Electronic village of Abingdon

 

“91^st Day” Subcommittee

 

MINUTES

 

29 March 2000   12:30 PM

 

 

            The scheduled meeting of the Electronic Village of Abingdon “91^st Day” Subcommittee held in the Johnston Memorial Hospital Cafeteria was opened by Dr. F. H. Moore, Jr., Chairman.  There were 14 participants present.  These included:

 

F. H. Moore, Jr., Chairman	Jay Cox, Vice-Chairman
Al Bradley, Secretary	Ray Millsap
Jack White	Mathew Matt
Eric Schuler	Jeff Webb
Jean Luker	Randy Robertson
Bill Chaffin	David Taverner
John Mongle	Daveena Sexton

 

            The minutes of the 23 February 2000 meeting were approved as presented.

 

            The next item for review was the status of new connections, including:

 

NAME	ADDRESS	COST	STATUS
Shortridge and Shortridge, P. C.	170 W. Valley St.	$ 1,200.00	Underway by Town/Baker
Robert A. Vinyard	116 E. Valley St.	N/A	Awaiting equipment at C. O.
Linux Capital Group, Inc.	167 E. Main St.	N/A	Awaiting equipment at C. O.

 

            The Browning & Lamie application from the previous meeting was discussed.  Al Bradley explained that we had refunded their deposit until such time as more permanent connections were available on North Valley Street.  Mathew Matt noted that the Shortridge and Shortridge law office would be connected in the near future and that materials for this drop were recently obtained.

 

            David Taverner stated that Sprint was in the process of documenting the fiber connections at the Central Office on Valley Street, at Highlands Union Bank and at Johnston Memorial Hospital for the purpose of turning over the management of EVA to the Town.  This work, including the addition of a 10/100 MBS switch, is nearly complete and will resolve the ‘Awaiting equipment at C. O.’ notes in the status column above.  This would ultimately allow more autonomy on the Town’s part to manage the development of EVA. 

 

            Jay Cox discussed the construction of a fiber route from Abingdon to Bristol.  This proposed route probably will be completed in the third quarter.  The fiber route will include drops along the way at the West End of Town and other fixed stations between Abingdon and the service area of the Bristol Electric System.

 

            Other items discussed included Jean Luker’s mention of a proposed broad bandwidth ‘pipe’ to the Internet that is under study by Sprint and which is the result of the huge demand for Internet traffic from this area.  Jay Cox also made note of some measures that NetAccess is taking in the Blacksburg area to focus and to speed up connectivity there by routing local messages on a direct route rather than passing them through the Internet.

 

            There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 2:08 PM.

 

                                                                             Respectfully Submitted,

 

                                                               

                                                                                                            Albert C. Bradley,

                                                                                                            Secretary