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Rural Broadband in Montana 20 Aug 2013 | 05:25 am
Our Montana trip came to a close on Friday but I have to share some of the amazing highlights of this trip. I know this is a long blog post but bear with me, because it gets reall...
Boots on the Ground 15 Aug 2013 | 10:03 pm
We may have had a rocky travel day but our first day of "boots on the ground " in Montana was fantastic. We started the day with a wonderful surprise from Blackfoot Telephone on the bus - beautiful gi...
Midnight In Missoula 14 Aug 2013 | 09:37 pm
It was a bit of a rough start to our Congressional Broadband Tour of Montana today, as we got delayed in Washington and then were unable to catch our connecting flight out of Minneapolis. We have a gr...
Back to School 6 Aug 2013 | 05:29 am
Last week, it was "back to school" as I attended the US Chamber of Commerce Insitute for Organization Management, at Villanova University. Association/foundation and chamber of commerce executives ...
E-Rate 2.0 27 Jul 2013 | 05:57 am
We had a lively and engaged discussion yesterday at our monthly OCRE (Organizations Concerned About Rural Education) meeting, regarding the FCC's E-Rate program, also known as the Schools and Librarie...
Blissfully Disconnected 20 Jul 2013 | 04:43 am
Last weekend, we had the chance to do something wonderful that we rarely do in our family: disconnect. Now I know this blog post may see more than a bit counterintuitive given ...
Regional Meeting in West Virginia 20 Jul 2013 | 04:03 am
I was visiting with family in Lexington, VA, this past weekend and then had the opportunity to stop by the NTCA Region 1/2/3 meeting a short drive away in White Sulphur Springs, WV. It was amazi...
Washington Week 29 Jun 2013 | 03:56 am
It has been a nice "catch up" week in Washington, of sorts, with no travel for a while. So, I have been very focused on both the relationships we already have and those we are trying to build with gov...
FRS Summer Board Meeting 22 Jun 2013 | 04:56 am
I realized today that I hadn't written a blog post in some time and that is partly because I haven't been sitting still at my desk long enough to draft one, over the past few weeks! We finished our wo...
2013 Youth Tour Farewells 8 Jun 2013 | 05:14 am
The 2013 FRS Youth Tour came to a close on Wednesday and it was hard to say goodbye to all of our wonderful students and chaperones. We had such a phenomenal group of people with us that we should no...
