As a community leader starting a broadband planning initiative, I need to know the recommended first step for organizing our planning team and three ways to gather community input. Additionally, I need to confirm if Wisconsin's BEAD Challenge Process is currently open for submissions and find a general contact email for the toolkit.
Navigate to the 'Broadband Toolkit' homepage. Locate the 'Organizing Your Planning Team' section and identify the recommended first step. Locate the 'Getting Community Input and Assessing Community Needs' section and identify three key methods for gathering community input. Navigate to the 'FAQ' section. Locate the 'BEAD Challenge Process' section within the FAQ and determine its status as of July 2024. Find the general inquiry email address on the toolkit pages.
State 'Getting Started: Organizing for Community Broadband Planning' as the recommended first step for organizing a planning team. List at least three distinct methods for gathering community input, such as 'Surveys', 'Conversations', 'Forums', or 'Asset Mapping'. Confirm that Wisconsin’s BEAD Challenge Process ended in July 2024 and is therefore no longer open for submissions. Provide 'katie.wantoch@wisc.edu' as the general inquiry email address.