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Media Note: Veteran Seven Dayzers Get 1 Percent Ownership Stake
by Courtney Lamdin
Seven Days stakeholders
Thirteen longtime Seven Days employees are now 1 percent owners of the Burlington-based media company.
The newspaper's founders, Paula Routly and Pamela Polston, publicly announced the transition on Monday. The development is part of Seven Days' succession plan, which began in 2009 when three veteran staffers — Cathy Resmer, Don Eggert and Colby Roberts — were named junior partners. Routly and Polston founded the paper in 1995.
The 13 workers' 1 percent holdings, combined with the three minority owners' 12 percent, represent a 49 percent ownership stake in Seven Days, a company press release said.
"We wanted to make sure the company would continue beyond us," Polston said. "We have such a great team right now."
"We want to send a message that this is a viable business, and we're here to stay," Routly added. She maintains a 51 percent stake in the company.
The 13 shareholders are staff writers Paul Heintz and Ken Picard, assistant arts editor Dan Bolles, account executives Michael Bradshaw, Michelle Brown, Robyn Birgisson and Kaitlin Montgomery; marketing director Corey Grenier, production manager John James, art director Diane Sullivan, director of circulation Matt Weiner, chief proofreader and special publications manager Carolyn Fox, and senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger.
All of the employees, except Weiner, have worked full time at the newspaper since 2012 or earlier. Weiner became full time in 2014 but has worked for the paper since 2006, when he was hired as a part-time delivery route driver while a student at the University of Vermont.
"I feel like it's really rare to have the kind of effort that you put in at work [be] reciprocated by your employers," Weiner said. "I felt very blessed to be in this situation."
Birgisson, who has been with the company since January 2004, said she was "blown away" by the offer and said working for Seven Days "doesn't feel like work."
"I love what I do," she said. "Back in the day, working other places, [I would] get those Sunday night blues, like, Oh God, I gotta go to work on Monday. I've never felt that way."
Sullivan started at Seven Days in 1999, just four years after the paper began publication. Sullivan said she appreciates the company giving back.
"I've spent most of my adult life here," she said. "It's pretty cool, it's pretty great, it's pretty fabulous."
Weiner said being a part owner has instilled in him an even greater sense of responsibility to continue the company's success.
"It's just incredible to see the impact Seven Days has on the community," he said. "That's caused me absolutely tremendous pride to be a part of this."
Correction, January 6, 2020: A previous version of this story incorrectly reported that Weiner had graduated from UVM when he started at the paper. He was still a student at the time.
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The daughter of an Arleta man who was detained Sunday outside his home by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents spoke out this week about his treatment and the immigration policies that appear to target longtime, law-abiding residents.
Jose Luis Garcia, 62, was watering his lawn and having his morning coffee outside his Arleta home when ICE agents put him in handcuffs and detained him, according to his daughter, Natalie Garcia.
The arrest came as a shock to the 32-year-old Garcia, who said that her father is a law-abiding, legal permanent resident who came to the United States nearly 50 years ago when he was 13-years-old.
He attended Van Nuys High School, and in addition to now living in Arleta, raised his family in Glendale, she said.
ICE officials would not confirm or reveal details about the nature of the "past criminal convictions," citing confidentiality reasons.
Garcia said she has been able to visit her father at the Theo Lacy detention facility in Orange County since his arrest, and was able to bring medication to him and talk with him.
"He is obviously devastated and in shock right now," she said.
Garcia said that after her father was taken away on Sunday, she felt like a "sitting duck," but wanted to do something about it. She reached out to media because she wanted to bring greater awareness to what happened to her father because she felt that not many may realize it could happen to them as well.
Garcia said her father being detained so suddenly is disruptive to their family in many ways, including the fact that he is helping to care for and serve as a role model to her six-year-old daughter.
"Having to explain that to my daughter, is devastating — that grandpa is not here," she said.
Michael Kaufman, a senior staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, said the incident appears to fit a pattern under the Trump administration of detaining people with old, minor convictions.
Kaufman noted that the current administration no longer prioritizes targeting people with serious criminal convictions.
"It's part of a pattern that we've seen of rounding up people who are longstanding members of our community who have family here and settled lives here and their lives are turned upside down because they may have committed some misdemeanor deep in their past," Kaufman said.
Garcia will have an opportunity in immigration court to raise a defense against his removal from the country. But because the immigration courts are severely backlogged, that could take many months and in some cases, years to resolve, Kaufman said.
Garcia may be eligible to be released on bond while his claims are being heard, he added.
Kaufman said it wasn't clear to him why ICE officials decided to target this man two decades later.


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Oklahoma's CareerTech System honors Dale DeWitt
Dale DeWitt, former agricultural education teacher for Braman Public Schools and former member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, joins five Oklahomans who will be inducted into the 2015 Oklahoma CareerTech Education Hall of Fame.
A banquet and ceremony honoring these individuals will be held Oct. 21 on Francis Tuttle Technology Center's Rockwell Campus in Oklahoma City. Other inductees are Phil Berkenbile, Morrison; Dean Denton, Broken Arrow; Bea Paul, Enid; and Greg Pierce, Ada.
The 2015 class of inductees will increase the Hall of Fame membership to 75. The Hall of Fame, which is sponsored by the Oklahoman Foundation for Career and Technology Education, was founded in 1990. Previous inductees include governors, college deans and professors, business and industry leaders, educators and CareerTech faculty, staff and agency members.
"Oklahoma CareerTech Hall of Fame honorees have contributed significantly to the success of the CareerTech System," said Marcie Mack, CareerTech state director. "Each recipient has advanced the mission of CareerTech in unique and extraordinary ways. Their commitment to students, businesses and the lives of Oklahomans is appreciated and honored."
Active in sports and 4-H during high school, DeWitt earned an associate degree in science in 1970 from Northern Oklahoma College and a bachelor's degree in agricultural education in 1973 from Oklahoma State University, where he competed on the livestock judging team.
His first job was working as a hog buyer at John Morrell Packing Co. in Arkansas City, Kan. Shortly after that, he began teaching agricultural education at Helena-Goltry Schools, where he worked for three years. He then moved back to Braman, where he taught agricultural education and farmed for 27 years.
Through the years, DeWitt's FFA chapters were competitive in livestock judging, livestock showing, public speaking and leadership activities.
"He's given a life of service, which has taken a lot of sacrifice and hard work," said former student Mindi Clark. She is now assistant professor of agricultural education at Northwestern Oklahoma State University.
DeWitt has received the Bronze and Silver Teacher of Teachers awards from NVATA; the NAETA Outstanding Agriculture Education Teacher Award; an NAAE Award; Honorary, State and National FFA degrees; the ACTE Oklahoma Distinguished Service Award; and the VIP Award from the Oklahoma FFA Association.
His philosophy as a teacher carried on to the state Capitol, where he was dedicated to the needs of rural Oklahoma, focusing on agriculture and education. He served as chairman of the Agriculture and Natural Resources A & B committees, majority leader, majority floor leader and chairman of the Oklahoma Redistricting Committee for the Oklahoma House. He served for 13 years, finishing his term in 2014.
He received numerous awards from groups such as the Oklahoma State School Board Association, the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts, the Oklahoma Rural Water Association, the Oklahoma Pork Council, the Oklahoma Farm Bureau and Made In Oklahoma.
In addition, he received NOC and OSU Distinguished Alumni Awards. He continues membership in the Oklahoma Retired Teachers Association, the Farm Bureau, Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association and the Sirloin Club.
Tickets for the reception and banquet are $60 each. Please contact LaMecia Stidham, 405-743-5115, for more information or to make a reservation for the event.
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Q: How to format date field of input file while creating a dataset in sas My input file looks like this:
FCODE,AIRPORT,TDATE,CHILD,ADULT,ECAR,FCAR
IA06100,CDGWE,01APR2000,8,85,3328,11730
IA05900,CDG,01APR2000,8,85,2392,8415
IA07200,FRA,01APR2000,10,97,1720,5432
IA04700,LHR,01APR2000,14,120,2576,7320
I want to read this file and create a dataset, where the TDATE file is formatted into mm/dd/yyyy. The following is my base sas code:
data test;
  infile "C:\SAS Training\testfile.txt" firstobs=2 dlm=',';
  input FCODE $  AIRPORT $ TDATE $ CHILD ADULT ECAR FCAR;
  format tdate MMDDYYYY10.;
run;

But I am getting ERROR 48-59: The informat $MMDDYY was not found or could not be loaded. Essentially I want to convert the date "01APR2000" in the input file to "04/01/2000" in the dataset.
Thanks

A: You need to use proper INFORMAT
TDATE :date.
Note the :

A: Try this below. TDATE is a date (special case of numeric in SAS) so no following $ in input statement. You also make some confusion between informat (how SAS reads raw data and convert it) and format (how SAS displays data).
data test;
  infile "C:\SAS Training\testfile.txt" firstobs=2 dlm=',';
  input FCODE $  AIRPORT $ TDATE CHILD ADULT ECAR FCAR;
  informat tdate DATE9.;
  format tdate DDMMYY10.;
run;

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Q: Transistor delay switch equal to a SPDT Relay I have a circuit I need the functionality of a SPDT switch that is flipped a couple of seconds after power is applied.  It is just switching data lines on a USB port so there is no current being switched.
Actually, I need it to short the data lines on the USB port and then 2 or 3 seconds later connect the data lines to a USB hub.
Currently I am using a SPDT switch to accomplish this.
Thanks in advance!

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I would like the process to be automatic.  i.e. plug the USB cable in and it just works.
Long explanation.
I have a windows tablet pc that has only one micro USB port on it.  It uses this port for charging as well as USB OTG to connect USB peripherals. The problem is it won't usually charge while in OTG mode.  Just applying 5v to the power lines of the USB port won't make it charge.. To get it to charge, you have to short the data+/- lines together.  Then as long as you keep power applied to the Power +/- lines it will continue to charge without shorting the data +/-.  You can then connect usb devices to the data lines and the PC and they work.
The purpose of this is so that I can charge the tablet and use USB devices at the same time.  As it is now, I have to plug the usb hub in with the SPDT switch in shorted position and then flip the switch every time I connect the hub.   I want to make it all automatic. It needs to have the lines shorted for a few seconds and then switch in the lines for the USB hub.
Detecting the USB plug in is easy, just use the USB shield and USB ground pin as a switch.. i.e. leave the ground wire disconnected in the USB cable. The shield wire is used to carry ground. When you plug it into the tablet pc it connects the shield to the GND wire (since they are tied together on the tablet's USB port) and completes the circuit.
Hopefully this makes this all clear. I'm not sure how this forum works to get your thread unlocked after its has been flagged as unclear. :/

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simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
Figure 1. SPDT CMOS time delay.
This circuit may do the trick.
The circuit is shown in its steady state.

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*R1, C1 form a 2s time delay on power-up. During this time delay NOT1 out will be high turning on SW1 and shorting out the TX and RX lines. SW2 will be open.

*When C1 reaches 2/3 supply NOT1 out will swich low, turning off SW1 and removing the short. Simultaneously NOT2 out will go high connecting SW2.

The 40106 is a Schmitt trigger to give clean switch-over.


Assistant Director of Facility Operations Miles Mann said an unknown person clogged the sewage system, resulting in a pungent smell that overwhelmed University Center on Monday, Aug. 31.
Workers from the university's physical plant discovered that a rags clogged a pipe.
Mann speculates that a student could have been behind the clogging.
He hopes that students do not repeat this harmful and smelly mistake in the future.


April's "Bukchon Culture Days" will take place at the Bukchon Traditional Culture Center and throughout the Bukchon area, with traditional cultural experiences and performances, village trips, and lectures through which residents and both local and foreign visitors can have the opportunity to experience and feel Bukchon's true value.
Tour Bukchon Traditional Culture Center with a guide to learn about the life of the Lady of Gye-dong and hanok while finding the Lady of Gye-dong's hidden treasures.
The Bukchon's fair travel program, "Mature Village Trips," which has been greatly loved for the past two years, has returned after a winter break with the theme, "Spring, Nature." Meet the friendly Bukchon through stories told by village commentators from different fields.
「Bukchon Hanok Court, Wall, Floor」 Trip: Find the courtyards, walls, and floors of Bukchon hanok in the springtime to learn about the architectural and cultural life styles of hanok.
Spring Painting Outing, 「Meeting Bukchon with Paintings」 Trip: Find places throughout Bukchon that are mentioned in art history to hear stories and visit the homes of artists who once lived in Bukchon.
「The Voices of Bukchon Trees」 Trip: There are many trees with special stories in Bukchon. Time travel by finding trees from Bukchon's history.
「Hanok, the Tail of Spring」 Trip: Tour Bukchon, learn about the history of Pansori, and hear the sounds of Korea that harmonize beautifully with the hanok.
Reservations can be made through the Seoul Hanok website (http://hanok.seoul.go.kr), and inquiries can be made to the Bukchon Traditional Culture Center (☎02-741-1033).
As Bukchon is a residential area with a living history and community, unlike Namsangol Hanok Village and the Korean Folk Village, we ask that visitors be "mature and quiet visitors," in consideration of the residents.


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'Pilot' Wesley Tierney who illegally flew planes for six years without a licence is spared jail
'Pilot' Wesley Tierney who illegally flew light aircraft for six years without a licence is given eight-month suspended jail sentence
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Wesley Tierney, 25, of Linden Green, Letchworth, lied about being a qualified pilot and spent his spare time carrying his friends around in light aircraft – once risking the lives of two children, aged 4 and 6.
A 'Walter Mitty' pilot who illegally flew aeroplanes for six years without a licence has been spared jail.
Cambridge Crown Court heard on Friday (March 3) how Tierney had learnt how to operate the mechanisms of planes by becoming a qualified glider pilot and instructor.
But although this allowed him to understand the workings of how to fly, Tierney was not legally qualified to do so.
Prosecutor Alison Slater, representing the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), told Cambridge Crown Court: "This is less about competency and more about trust.
"There was no harm incurred but there was sufficient risk of harm."
The court heard how Tierney got a job as an Airfield Operations Officer at North Wield Airfield, Essex, in 2010, by forging the correct qualifications.
Cottenham's Christopher Dickerson given community order for sexual assault and warned by judge about his behaviour
In this role he assisted planes in the risky manoeuvres of taking off and landing.
As well as taking to the skies himself, he also claimed to be a flying instructor and signed off on several learner pilots' qualifications.
This meant that a number of unsuspecting aviators were temporarily taking off illegally.
But the court heard he was found out after his colleagues grew suspicious of his qualifications – only to find out he didn't have any when they made the relevant checks.
Tierney then revealed that he had been unable to afford to obtain a pilot's licence legally.
But he said after misleading friends into thinking he had one he felt obligated to continue the pretence.
He pleaded guilty to three counts of acting as flight crew without holding an appropriate licence and two of forgery of documents with attempt to deceive.
Royston pilot was flying 'too slow and too low' before Shoreham air disaster that killed 11 people
Dressed in a grey checked suit, Tierney declined legal representation and spoke for himself briefly in court yesterday.
When asked about the charges before him he spoke of "relief that he no longer had to lie".
He said: "The only relief for me was when I found out I didn't have to continue this lie.
"It's a lie I told when I was very young.
"I've realised a good job isn't just one you can brag about to your friends in the bar."
Recorder Sandip Kainth handed Tierney an eight-month jail sentence suspended for 14 months. He also ordered him to carry out 140 hours of unpaid work.
Sentencing him, the judge said: "Had you not pleaded guilty and co-operated I would not have thought twice about sending you to prison.
"You put lives at risk. There was no insurance and no comeback for those who flew with you. I can't imagine, if there were to have been an accident, the repercussions for the families."
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Tierney, must also pay £750 in costs.
His exploits bear comparison to famous American con artist Frank Abagnale Jr who notoriously disguised himself as an airline pilot between the ages of 16 and 18.
His tale famously inspired the 2002 movie Catch Me If You Can, in which Leonardo DiCaprio played the lead role.
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About Our Distinguished Guest
For the last year, Joe Valandra has served as the senior vice president of Tribal Communications, LLC.
Joe works to help tribal groups find future-proof, broadband solutions to the connectivity problems facing their communities. A member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, Joe is uniquely qualified to understand the issues facing these communities.
Joe received his JD from University of Minnesota Law School and his Bachelor's from University of South Dakota.
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Scott Dismore: And we're live. Good afternoon and welcome to the latest edition of Ask Me Anything on broadband.money. My name is Scott Dinsmore, I'm the Vice President of Tribal Relations here at broadband.money and ready.net. I also co-chair my own tribe, the Pakan'Yani Maidu Of Strawberry Valley Rancheria, it's located in Northern California. Today, I'm joined with Mr. Joe Valandra, who's the Senior Vice President of Tribal Communications. Very excited for this Ask Me Anything with you Joe. It's connecting tribal communities and assessing their needs in high quality broadband access is so very, very important, really looking forward to speaking with yourself with so much experience. If you wouldn't mind, take a moment and just tell us about yourself, your background and some of the great work you're doing in Indian country.
Joe Valandra: Sure. Thank you, Scott. I'm very happy to be here this afternoon too, I've been looking forward to this for some time. Hello, everybody, I'm Joe Valandra. I am a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe from South Dakota. I grew up in South Dakota. I went to undergraduate college at the University of South Dakota and to the University of Minnesota Law School. I've lived and worked around Washington DC now for the last 20 years and have worked in Indian country for almost double that, I hate to give away my age, but almost 40 years, over 35 years working in various aspects of Indian country, mostly with economic development, some in Indian gaming, in fact quite a long career in Indian gaming, but also worked in ADA contracting and other kinds of developments for tribes and have had an interest in broadband for over a decade for tribes. Started with the American Reinvestment Act under President Obama, put together five different projects with the five different tribes to try to bring broadband to Indian country back then.
Joe: Unfortunately, those projects weren't funded, and things or the world has moved on. But now, we're in a new world, and I've been now with Tribal Communications for just a little over a year, just a few days over a year, and have rekindled my commitment, my zest, my zeal, for tribal broadband. Tribal Communications is native-owned, our mission and our goal, our whole vision is to facilitate bringing high speed broadband to all of Indian country with all of the attendant benefits that come with that, we'll talk more about that. But the economic development opportunities, better healthcare, better education and just better overall ability to communicate and positively impact lives and livelihoods in Indian country. So in less than 10,000 words, I hope that's a good start.
Scott: No, that's perfect. Thank you, Joe. If we could just kinda kick us off, I wanna unpack the... Something that you had just brought up with respect to healthcare, education and economic opportunity. Because you and I, we've talked to, I don't know how many tribes, countless tribes right now as of today across this country and Alaska. And those are three items that circulate quite a bit. Now, from my perspective, I would say healthcare kind of equates to telehealth in this context, having that broadband access. And I'm thinking of a tribe that I've communicated with quite a bit up in the Northwest. Very remote, really no discernible internet access to speak of. And for those folks, it was a couple hour trip into the city to maybe or maybe not see a doctor. And in some cases, they wouldn't see anybody and have to drive home. So I'm just... From your own discussions and things of that nature, I'm wondering how important is that telehealth access in this case?
Joe: Well, I don't think it can be over-emphasized. That was... Part of the motivation 10 years ago unfortunately continues to be the same motivation today. The story you just told, Scott, isn't unusual in Indian country, where most reservations are remote, have an hour's-long trip to a city center of some kind, a regional healthcare center. Even if there is an IHS hospital or IHS clinic on the reservation, they often can't handle emergency situations, certainly most kinds of surgery and those kinds of things. So people do have to travel. And my home reservation is a good example of that, a similar story, there's two hours-plus to a hospital, to a major hospital from Rosebud. And it negatively impacts healthcare.
Scott: Sure.
Joe: Now, telehealth has a lot of different connotations. But I think one of the great things today, both with the availability of high-speed broadband, and I mean true high speed broadband, 100 gigabytes up and 100 gigabytes down or more, really facilitates a diagnostic part of telehealth that hasn't always been there. In that imaging, other diagnostic tools can take place in real-time. The doctor can be anywhere in the world really, and it can be a world-renowned expert. And through the tools that are now available, it brings... As I said, diagnostic tools, but a lot of other things. So healthcare isn't so remote, and that's one of the great benefits of what we're doing, or what we hope will happen when we're done doing this.
Scott: Yeah. And just in... A few of the stories that I've heard of is just it could cut right through to so many folks. And I've been on calls where people are trying to position... 'Cause there's so much remote equipment nowadays, whether it's monitoring for diabetes or heart arrhythmias and things of that nature. Which are all well and good, but if you don't have that broadband access, it kind of is a moot point. So obviously, we're working towards that.
Joe: And, Scott, there's another part of healthcare that often isn't talked about, and that's mental health. Through true high-speed broadband, where you can have a connection like we have today, and you can be one-on-one in a private setting, a counselor, a therapist, those kinds of therapeutic treatments are available then for people on the reservation or in remote locations. And that can really have, I think, a positive impact on the mental health of the overall community.
Scott: Without a doubt, without a doubt. The other aspect, and again, as COVID kind of exposed, if you will, this... The connectivity with respect to education and obviously the young ones. I know of instances where reservations, right now in 2022 rely on their cell phone for internet access and a hotspot. And if it's not their cell phone, it's a local... Perhaps a library or a McDonald's parking lot. So obviously, this becomes a real game changer for the next generation. And I know you've... I'm preaching to the choir in that sense. But secondary education as well, I think it just opens up a lot of doorways, and in a really good way.
Joe: Well, yeah. You've hit the highlights of keeping... When there's a health crisis, like we did... Like we're just coming out of we hope, and... Or other kinds of natural disasters, or just you're just a long way from... Again, from an educational hub, high-speed broadband with the right connections can get you a college education, can get you certified to do a lot of other things, and thereby improving your life, improving the community's life and making sure that the livelihood of the community, which is their health and their education, are taken care of at a foundational level. It's very important.
Scott: Fundamental.
Joe: It's incredibly important.
Scott: Absolutely. And then the third leg is obviously the economic opportunity. If you can kinda give me your perspective on what it would mean economically to a reservation that has had little or no access at all to the internet. In your words, what does that mean?
Joe: Well, it will be revolutionary, I guess, in many ways, maybe other words other than that. But not only is it the ability to build an online business, which is... Small businesses are the... You hear it all the time in campaigns, but it's actually statistically true, small businesses are the largest employers, are the real growth engine for most of the economy. It may not seem like it all the time, but they are. So the internet high-speed broadband will give the opportunity for entrepreneurs to start their business wherever they are, whether they're selling a good, or they have services that they wanna bring to the market. But it also does other things. For example, the world now, we see it because we're doing this right now, is based on or is really built on data transfer. So there are data centers all over the world.
Joe: And most of us, on this call anyway, certainly know that if you buy something from Amazon, or you do a search on Google, or you... Those are the two major ones, but there's Microsoft, there's many others. They have huge databases, or data storage places, where they access that, and other businesses have their servers housed. And for economic efficiency, for redundancy, security, you name it, data centers are all over the place. And this would open the opportunity for tribes to host data centers of all different types and kinds. That hasn't been there before, because there hasn't been the connectivity to do that before. And other businesses that I can't even think of that are based on the web or just the ability to communicate your idea, you'll now have an opportunity to communicate your ideas, your thoughts, to the world. That's exciting.
Scott: Absolutely. Yeah. It's just opens up an infinite amount of doorways to opportunity, which I love. All right, so moving on to another topic here in mapping, specifically the impact of the FCC fabric on tribal BEAD funding. I know this is a very hot topic for yourself, but if you could just to kind of elaborate a bit more.
Joe: Well, I'll try to keep it focused, because it's kind of one of those topics that can take up a lot of space.
Joe: But I'll try to do it simply, and it simply it boils down to two things. In the laws that were passed by Congress that created the funding for the current broadband opportunities in Indian country that are administered by the NTIA. Let's just pick out the biggest program, the BEAD program that has $42.5 billion to disperse. And the basis for that, for those dispersals, besides the application process, is going to be the FCC's map that says... That shows what is served and unserved in the US. That map is built primarily on reports from existing providers. They call it a 477 report, and the FCC puts that all together, shows on their map what the service providers indicate is served or unserved areas. And that is the map that has been used for years, but now it takes on more importance for Indian country, because those allocations will definitely impact how much money is available for tribes through programs other than the tribe will set aside. And we're gonna leave that in a separate topic. Right now you say, "Okay, that even that's a little bit technical," and it is. But the FCC's gathering data now. And they're not calling it mapping any more, they're calling it a fabric. It's kind of a modern term, because the seamless web is a fabric or something like that. But those maps that the NTIA must by law use to allocate its funds based on the applications will have a negative impact on tribes.
Joe: Because historically, not only are the... Have people smarter than me showing that those FCC maps are up to 70% inaccurate. When it comes to tribes, tribes are by and large, if you see those maps left out, they're just a hole in the map, which is assumed to be unserved, underserved. Or in many cases... And I'm not accusing anyone here, but in many cases, the provider that may be in a tribal area reports speeds and service from its best location. So it appears that there is service, or that it's not underserved, that there's adequate service when there's really not. And there's no audit process. There's no way to dispute that. So, as a result, as I'll say, when the funds are allocated from NTIA to the states, there's going to be gaps and from Indian country's point of view, it's gonna leave a lot of Indian country out.
Joe: Now, luckily, Scott, there is a way for Indian country to react to this, besides being indignant or angry about it. You can be those things too. But under the law, the states also have to create their own maps, separate and apart from the FCC. Now they're gonna use the FCC fabric as a starting point. But under NTIA's regulations, they have mandated that states create their own served and unserved areas on their maps. So, some states are conducting their own surveys, some aren't. But, that's where the opportunity for tribes comes in to play a role in gathering that data, providing data to the states. So the tribes are more certain to be included in the state maps which means that when the state reallocates whatever money it gets from NTIA that it will be based on a more fair mapping.
Joe: So, as I say, I'm trying to keep it simple. It's a little more complicated than that, but that's really what it boils down to. If tribes are not aware of this, they need to be. And I've been advocating for this for a while, as you know, and I'm gonna continue to get on top of my soapbox every chance I get.
Scott: Absolutely.
Joe: To bring this up. But there are things that tribes can do to help with this. And I'll talk about one of the solutions later but I'll stop right now, Scott, so you can...
Scott: Okay. Well, that kind of pivots us into what we've been calling tribal data sovereignty. And, there's a lot of discussion about self determination, and I've been a part of calls, listening in on a variety of different conference calls in the tribal sector, if you will. And, I'm not gonna name states or companies, but I was on one call in particular, and the gentleman was talking about, I don't wanna say the word surveillance, but it was like surveillance, with respect to drones and LiDAR and things of that nature. And there were some tribal folks on the phone and they asked, "Who gave you permission?" And the gentleman was more or less talking about the state gave them access, if you will. And they really did not engage the tribe nor the reservation at all.
Scott: And I know that's a big point of contention is like, you've gotta ask permission. You've gotta talk to the tribe, you've gotta talk to the council. You gotta go through these iterations of permission to do that analysis, 'cause ultimately, the tribe wants to own that information and then let you into that wall garden, if you will, for lack of a better term, and then determine what they release in terms of information. So as we're talking about mapping and things and that hole that you referenced on the map, what do you think is the best way to navigate that river, if you will?
Joe: Well, as in all things, my opinion is that, the tribes need to be in control of that data flow. That is the way to fill that gap is through what's called speed testing, and as you know, Scott, we've jointly, our two companies, Tribal Communications and ready.net have developed what we're calling a tribal community toolkit that will allow tribes to do their own speed tests, have the residents on their reservation log into a website whether it's on their phone or their computer or whatever, however they access the internet.
Joe: And that test will indicate what... A whole bunch of technical stuff, but basically is there service or not service, or what kind of service is there if there is service? But the tribe will be in control of that. Now, what I mean by that is, our tool, which will be introduced in the marketplace here very shortly, will gather all the data for the tribe, but the tribes will control that data. We've very carefully put together a privacy policy and a use policy that is really driven entirely by the tribes. There'll be no individual locations reported, everything will be aggregated so that, again, other Rosebud Reservation will have their aggregated data about service or served unserved and other data that comes from that aggregated together.
Joe: It may be by regions of the reservation because it's such a big reservation, there may be different pockets of served and unserved, but it won't identify any particular individual household or any other identifier that that could target that data back to an individual. And then how that data is used will be entirely up to the tribe, because it'll be aggregated. It'll be easier to use because as I say, no one does... There'll be no identifiers there, but how the tribe uses it will be up to them, and how we expect that they might use it is to go to the states and say, "Don't leave us off your map. Here's our data." And, that's the most important use for it. But there'll be other uses for tribal governments and for their agencies, that is tribal agencies to use this data to better shape their own policies, their own plans.
Scott: Oh, that's awesome. Yeah. To take a step and kind of zoom out if we will, approximately how many folks in Indian country do you think are, last statistics anyways are going without viable internet? There are some cases where there's a little bit of a signal, but what's the percentage you have?
Joe: Well, the country overall... I'll start there.
Joe: Sort of a big macro number is it... It has service in the 96% overall that's blending everybody together. You go into rural areas, they tend to be... Service has gotten better in the last 10 years, but it tends to be in the 70-80% range, is sometimes higher. But if you go to an Indian reservation itself, again, depending on the part of the country that you're in, but if you're in a remote location, your likelihood of having access to high speed broadband, is about half of what your non-tribal neighbors would have. So if the communities around you that are off the reservation are having access at about 70-80%. It's more than likely that the tribes will be at the 50% they're 40-50% range.
Joe: But then, but more importantly than that is the speed. And you hit on that in your, in your question. Many, you may be able to log into the internet in the middle of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, but you won't be able to... It's not likely you're gonna be able to conduct a conversation like this that is, some sort of video chat is just not going to, there's not gonna be enough speed to allow you to do that. The download speeds, the upload speeds are very, very slow. So I could quote you specific percentages, but I don't wanna do that. I think the bottom line is that tribes are underserved or unserved disproportionately even to their, even to the surrounding communities.
Scott: Yep. Yeah. And to that point, a friend of mine who happens to live on an island off the coast, very poor broadband service in general, but ultimately what he had told me was, he goes, if I were to send him a PDF, he would have to click on it, click download, and then walk away for about five minutes.
Joe: Yeah.
Scott: So that's kind of what they were used to. So that's kind of, I guess, part and parcel to what we're kind of seeing on the reservations on a grander scale.
Joe: And then, Scott, there's another aspect to that question that, again, isn't always talked about. It's being addressed in the some of the monies available from the federal government. And that's adoption. I mean, there's two things. It may be available, but you probably can't afford to buy it if you're on the reservation, because in the last statistics that I was able to find, almost 30% of natives live in poverty. Which is double what the rate is for the rest of the country.
Scott: Right.
Joe: In fact, on reservations themselves, it can be as high as 40-50% live in, under the, the national poverty rate. And overall the national poverty rate is only 9.2%. So it's 4-5 times more. And so the, the point of that, and the overall, the umbrella word is adoption. If it's not affordable, then it doesn't matter if it's available or not, number one.
Scott: Yep.
Joe: And number two, if you've never used it before, you need some help figuring out how to use it. I mean, I use it every day, so it's just like, I'm no genius, but it works for me most of the time.
Joe: But if you've never used it before, you've never had access before, it... There needs to be some work on adoption. And luckily, again, I was just badmouthing the FCC kind of, but there's a program going that is administered by the, by the FCC, of the Affordable Connectivity Program, ACP program that really helps with that affordability.
Joe: Again, but the, but the adoption rate of that is too low. And so we're working on plans to try to increase that so that people who want, especially on reservations who want the service but can't afford the service, can get this subsidy for, for a family on, on an Indian Reservation, the subsidy is $75 a month and, that should help a great deal, get people connected if it's available, our first step is to make it available.
Scott: Yes.
Joe: Make it affordable, and then help people buy it.
Scott: And then there's one other component there too. If you do qualify, you get $100 towards a, some sort of piece of equipment now.
Joe: Right.
Scott: $100 is not gonna buy you the, the nicest laptop or computer out there. However, through other programs, you may be able to get an iPad or something of that nature. But it's nice ancillary benefit and I'm glad you brought that up. That's... That's, that's awesome.
Joe: Yeah and it goes back to, looking back at COVID again, even if the, if, high speed broadband had been available, and it wasn't, if you didn't have, if you didn't have a device to connect to, your kids still couldn't go to school. So it's important that through the $100 and you're right, there are other programs to help with adoption. There's, there are companies that are making special provisions so that, so that families can get at least an iPad or some type of laptop so that, that connectivity is there. So in, let's, let's hope it never happens again, but if there's another health emergency and you have to stay home.
Joe: Not only do you have high speed broadband now, but you have the device to connect to it.
Scott: You have the equipment. Right?
Scott: Okay. So, before we dive into, because there's been questions posed by the audience that I made some notes on, but before we dive there, I wanna talk a little bit first about tribal ISPs in tribal consortiums. Again, back to self-determination and you kind of, if the money that's coming through the pipeline here allows a tribe to kind of begin the process of creating an ISP. Now, some tribes are way ahead of the curve. They're, and you and I both know of a few of them, where they already have an ISP and they have a fixed wireless kind of solution. Now they're looking at fiber solutions. But, I wanna get your thoughts in terms of the creation of that tribal ISP and kind of how it, how it dovetails into that self-determination.
Joe: Sure. Be happy to talk about that. I think one of the, I will say one of the reasons I'm involved with tribal communications is our goal, my goal, we share a goal is to create a future for tribes when it comes to broadband and technology that they control. One of the ways to control that, after all this investment is said and done, is to be in charge of your own internet service provider. Own it a 100%, partner with someone, but have control over it without that long term vision of controlling how the service is provided, how it's priced, how technology is addressed for tribes going forward.
Joe: The vision of technological sovereignty for tribes won't be met. This is an opportunity right now to offer tribes to take into account all those factors and see if an ISP is right for them. They may have a great service provider that they have a great relationship with right now. Fantastic. But I would still take a look at it, look at your options, not just today or next year. Look at your options five and 10 years from now as technology changes. You probably want to be in control of that if you can. And there are ways to do that. Now you also brought up the idea of tribal consortiums, tribes working together.
Joe: Now, even though there's a lot of money out there, there's a set aside of $3 billion for tribes to begin to bridge the digital divide. Pull fiber, connect homes.
Scott: Yeah. Yep.
Joe: Which is a lot of money, but it's not nearly enough. It's not nearly enough money. And this is one of those industries that the economies of scale are... There's great benefit to it. So the larger your network, the more people connected to your network, the more cost-effective you can be in providing that service. AT&T Verizon, look at those models, although I wouldn't wanna necessarily use those as examples for tribes, but just the example of scale is there. So when tribes in a region in a state, in an area cooperate, put their money together, if they can, go to the state for... Because I said there's $42.5 billion that's gonna be distributed among the states to accomplish the same thing that tribes are getting 3 billion for. So there's money in the BEAD program, specifically, and it's supposed to be for underserved and unserved areas, tribes in many states are the areas.
Joe: So they can supplement the whatever amount they're getting from NTIA if any, by getting money from the state. And by working together. Two or more tribes working together, you're gonna create the economies of scale that I had mentioned. You're gonna leverage your political connections. You're gonna create a network that is really sustainable for the long run, and it will benefit the entire region, not just the tribal areas, not just Indian country, but all the communities surrounding it. And we know that as everybody benefits around you, it's a bigger benefit. So, I'm an advocate of tribes considering looking seriously at forming consortiums to work together in particular, to get as much of the BEAD money from the state they're in as they possibly can.
Scott: Yeah, that's fantastic. And it also brings to light the job creation that's behind it. So, it's a perfect segue. We've got a question here from a gentleman by the name of Derek Fine. "Where are the labor education gaps, if any?" So that in my mind, that brings to light the subject of technical training, because there's gonna be a need from everybody from customer service, to line splicers, to people on the poles, to operations centers, center folks. Like, there's just so many opportunities baked in here. And I'd love to get your take on that.
Joe: Yeah. As tribal communications has been thinking about the future, not... One of the glaring deficiencies in... For the whole industry for the whole telecommunications industry, is the lack of trained people at all the levels you talked about, from customer service to service technicians, maintenance technicians, people who splice the wires, people who dig the ditches to put the cable in, and then know how to maintain that.
Scott: Software.
Joe: Yeah. There's a... Yeah, there's a huge deficiency in the number of people available. And you can imagine if that's true for the industry overall, it's particularly acute for tribes. And because our goal is for tribes to own and operate long term these networks, they need to begin now to build, to find the people who want to be trained and train them today, start today, don't wait till tomorrow because that's how fast this is gonna be upon us. Now you say, how do we do that?
Joe: Well, there are workforce development programs provided for in some of the government funding that's coming out today. There are other programs through, if you're a service vet, there are programs that will help train service vets to do this. In fact, there's specific companies that do that. We're partnered with one of those companies. So they can help us learn how to bring this workforce development to Indian country. So there is a need. It's a great question. We're putting together our piece of the puzzle, but we won't solve the whole problem. We need others to think about this and ways to get tribal people trained so they can work at home, be at home service, the networks that are being built and that's another form of economic development that will pay dividends into the future.
Scott: Absolutely. Got another question here hot off the press from a Shane Cannon, "Is it your understanding that the ACP subsidy could apply for bundled services to include video, make television more affordable, similar to cable subsidy?" So what are your thoughts on that, Joe? If you need me to repeat it, I can.
Joe: That's not my understanding. My understanding it's specifically for broadband service. But, I have to say that I didn't look into it from that point of view. I was looking at it purely from the broadband standpoint. So it's possible. But I don't know that, and I guess it would depend on how the bundle is constructed.
Scott: Right. That's what I think.
Joe: If the bundle is constructed with broadband being the primary component and other things are wrapped around it, and perhaps it would apply, and it really depends too. It's on a provider by provider basis. So if the provider of your broadband is not your provider of your television service or your phone service, then that wouldn't apply. So I know that's not a very satisfying answer. I'll tell you, I'll look into it more and look for a posting on broadband.money in particular in the tribal community. And, I'll try to get a better answer if there is one.
Scott: Awesome. Thank you Joe. Another question here from Adam Puckett. "How does tribal communications help solve the two-sided marketplace problem of connecting tribes who want their communities connected but don't know where to start to operators who wanna build networks for tribal communities, but don't know where to start?" So we're trying to bring together two worlds here.
Joe: Yeah. Well, that's a lot... That's how Indian country works. That's how services provided today in that two-sided marketplace. In that in many places there's... In fact there's some statistics from the FCC now, at least in their preliminary mapping, so you can take it for what it's worth, but that there is only one provider in many tribal areas, sometimes there's two. And again, generalising, I'm not saying this is always the case, but in many cases, the service provider that's there, when there's only one, has not been probably the most attentive service provider to the community. So you start with kind of a... As you say two-sided, you're standing across the table, or across the river from each other, yelling at each other, how do we get along and yet you haven't really tried to build a bridge across the river?
Scott: It's a great analogy.
Joe: So how do you start that?
Joe: I think you start that... You're forced sometimes, and this money's forcing at least the analysis or the question that you asked, Adam, that where do we start? And that's where... And again, I'm not just promoting my company, there's other consulting companies.
Joe: But that's where we start, we help the tribal community analyse what they need and who they could possibly do it with, and of course the existing providers, one of the options that the tribe has. So it's really finding a way to cross the river, and that sometimes you have to knock down a few hurdles to get there. I'm not suggesting that it's easy because it's probably not going to be easy in any circumstances, but you've gotta start and the amount of money that's flowing into broadband right now should be motivation further at least to be a conversation.
Scott: Absolutely. Yeah, and it makes me think of... As you talk, I have these stories that kinda pop up as conversations that I've had, that we've had with a variety of different tribes. And to that point, every instance seems to be a little bit different. In some cases, it was just purely middle mile, in other cases, it was like we're already set up here, we just need this one little extra kinda bump or in one case in particular, they weren't really sure where to begin at all, so it's kind of everything's very subjective in that sense with everything...
Joe: Well, and there's another component to that, Scott, and I know you see it too.
Joe: Due to COVID primarily, but also the great need overall, a lot of money came into Indian country in the last three years, just a tremendous amount of money and programs, and tribes are small governments, but they are governments, they're sovereign governments, they make their own decisions, but they're under-resourced right now, that meaning not money-wise necessarily, but to have the staff and expertise to help them figure out what to do next, what well as the question implies and as you just said, Scott, where do I start? And that's where companies like ours come into play, that we help them, help tribes find a place to start, and then if we're lucky, we're able to give them some direction so that they move in their best interest wherever they decide to go, but that's the lack of resources, meaning staff and expertise is a real issue for most of the new country, and that's why we're here trying to bridge some of that gap.
Scott: Absolutely. Now, Jase Wilson asked about what unique challenges do tribes face and how does Tribal Communications help tribes solving that? You definitely touched upon a number of 'em, but does any particular challenge stand out in your head, in your mind with respect to the conversations we had?
Joe: Yeah, well I just mentioned about the lack of resource in Indian country that's probably unique, but I think a lot of small communities that have gotten money are seeing the opportunity to get government money to build up broadband or other things that are facing some of that too, but tribes are more unique that way, but I think the unique challenge is many misperceptions about tribes, what they are, who they are, how they govern themselves, how are they different from me. Those are things that are not unique to today's challenge with broadband but they're the unique challenge tribes have faced forever, and that continues to today. That was certainly the case back when I was working on Indian gaming projects as well, how do we work with these tribes? Well, you work with them by treating them with respect just as you wanna be treated with respect, but I think that's probably by far the most unique challenge that tribes have, it's just not many people understand who, what, where, and why tribes are.
Joe: And that's a communication issue that certainly I work on, or try to work on everyday myself through how I conduct myself and how I talk to people, but that... Jase, I would say that's the biggest challenge of all.
Scott: Sure, and we definitely hit some artery here, the questions are coming in fast and furious, which is great to see, so thank you everybody for doing that. I'm gonna bring up this next question because I've heard it in different iterations here. Drew Clark, "Do you see fibre or wireless solutions as the primary opportunity for tribal broadband and subsequently how well fibre and wireless work together or conflict?"
Joe: Well, I think they're the same solution, they're one and the same in my view. You can't have successful wireless deployment without fibre in the ground, without the backhaul, without the redundancy that a fibre brings, so I think fibre will enhance a wireless rollout, I don't... If... In my mind, if you're looking at it as one or the other, you're not looking at it properly.
Joe: Because technology as we know... 5G, and there's already talk of 6G, 7G, 8G, I'm gonna be dead before the 8G comes up probably.
Scott: Me too.
Joe: But that's going to be... And is becoming the fastest and most mobile way to deliver internet connections, because the technology allows for... I'm not gonna get into the... It allows for faster speeds to transfer more data, I'm not... I was gonna get into a technical term and that would have been stupid, so I'm not gonna do that.
Joe: But without fibre in the ground, that's impossible to happen.
Joe: So I don't see them as being an either/or, I see them being complementary. One may come a little bit before like what comes first, the cart or the horse? Well the horse is gonna come first, the heavy duty lifting is gonna be done by fiber because that's the highway that carries all the resources. But then what plugs into that resource... One of the things is certainly wireless. And as time rolls out, we're gonna see more and more mobility solutions. And that's gonna be all over the country. If we get as much fiber in the ground as we can, it's gonna be everywhere, it'll even be on Rosebud and I look forward to that day.
Scott: That's awesome. Let's see if grabbing a question here on the fly from Scott Woods. "Local and tribal coordination is required under the BEAD and digital equity programs. What are best practices that state broadband offices should consider or conduct and outreach the tribal lands and Indian country in general?"
Joe: That's a great question, Scott. And first and foremost, reach out. I know that sounds fundamental, but Scott Densmore, you and I have been on some calls where we've actually heard state broadband directors say they're not gonna talk to the tribes.
Joe: And it doesn't make any sense for two reasons. If you have tribes in your state, you need to talk to them, they're probably the most under-served group in the state, probably. But secondly, under the BEAD program, you have to have as part of your application a plan to deal... To how you're gonna address served and underserved populations. Without talking to them, it's all theoretical. And certainly those populations want to talk to you. So number one, as flipping as it sounds, it's true. Talk to them, develop a dialogue. And in many states or regions, tribes have groups, there's tribal chairman associations, there's other kinds of things like that. If you don't know how else to talk to them, make a contact there. And you can do that, they'll be open to it, they'll want to talk to you. And opening that dialogue may at first be a little bit hurky jerky and painful for both of you, but in the long run, it's gonna benefit everybody involved.
Scott: Yeah, and that's something that I've wondered. Why not reach out to the tribe now? Granted, there's whatever history or political components may be involved, but I always use the analogy, we gotta get everybody paddling in the same direction. It's the only way we're gonna be able to move forward with any of this stuff. Thank you for that answer. Scott, thank you for the question. Jumping to another question here from Ann Marie Lanezy, and I apologize if I mispronounced your last name. "In regards to workforce development programs for digital up-scaling and training for tech's extra jobs, do you know of any innovative or notable projects currently underway, specifically within Indian country or other rural communities?"
Joe: Well, I don't know if the programs I know, if you'd call them innovative. But there certainly are several handfuls, they said focused on veterans, focused on other disadvantaged groups within the disadvantaged groups of tribal members. I think that question is gonna require a much longer answer that I'm able to give here. So I'll look for that question online and I'll provide a longer answer online too.
Scott: Awesome, thank you. Kind of backing up a little bit. We've got a question here from Kevin Keane. "Who are the owners of tribal communications? Is it just a tribe or also individuals?" I know the answer to this, but I'll let you address.
Joe: Yeah, it's a group of individuals. It's not owned by a tribe, it's owned by a group of individuals. Individuals and they're from various tribes.
Scott: Sure. Let's see, I'm gonna grab a questionnaire from Benjamin Kahn. What do you think are some common misconceptions people in the industry have about serving tribal regions? Do you think these misconceptions have contributed to many tribal areas going un-served, under-served? And what are some of the factors contributing to tribal areas overall lack of broadband service? So I guess to back up, what are some common misconceptions that you've heard with working with tribal regions?
Joe: Oh, gosh.
Scott: I know there's a lot, but.
Joe: Yeah, there are a lot. I think one of the primary ones is about tribal sovereignty, tribal jurisdiction, being subject to tribal laws and regulations. Because there's a misperception about what that means, there's kind of a fear of it. And so it's inhibited some people from wanting to do business or understanding how to do business in Indian country. I think that's probably one of the really big ones. And to the rest of the question, in order to provide the service that's needed, you have to make a capital investment. And usually a very large capital investment to pull fiber, I guess that's what they call it. Pull fiber to a region these days, we're hand in range, this is per mile of $75,000 to $400,000 per mile to pull the cable or to bury the cable underground. And not a whole lot less than that if you just hang it from a pole.
Joe: So it's an expensive proposition, and it's always been a pretty expensive proposition. Those prices are a little higher today than they were 10 years ago because of supply chain issues, inflation and a few other things, but it's always been expensive. So it's not... The population densities in Indian country tend to be fairly small. And therefore, it hasn't been a good economic investment for many people or many companies to make that investment. Now with the government money that's out there, it is, there is an opportunity to do that for much less private capital and make those network investments more economical. I'm sounding like an investment banker here, but that is part of the reason why it's taken many tribal regions, maybe most have not had the investment in them that they should.
Scott: Gotcha, thank you for that. Let's see, I think another one just popped up.
Scott: Okay, we got one from Jill, I think the last name is Connie and Jill I apologize if I just mangled the pronunciation of your last name. "With this historic upfront funding, build it all with fiber. It is more cost efficient for the 30 year outlook, it will save you money in the long run," so I think she's just reiterating, it reiterating the fiber fact there. So Jill thank you for that. One of the question, this is also from Benjamin Kahn. "For groups looking to partner with tribal organizations, what are best practices in your mind should they engage in to ensure they are building trust and respecting and sovereignty and priorities of travel groups and not exploiting vulnerable populations?" Now, I have stories, You have stories, we were up in Alaska back in June at a conference, and we heard that circulated in that... So this was the National Congress of American Indian conference held in Anchorage. And we heard stories in the room of companies kinda coming in and, for lack of better term kind of acting like sharks, if you will. So everybody's kinda of looking out for each other in that regard, which is a very common practice in Indian country. But ultimately, how does a tribe kind of galvanize itself against that, but also what's a way for a company to engage? I know we talked about the State broadband office a bit ago, but how... What methodology or pathway should a company kind of walked out if trying to engage a Tribe?
Joe: Well, I think you hit some of the high points in terms of our history, that tribes have historically, again, generally been exploited. So Tribes are can often be a very hard nut to crack, but not always, and it really is gonna be... You come to a tribe with an open, honest, transparent, verifiable background that they can investigate if they want to and then you build trust from there, and you need to come with the idea that you're gonna be a partner with the tribe, or that you may just be a service provider to the tribe but you're gonna be a damn good service provider to the tribe. And that will take some time but it will break down, it'll break down the barriers. And of course there's always finding somebody at the tribe whom you know and have them open the door for you. That's probably a very good way too, that's common. But just be aware of the tribes are going to do their due diligence, they're gonna check out who you are, why you're there. And they should, and they should just as you would if a non-native business, if you were introduced to somebody new, you take a little time generally just to see who they are, what they're about.
Joe: So it's not a process that's on like what you're used to, it's just you're walking in, as I mentioned before about some of the cultural differences, the misunderstandings about sovereignty and what that means, but you can get past that if you really want to but don't expect it to be, You walk in and say, I've got the best widget in the world, let's buy it, it's not gonna work that way, or it usually won't work that way. You need to take your time and you need to build a relationship.
Scott: So this is kind of timely, this came up during a panel today with Shelby, so school's health and library's broadband AnchorNets 2022, So Ernie Rasmussen, I don't know if you've ever spoken with Ernie, I had a quick exchange with Ernie, it was actually on Twitter, he's the executive director at Bigfoot telecommunications of the Colville Tribes. He spoke about the lack of trust between Anchor institutions and Indigenous communities. So what actions can an Anchor institution, again, thinking about what those are located in the Indian country take to begin to build trust with indigenous communities? So I think from a healthcare perspective, that sounds, to me anyways it would be an easy process in terms of running clinics and things like that, but what are your thoughts on that on Anchor institutions?
Joe: Well, I guess that it really depends on the anchor institution. As you said, if it's, what you consider, a hospital it's considered an anchor institution often, but if it's been run by the IHS for 50, 60, 70 years, the mistrust that is part of that is sort of historical and very difficult to overcome. Not impossible, not impossible, but difficult to overcome. Tribal... Anchor institution's library, schools, government buildings if those are tribally owned, you don't really have much an issue there. If you're talking about... And I hesitate, if talking about churches and those kinds of things, and that historical overhang that's there may be very difficult to overcome. And the obligation to overcome it is kind of hard to identify, if there is the history of some churches, some other kinds of organizations like that even perhaps the IHS, the obligation is on the institution to reach out in a credible meaningful way to see if they can bridge that gap, I know I keep using bridge the gap, but that's a difficult question, depending on how you define Anchor institutions. Again, if you say their school's, public buildings, the fire houses, the government buildings, those are easy to overcome in generally because they're owned by the tribe or they're owned by some instrumentality of the tribe. But otherwise, again, it really depends on the history, it depends on the part of the country you're in. So I don't have a good answer, I just have that to say.
Scott: Yeah, I understood. And obviously, we're only a few generations away from government schools and things of that nature so my great grandmother falls into that category as she was a child and had to go to a government school, so with that kind of historical reference point, you can see where having trust in some of these institutions might may come up into discussion.
Scott: Another question here. This is related to grants. "Are tribal broadband grants limited to the tribe that has primary responsibility for a tribal area, or can other broadband providers, either from another tribe or non-tribal, seek to offer broadband in a given tribal area?"
Joe: Well, that's the model we have right now.
Scott: There you go.
Joe: Many of the providers have been providing service in tribal areas as a non-tribal entity, as a non-tribally owned entity, and the history speaks for itself. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's not, and a lot of times it's in the middle. The set aside grants right now are actually... Or the $3 billion focused on Indian country along with the BEAD money and the other... The digital equity in the Middle Mile money are meant to disrupt the industry a bit so that current service providers, if they're not able to provide the service that the community demands, deserves, needs for the future, then this money helps, as we talked before about the capital investment in order to get past that hurdle where you don't need private capital or as much private capital to build this out. So I guess, what I'm trying to say is, that model exists today, and it's really gonna be up to the marketplace, the tribes in particular, to decide whether they're going to work with existing providers, create new providers, or some hybrid between that.
Scott: And something that we had talked about, I think it was at one point... I know you've been traveling like crazy lately, and I won't bring up Hartford, Connecticut for your request. And whether or not, I don't know that it's been made completely, we were talking about that National Tribal Broadband Grant that is due on, when? I think October 17th, if I'm not mistaken.
Joe: Yes, yeah.
Scott: Is that something that we can kind of discuss in a segment like this? 'Cause I know you did some work there.
Joe: Well, I have and the grand is coming from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. It's a planning grant. It ranges from $100,000 to maybe as much as $150,000 depending on how many applications I have. And it's my understanding, although I haven't seen the notice yet, but I was informed yesterday that the VA is going to grant an extension of the deadline.
Scott: Awesome.
Joe: It may be up to 30 days but watch for the postings that we make, and as soon as we have verification of that, we'll post it, but I wouldn't tell you to take a deep breath if you're in the midst of preparing your application, keep working like the deadline is the 17th but I'm pretty sure that it's been extended.
Scott: Yeah, and I think that kind of brings up... This is part and parcel with the ACP program, where it's been out there for quite a while but we just don't see a lot of uptake of usage and in this particular grant... And again, this is for those feasibility studies to be prepared and set up on reservations. We just don't seem to see a lot of usage. So in your mind, why is that? How come there's not more people leveraging and...
Joe: Well, because it's so difficult to apply.
Joe: Right now, the only way to apply is through the FCC website, which is... If you've tried it, you'll find it very frustrating and difficult, and if you have an ISP that says... It's sending you an ad and says, "You Click here to apply for the ACP", when you click on their link, they're taking you to the FCC link and you get frozen out. So I know the FCC is trying to work on that. They have set up some money to promote the ACP program in various ways with various communities but until the application process is made easier, they're gonna find adoption to be slow. And so I know, again, ourselves and our partner already dot net are working out ways to try to make that easier, and hopefully in the next quite a while, we'll be able to announce something that makes it easier too.
Scott: Absolutely, so I guess as we're coming up on time here, I guess more of a personal question, in all of your travels, and I know you've been all around the globe, what's been your favorite point of interest that you've seen or that you've landed on? What's been so much memorable?
Joe: I have been lucky and they've been so many, but I recall often one night at the Quileute in the Indian reservation in Washington state. It was salmon season and there were groups of people there and they build a fire and cooked the salmon on the open fire in this beautiful open area.
Scott: Wow! That's awesome.
Joe: And I have a very strong memory of that, and it's one of my fondest memories of all the places I've been.
Scott: That's amazing. Yeah, it's just that picture. I can see it in my head, that's amazing. Well, Joe, thank you so much. Let's see, just for the folks listening in, be on the look out for our next AMA, Ask Me Anything on Friday, October 21, 2:30 PM with Deborah Simpier, interviewed by Drew Clark. And with that being said, big thanks for joining our Ask Me Anything here today, at broadband..


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Erie at Large: White Mike
Congressman Mike Kelly's recent outlandish comments and the growing face of nationwide racism
by Jim Wertz
Nick Warren
Mike Kelly is a Fortunate Son — a child of privilege — who, earlier this month, reached into the shallow depths of his benign soul to declare for the nation and his party that he is, indeed, white.
Kelly's revelation came in the wake of the president's recent racist tweet-o-storm in which he called for four non-white female members of Congress to "go back" to where they came from. As we know, three of the four Congresswomen were born in the United States and the fourth is a naturalized citizen — or, as we used to say, "American."
But the president's tacit suggestion that they were not American because they are not white was the latest tap of a nationalist nerve, which seems to be the heart of this administration's organizing strategy, and members of the Republican Party in Congress were quick to get creative in defense of the president.
As Vice News reported, several Republican legislators defended the president by talking about his immigrant wife (and ex-wives), and "his mother is an immigrant," we were reminded by North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis.
But Kelly went next-level in his defense of Trump. "You know, they talk about people of color. I'm a person of color. I'm white. I'm an Anglo-Saxon. People say things all the time, but I don't get offended," he told Vice News reporter Daniel Newhauser. "With a name like Mike Kelly you can't be from any place else but Ireland."
Classic. We should all be so unflappable.
Kelly's comment made him the laughing stock of the Internet and late-night television. Late Show host Stephen Colbert offered Kelly a history lesson on why you can't identify yourself as both Anglo-Saxon and Irish, revoking Kelly's Irish card in the process.
But Kelly's gaffe is no laughing matter. It negates the history of 19th-century battles between Irish immigrants and African-Americans in an attempt for the Irish to distinguish themselves as worthy of inclusion with white Protestants, and it underscores the counterfactual argumentativeness of a Republican Party that feels that it can say anything to justify uncivil behavior and regressive policies directed at working-class whites and all people of color.
Regardless of how you feel about The Squad — Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar — Trump's tweets, and the mantras he spews, are racist. And Mike Kelly's defense of Trump is no less coded in its racism than were phrases like "states' rights" and the "heritage" of the Confederate flag.
The legacy of race and racism in this country affords people of color a privilege that isn't extended to other groups. And Mr. Kelly should understand this since he has benefited so well from the privilege of both whiteness and wealth.
Lest we forget that Mike Kelly is the fortunate son of a wealthy businessman, privileged enough to go to Notre Dame instead of Vietnam; fortunate to inherit the family business without the trials of building his own; and now, on the brink of a constitutional crisis, the fortunate son of a generation past, born to wave the flag, standing at the side of a racist and incompetent president, privileged and complicit in manufacturing the greatest social and political crisis in the 21st century.
So much fortune. Such a waste.
Jim Wertz is a contributing editor and chairman of the Erie County Democratic Party. He recommends that Mike Kelly add How the Irish Became White by Noel Ignatiev to his summer reading list. For other literary recommendations, he can be reached at jWertz@ErieReader.com or you can follow him on Twitter @jim_wertz.
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TWO young Bradford actors swapped one classroom for another, after landing roles in new school drama Ackley Bridge.
Maariah Hussain, 17, and Sam Bottomley, 15, both attend the Bradford-based Yorkshire School of Acting, but met for the first time on the set of the Channel 4 drama.
Ackley Bridge is set in a Yorkshire mill town, home to divided white and Asian populations. The school systems are also segregated but, as two formerly isolated comprehensives are merged into a new academy, Ackley Bridge College, lives and cultures collide. The much talked about new series, starring Jo Joyner, Paul Nicholls, Sunetra Sarker and Adil Ray, was created by Ayub Khan Din, who wrote East is East. Inspired by TV's Educating Yorkshire, Ackley Bridge is filmed in Halifax.
Maariah, who attends Bradford Grammar School, plays 16-year-old Alya Nawaz, described as "super intelligent, fiercely righteous, and a bit of a mean girl". Underneath, she's as insecure as any teenage girl. She has ambitions to run her own business, like her father, but struggles to make him see she's capable of it.
Sam plays Jordan Wilson, 15, who is badly behaved and not fazed by getting into trouble. He's bright and a talented artist, but thinks school is pointless.
"Maariah has been working with me for two years in our class at Bradford Playhouse," said Matt Zina, principal of the Yorkshire Acting School. "She has gone from strength to strength and is extremely talented. This is Maariah's first role, she has taken to it like a duck to water. She has loved being part of a major TV series and was excited to be working with some of the bi-name actors involved.
"Sam is such an exciting young actor, he has had major roles in TV dramas such as Jericho, Wolf Hall and Rockets Island. He came to me a few years ago, working one-on-one on acting, accents and auditions."
Added Mr Zina: "Both Maariah and Sam met each other for the first time on set and realised their connection through the Yorkshire School of Acting! I'm extremely happy to see young people from Bradford achieving national acclaim.
"There is something very special about acting talent that comes from Bradford."
Ayub Khan Din said: "When you see programmes about school, it wasn't until Educating Yorkshire and Educating Essex that you really got to see young Asian schoolkids and the problems they were facing. I watched Educating Yorkshire, it was one of the things that convinced me I wanted to be part of the project."


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Today's Throwback Thursday post on mind mapping is the second most popular on tonyseel.com. It returns from February 2016.
Are you looking for an effective way to help you organize your thoughts and motivate your action? Mind maps are a great way to move your life and business forward by increasing interest and expanding creativity. Mind maps are an effective tool for planning, learning, organizing, managing, goal setting, and problem-solving.
A mind map is a visual representation tool that uses words, symbols, pictures, images, numbers, and colors to take a lot of information and organize it in a brain-friendly way. A mind map is memorable which is one of the reasons it can be so helpful. A mind map is a great way to break down complex issues. Mind mapping is a way to organize information that utilizes our natural visual thinking abilities, and by doing so it can unlock our creativity.
Mind maps help us organize, store, learn, prioritize, review and memorize information. It helps us to see the bigger picture and the complexity of the bigger picture in smaller chunks of manageable information. It can help us find hidden insights and explore new ideas.
First, start with your main idea or subject and put it in the center of a blank piece of paper (unlined, by the way) that is oriented in landscape mode. Don't use small paper – that just limits you. We're looking for plenty of room to grow our ideas.
Your main idea or subject could be your business, relationships, your health or any number of areas in your life, If you will make your main idea or subject a picture it will improve your memory of it and it can be a catalyst for your imagination.
Second, use plenty of colors as you create branches off your main idea. The branches that emanate from the center are associations with your main idea. These could be things, ideas, sounds, emotions, images – the key is to allow your brain to get creative at this stage. Each branch represents a key idea or image that radiates from your main idea.
Tony Buzan, the creator of mind maps, says to curve the lines that come out of your main idea. He says that our brains are bored by straight lines, so the curved lines help our creativity.
You may choose to brainstorm ideas before beginning your mind map. If so, this is step two.
Third, create twigs that naturally grow out of your branches. These are secondary ideas that relate to the key ideas of your branches. You can think of your branches as topics and your twigs as sub-topics. Make your branches thicker than your twigs to give them emphasis.
In general, color is also used for emphasis and to separate ideas. The thickness of branches and words bring emphasis, as does UPPER CASE. Size of letters and images, symbols, etc. is also a way of drawing attention to key information.
If you'd like more on mind mapping, Adam Sicinski's How to Mind Map is a great place to start. Try mind mapping for your business or your life (or both!). It can be a helpful tool in your quest for greater success.
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The Gahanna-Jefferson Education Foundation is proud to offer "Grants of Excellence" each year. These grants may total up to $1,000 per teacher or up to $2,500 if multiple grades and staff.
The Gahanna-Jefferson Education Foundation strives to support efforts that impact students directly and foster improved student performance. Funding priority will be given to projects that are innovative and utilize resources effectively and efficiently.
Any Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools educator may submit a grant application. Applications must be signed by a supervising principal or administrator.
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NACEPF and Mobile Beacon Express Concern After FCC Cites Unenforceable Merger Conditions As Reasons to Approve the Anticompetitive T-Mobile/Sprint Merger
Following Chairman Pai and Commission Carr's statements of support for the T-Mobile/Sprint merger, the North American Catholic Educational Programming Foundation, Inc. (NACEPF) and Mobile Beacon issued the following statement from Katherine Messier, Executive Director.
"It is deeply concerning to us that FCC regulators would express support for a merger absent any structural remedies, like 2.5 GHz spectrum divestiture. Giving New T-Mobile control of virtually all of the 2.5 GHz band would result in a very different situation than what exists today with Sprint. There is undisputed evidence on the record that Sprint has a far superior track record than T-Mobile for entering into mutually-beneficial MVNO deals with rural operators that enable both parties to roam onto the others' network. Sprint also has over 1,500 long-term Educational Broadband Service (EBS) leases with educational and nonprofit organizations for use of the EBS portion of the 2.5 GHz band. T-Mobile has made no commitment to upholding these EBS lease agreements, which hundreds of thousands of low-income families and rural Americans rely on today for internet service.
Read the full statement.