RTC Board Meeting
Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 4 p.m.
The Prosperity Center, 520 E Street, Eureka

Present: Mary Cruse, Daria Topousis, Michael Kraft, Steve Stratton
Absent: Seth Johanessen, Bob Morse, 

Membership update
-Board is passing around the list of former members and updating contact information

Humboldt Bay (a collaboration between, Arcata, Eureka and Humboldt County) has submitted a proposal to Google's Fiber Project that promises to bring 1 GB fiber to 50,000 - 500,000 homes in one or more communities. The effort was spearheaded by Gregg Foster of RREDC who also put together a great resource site to support the proposal.

RTC Board Meeting
Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 4 p.m.
The Prosperity Center, 520 E Street, Eureka

Present: Daria Topousis, Mary Cruse, Michael Kraft, Bob Morse, Steve Stratton
Absent: Seth Johanessen

Thursday Lunch

-Mary says speakers are ready to go
-Steve says internet no problem, but slow
-Daria to talk about RTC, introduce Mary as new president

Scholarship

From Sean McLaughlin:

National Public Radio correspondent Laura Sydell was in our region this week for a story about Broadband and challenges for universal service, including for remote rural communities in our region.

RTC Board Meeting
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The Prosperity Center, 520 E Street, Eureka

Present: Mary Cruse, Michael Kraft, Bob Morse, Steve Stratton, Seth Johanessen
Absent: Daria Topousis

Stuff at Daria’s house:
-Steve can take it
-Michael says food and sodas can be given to Food for People, if they’re within expiration date

Board roles next year:
-Mary accepts nomination for president
-New board members- Need current board members to brainstorm via e-mail

RTC Board Meeting
Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 4 p.m.
The Prosperity Center, 520 E Street, Eureka

Present: Daria Topousis, Mary Cruse, Michael Kraft, Bob Morse, Steve Stratton
Absent: Seth Johanessen

Welcome to Monica

Membership
-Daria put a note on the list re: membership on 1/12/10
-Michael would like to find someone new to do membership
-Activity from December meeting is down a lot
-Only in-kind sponsor-member is Lost Coast. Chambers are trade.
-Michael and Tiffany to do next round

The Redwood Technology Consortium favors ubiquitous and reliable telecommunications for the North Coast of California.  We believe that widely available, affordable, and reliable broadband is vital to the health and well-being of the area’s economy and to the civic lives of the area’s residents.

Yesterday, June 26, the RTC hosted an open meeting to review the status and plans and concerns related to Federal stimulus money and  potential proposals to improve the broadband infrastructure for our region. We plan to continue these meetings and also plan to offer this blog as a means of disseminating information and encouraging conversation on this and other matters of interest. Board members took notes at the meeting.