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Southern Vermont Communications Union District (SoVT CUD)
Special Meeting by Teleconference*
6:00 PM, Wednesday, October 14, 2020

6:00PM Meeting
1. Call to Order – Start recording
2. Roll Call
3. Conflict of Interest
4. Public Comments
5. Executive Session to discuss Tilson proposal
a. If motion for exec session passes, END RECORDING
6. Adjournment

* Timothy Scoggins is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: SoVT CUD 20201014 Special
Time: Oct 14, 2020 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Southern Vermont Communications Union District (SoVT CUD)
Meeting by Teleconference*
6:00 PM, Wednesday, October 7, 2020

6:00PM Meeting
1. Call to Order – Start recording
2. Roll Call
3. Conflict of Interest
4. Minutes
5. Announcements
6. Public Comments
7. Reports from Officers and Committees
8. Presentation by Tilson
9. Executive Session to discuss Tilson presentation as relates to RDOF
10. Adjournment – End recording

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Topic: SoVT CUD 2020.10.07
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The Southern Vermont Communications Union District will need to partner or merge with a neighboring district to succeed in bringing fiber-based broadband service to Bennington County, according to a consultant team hired by the district.

Study: Communications district should partner to ensure viability

Southern Vermont Communications Union District (SoVT CUD)
Special Meeting by Teleconference*
6:00 PM, Wednesday, September 9, 2020

6:00PM Meeting
1. Call to Order – Start recording
2. Roll Call
3. Conflict of Interest
4. Pole Survey – Approve proceeding with Tilson
5. Minutes
6. Announcements
7. Reports from Officers and Committees
8. Other Business
9. Public Comments – by teleconference only- instructions below
10. Review of Action Items
11. Adjournment – End recording

Posted on 9/6/20: Emailed on 9/6/20:
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* Timothy Scoggins is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: SoVT CUD: Tilson Pole Survey
Time: Sep 9, 2020 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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*** REGULAR MEETING RESCHEDULED DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ***

Southern Vermont Communications Union District (SoVT CUD)
Meeting by Teleconference*
6:00 PM, Thursday, September 3, 2020

6:00PM Meeting
1. Call to Order – Start recording
2. Roll Call
3. Conflict of Interest
4. Minutes
5. Announcements
6. Public Comments – by teleconference only- instructions below
7. Reports from Officers and Committees
8. Pole Survey – Approve proceeding with Tilson
9. BIG Feasibility Study – RISI, ValleyNet
10. Other Business
11. Review of Action Items
12. Adjournment – End recording

*SoVT CUD Special Time
Thu, Sep 3, 2020 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM (EDT)

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This relates directly to our discussion at our last meeting. People need Internet now. CUDs hope to get them some in a few years. What to do.

from the article: “Vermont’s emergency plan to boost broadband access in the wake of Covid-19 could stifle the growth of communications union districts.”

https://vtdigger.org/2020/08/16/community-startups-wary-of-state-emergency-broadband-plan/

Southern Vermont Communications Union District (SoVT CUD)
Meeting by Teleconference*
6:00 PM, Wednesday, August 5, 2020

6:00PM Meeting
1. Call to Order – Start recording
2. Roll Call
3. Conflict of Interest
4. Minutes
5. Announcements
6. Public Comments – by teleconference only- instructions below
7. Reports from Officers
a. Chair
i. Budget
ii. Pole survey (COVID-Response Grant, Tilson, DV, NEK)
8. Fiber 101 – Alex Kelly, RISI
9. Other Business
10. Review of Action Items
11. Adjournment – End recording

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*SoVT CUD 2020.08.05 Regular
Wed, Aug 5, 2020 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM (EDT)

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From the article: “In short, the FCC’s 25/3 metric is not only a useless metric, it is an actively harmful one. It masks the rapid monopolization of high-speed access occurring in the United States and obscures the extent to which low-income neighborhoods and rural communities are being left behind. And, it attempts to mask the failures of our telecom policy to promote universal broadband.”

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/american-federal-definition-broadband-both-useless-and-harmful

The Southern Vermont Communication Union District voted July 13 to enter into a “teaming agreement” with a telecommunications services company that intends to seek federal funds this fall to expand broadband in underserved rural areas.

https://www.benningtonbanner.com/stories/sovt-cud-teaming-with-tilson,609543?

Southern Vermont Communications Union District (SoVT CUD)
Special Meeting by Teleconference*
6:00 PM, Monday, July 13, 2020

1. Call to Order – Start recording
2. Roll Call
3. Conflict of Interest
4. Announcements
5. Public Comments – by teleconference only- instructions below
6. RDOF Teaming Agreement with Tilson
7. Adjournment – End recording

*SoVT CUD Board re Tilson and RDOF
Mon, Jul 13, 2020 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (EDT)
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