Wendell Broadband Meeting 4/11/06 


Minutes taken by Robbie Leppzer.

Meeting called to order:  7:05pm  at Shutesbury, Town Hall (joint meeting
with Leverett-Shutesbury Broadband Committee.)


Present: Lisa Hoag, Robbie Heller, Robbie Leppzer and Dave Scott from Wendell.
Plus Weezue (Marie Louise) Houle, Steve Rice, Aron Goldberg, Rob Brooks,
Dan Mishkirel, Frank Citino, David Powicki and Stephen Bannasch from
Shutesbury and Leverett


-WBC minutes from last month approved.

-New member process explained.

-Report back and discussion of Leverett Pilot Study preview which took
place last month at the Leverett Town Hall on March 16, 2206.  Lisa Hoag
and Robbie Leppzer from Wendell attended. Interest was expressed to
forward proposals to build a fiber-loop through Shutesbury, Leverett and
Wendell, as a back-bone to a possible future wire-less network.

-Discussion of a test of wire-less equipment in each of the three towns.

-Discussion of progress of demand survey for internet use in the three towns.
 A survey will be included in the next Wendell town newsletter which has not yet been
mailed out.

-Discussion of some issues involving town regulations and permits needed
for doing a wireless test in the three towns.

-Stephen Bannasch announced that he had created a "wiki" open-access site for
community web communications at wiki.deanbrook.org regarding broadband.

-Next meeting on May 9 in Wendell.  We agreed to rotate each meeting
Leverett, Shutesbury and Wendell on the second Tuesday of each month.

-Joint meeting adjourned at 8pm.

-Wendell BC continued meeting.

-Discussion of zoning regulations possible modifications involving
towers to allow for wireless transmission for broadband use. Lisa will
liason with the Wendell ZBA about zoning issues, Robbie Leppzer  will
liason with American Tower to inquire about possible use of the Locke
Hill tower for a wireless equipment test, Robbie Heller will liason with
 Crocker Communications about technical issues. 

Dave Scott will research the Leverett-Shutesbury Broadband Committee
mission statement as part of developing a Wendell Broadband Committee
mission statement. 

Wendell BC Meeting adjoined 8:41pm.