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The first meeting of the 91st Day Subcommittee was opened by the Chairman Dr. F. H. Moore, Jr. and those fourteen members present viewed a videotape of the experiences of several Nebraska communities that had established electronic facilities similar to the one that we are undertaking. Dr. Moore welcomed members Michael Hayter, Burt Bassham and Dan Manweiler. Michael Hayter was representing Johnston Memorial Hospital, while Burt Bassham was attending mainly from his own interest and Dan Manweiler had been designated the representative of the Contents Subcommittee. Dan explained that he and Jackie Stevenson and Mike Hilton were among the few remaining members of the Contents Subcommittee. Rules of Procedure were discussed and Roberts Rules was selected on motion of Rachel Fowlkes seconded by Jean Luker and unanimously approved. The Mission Statement of the entire group was discussed since it was made a part of our operations by the entire E V A Committee. After some discussion of inclusion of the County in the Mission Statement, it was adopted as our own for the coming project beyond the 91st day on motion of Jean Luker and unanimously approved. The next topic of conversation was tracking the progress of the demo project. Ray Millsap suggested using a paper form to note the names & addresses of participants. There was discussion of using electronic means to do this. David Taverner suggested that we first decide what it was that we wanted to track; then a database could be built for future use as a mailings reference. Ray Millsap, Al Bradley, David Taverner and Dan Manweiler will pursue this objective further and report back. Reporting on the participation in the demo project will involve the use of the information produced above. This information will then be made available to those in need of it such as the Public Relations Subcommittee, the Town or Sprint. The demand for service after the demo could be done by a simple telephone number for people to call during the later part of the demo experiment and express their interest. Baskets available near the demo computers could be used also. David Taverner will check on the use of a telephone line and answering equipment to aid in this phase. Plans for the fiber network beyond the 90th day depend largely on Sprint's interest. David Taverner explained that Sprint was definitely interested in this business, depending on the use projections and projected pricing. Sprint will provide these answers to the Town when they are needed. The committee wanted definitely to hear about this before the end of the demo period and set April 1 as the target date for Sprint's answers on costs and a range of options for service. Bill Chaffin stated that he felt that Sprint was a good possibility, but that the Town needed to retain some control of E V A in order to attend to the proper expansion of the electronic village. The committee agreed that all options regarding the fiber optic network remain open at this time. Jay Cox advised that we were discussing a fourth utility service being provided to residents. As to whether this needed to be a private or joint venture, he was not certain, but that the Town needed to be in front of it in order to move it along. Division of areas of responsibility had been previously covered. Discussion of the Content Committee report was held until the next meeting. Other Notes included: That a kickoff for the electronic village would take place at the Coomes Recreation Center on March 20 at 9:00 A. M. for those who were interested in attending. The next meeting of the full E V A Committee will be held at 7:30 P. M. on March 7. The next meeting of the 91st Day Subcommittee was set for 7:30 P. M. on March 12 at the Municipal Building. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully Submitted,
Albert C. Bradley, Secretary |