br></div><div>This might has something to do with the Intelligent Community Forum holding next year's Intelligent Community Awards in Toronto, also in the spring:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.intelligentcommunity.org/index.php?src=news&srctype=detail&category=Awards&refno=1408">http://www.intelligentcommunity.org/index.php?src=news&srctype=detail&category=Awards&refno=1408</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Over the winter, I'll be engaging Broadband Communities around the idea of hosting one of their events in Vancouver next fall, using Coquitlam QNet as a showcase for community/municipal leadership.</div><div><br></div><div>They may need a Canadian partner to pull it off, and for now, there isn't one. </div><div><br></div><div>James</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Broadband Communities Magazine <<a href="mailto:scott@broadbandproperties.com">scott@broadbandproperties.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Municipal Leaders - Don't Miss Next Issue - Broadband Communities</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">September 29, 2014 at 11:04:30 AM MDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><a href="mailto:jvl@ventus.ca">jvl@ventus.ca</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><a href="mailto:nancym@broadbandproperties.com">nancym@broadbandproperties.com</a><br></span></div><br><div>
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