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<div class="moz-forward-container">Hi <br>
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This is a national level group that is advocating for community
choice in broadband decision making. <br>
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Putting it out here in case anyone is interested. <br>
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Thanks<br>
RAN<br>
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<td>CLIC's First Year and Future: A Letter to Our Members
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<td>Thu, 23 Jul 2015 17:51:13 +0000</td>
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<th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">From: </th>
<td>Coalition for Local Internet Choice
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ashley@localnetchoice.org"><ashley@localnetchoice.org></a></td>
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<td>Coalition for Local Internet Choice
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ashley@localnetchoice.org"><ashley@localnetchoice.org></a></td>
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<th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">To: </th>
<td>Robert <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rob@omsoft.com"><rob@omsoft.com></a></td>
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The letter is pasted
below for your
convenience and is also
available on our
website: <a
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Thanks for taking the
time to read it. We
value each of our
members and advisors,
and we are looking
forward to CLIC's
future. <br>
<hr><br>
Dear Members and
Advisors of CLIC:<br>
<br>
A little over a year
ago, CLIC was formed
with a singular goal:
to unite a wide array of
individuals, government
entities, private
companies, and
organizations around the
idea that our nation’s
interests are best
served when communities
are free to identify
their broadband
infrastructure needs and
determine the best path
by which their community
can meet those needs.
Since then, CLIC has
worked to bring new
members into the
organization, fight
against local Internet
choice barriers, and
raise awareness of this
critically important
issue. We have been
thrilled with the energy
and excitement that CLIC
and, more importantly,
local choice issues have
generated during CLIC’s
inaugural year.<br>
<br>
<strong><em>CLIC’s
Launch</em></strong><br>
<br>
With critical initial
support from the Ford
Foundation, we developed
a strategic plan and
mission statement, hired
key personnel, developed
a website and Twitter
presence, formed an
outstanding Board of
Advisors, and began to
produce independent
content. Thanks in
large measure to the
shared vision and
generosity of Scott
DeGarmo, we formed a
strategic alliance with
Broadband Communities,
and we now work
extensively with that
group to produce and
publish content, both in
its magazine and at its
conferences. (You can
find our article
“Economic Development:
The Killer App for Local
Fiber Networks” here: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://localnetchoice.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09c6fc743c87e862042edd5d5&id=a40edd7a84&e=d1bb241e3d"
style="word-wrap:
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100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
100%;color:
#6DC6DD;font-weight:
normal;text-decoration:
underline;">http://goo.gl/1pmbrU</a>).<br>
<br>
We partnered with the
Glen Echo Group, a
Washington-based public
affairs firm, whose team
(particularly Maura
Corbett and Ellen
Satterwhite) was
instrumental in helping
us develop and spread
our message. We worked
closely with our allies
at Next Century Cities,
collaborating regularly
with Deb Socia, Chris
Mitchell, and Sam Gill.
Also, at the request of
various members of
Congress and their
staffs, we participated
in numerous educational
briefings on the value
of local Internet choice
and threats to it.<br>
<br>
As CLIC grew, we were
frequently invited to
support particular kinds
of business models or to
take positions on
various other policy
issues. CLIC
respectfully declined.
To us, the issue of
local Internet choice is
so fundamental, that it
stands on its own, and
we deliberately built a
wide-ranging coalition
of entities and
individuals who all
agree on that
fundamental issue, even
if they disagree on
other issues. We also
positioned CLIC at the
confluence of the
interests of the public
and private sectors,
because local Internet
choice is not only a
matter of concern for
local governments;
rather, it is enormously
important to the
business community that
localities have the
freedom to advance the
nation’s broadband
interests.<br>
<br>
<strong><em>The
Wilson/Chattanooga
Proceeding </em></strong><br>
<br>
Our first year was a
very busy and successful
one. In July 2014, the
City of Wilson, NC, and
the Electric Power Board
of Chattanooga, TN,
asked the Federal
Communications
Commission to strike
down the provisions of
North Carolina and
Tennessee law that posed
barriers to public
broadband investment and
competition in those
states. This proceeding
provided a crucial
platform for a much-need
national conversation
about local Internet
choice. It also posed a
major challenge for
CLIC, as some of our key
members and allies,
while strongly
supportive of local
Internet choice, were
reluctant to endorse a
broad interpretation of
the FCC’s authority to
preempt state (and
local) authority. CLIC
met this challenge by
again focusing on our
core mission and leaving
the authority issue to
others. <br>
<br>
So, during the seven
months between July 2014
and February 2015, when
the FCC granted the
petitions, CLIC worked
tirelessly to encourage
hundreds of individuals
and entities to file
comments with the FCC
focusing on the benefits
of local Internet choice
and the harms caused by
barriers such as the
ones before the FCC and
elsewhere across
America. CLIC also
worked extensively with
the media to provide our
side of the relevant
factual, legal, and
policy issues. In
addition, CLIC drafted
or facilitated the
publication of scores of
articles, op-eds, blogs,
and letters about the
merits of local Internet
choice and about the
errors and misstatements
about community
broadband that incumbent
broadband carriers and
their followers often
espouse. <br>
<br>
As we had hoped, the
FCC’s written opinion
dated March 12, 2015,
strongly endorsed local
Internet choice in the
course of explaining the
Commission’s decision of
February 26 in favor of
Wilson and Chattanooga.
Based on the hundreds of
comments that it had
received – creating by
far the most
comprehensive record
ever assembled on
community broadband –
the FCC rejected the
myths about community
broadband initiatives
that opponents often
almost reflexively
raise. In particular,
the FCC dived deeply
into the specific
requirements of the
North Carolina law at
issue, which also appear
in the laws of several
other states and have
often been touted as
necessary to achieve
“fair competition” or
create a “level playing
field” for private
sector. The FCC found
that these provisions
are anything but fair
and balanced and in fact
impose severe,
asymmetric burdens on
public entities, stifle
broadband investment,
and thwart meaningful
competition to incumbent
service providers – to
the detriment of local
communities, including
the private sector. <br>
<br>
Not surprisingly, the
States of Tennessee and
North Carolina have
appealed FCC’s decision,
and the matter is
currently before the US
Court of Appeals for the
Sixth Circuit. These
appeals focus primarily
on whether the FCC has
authority to preempt
state barriers, not on
whether the FCC, as the
expert agency in the
field, appropriately
made the factual
findings that it did.
As a result, no matter
how the Sixth Circuit
decides the authority
issue, the FCC’s opinion
will remain an important
fact-based tool for
supporters of local
Internet choice. An
important challenge and
opportunity for us in
the year ahead is to
make the most of this
invaluable decision and
the public record the
FCC relied upon.<br>
<br>
<strong><em>CLIC Day at
the Broadband
Communities Summit
</em></strong><br>
<br>
In mid-April, CLIC
hosted a one day event –
dubbed “CLIC Day” –
before the Broadband
Communities Summit in
Austin, Texas. The day
was filled with
constructive discussion
about how communities
can preserve, protect,
and, where necessary,
restore local Internet
choice, with speakers
ranging from community
organizers to
politicians, business
leaders, and academics.
In particular, Professor
John Eger delivered a
stirring keynote address
about why cities must
play a central role in
driving America’s
success in the years and
decades ahead and about
why ubiquitous,
affordable, and open
access to advanced
broadband connectivity
to the Internet is
essential to the future
success of our cities.
This engaging CLIC
event generated
increased CLIC’s
membership by about 10
percent, pushing us up
over the 300 mark.<br>
<br>
<strong><em>Victory in
Missouri</em></strong><br>
<br>
During the last year,
CLIC also fought new
proposed state barriers
and worked to shape
policies that will
foster community
involvement in broadband
deployment. For
example, when
legislation was proposed
in Missouri to create
artificial barriers for
communities seeking to
provide communications
services, we responded.
CLIC’s president, Jim
Baller, coordinated a
multi-party letter to
the Missouri legislature
that noted the damage
the proposed bill would
do to economic activity
and business opportunity
in the state. The letter
was signed by a range of
prominent technology
companies and national
organizations.
According to our allies
in the trenches at the
Missouri legislature,
the letter played a
significant role in
halting the initial
momentum of the bills
and discouraging the
co-sponsors of the bills
from pressing hard for
passage. As a result,
the bills did not come
up for votes on the
House or Senate floors
before the legislative
session ended. You can
view the letter here: <a
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href="http://localnetchoice.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09c6fc743c87e862042edd5d5&id=a03d715428&e=d1bb241e3d"
style="word-wrap:
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100%;color:
#6DC6DD;font-weight:
normal;text-decoration:
underline;">http://goo.gl/DaZrdO</a>.<br>
<br>
<strong><em>Comments to
the Broadband
Opportunity Council</em></strong><br>
<br>
CLIC also recently filed
comments responding to
the Broadband
Opportunity Counsel’s
request for comments on
how federal policies can
better support
communities and promote
broadband adoption and
deployment. CLIC
suggested numerous ways
that the Broadband
Opportunity Counsel
could help various
federal departments and
agencies to remove
barriers and facilitate
more effective broadband
deployments. For
example, CLIC suggested
that federal broadband
funding should be
coordinated across
federal agencies to
reduce silos and that
federal broadband
policies should enable
coordination between all
levels of government to
promote use of
Federally-funded
broadband assets, such
as federally-funded,
state-administered
transportation
infrastructure. The
full comments are
available here: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://localnetchoice.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=09c6fc743c87e862042edd5d5&id=c19c8ef79f&e=d1bb241e3d"
style="word-wrap:
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100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
100%;color:
#6DC6DD;font-weight:
normal;text-decoration:
underline;">https://goo.gl/vlgXqT</a>.<br>
<br>
<strong><em>The Critical
Year Ahead</em></strong><br>
<br>
While CLIC’s first year
was largely successful,
we still have a long way
to go to establish local
Internet choice as the
norm for our nation.
New barriers are
proposed in the states
every year, forcing us
to respond again and
again. Also, with the
state barriers in North
Carolina and Tennessee
now preempted, we still
have barriers in many
other states that need
to be removed or rolled
back. To do that, we
must make local Internet
choice as non-partisan
an issue at the national
and state levels as it
is at the local level.
<br>
<br>
As we look toward the
future, we are excited
about the ways CLIC will
continue to further its
mission. CLIC is
continuing to grow, and
it recently added two
new board members: John
Eger and Jane Patterson.
John and Jane are
fierce advocates of
local Internet choice,
and we look forward to
the many contributions
they will bring to our
truly dynamic Board. We
regret only that Charles
Benton will not be able
to join us in welcoming
John and Jane to the
Board. Charles, a giant
in our field for many
decades, passed away in
April. A good summary
of his amazing life is
available here: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://localnetchoice.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09c6fc743c87e862042edd5d5&id=0c322cde55&e=d1bb241e3d"
style="word-wrap:
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100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
100%;color:
#6DC6DD;font-weight:
normal;text-decoration:
underline;">http://goo.gl/64UAV8</a><br>
<br>
In addition, CLIC is
hosting another event in
conjunction with
Broadband Communities
during its Economic
Development Conference
on September 18, 2015 in
Lexington, Kentucky.
During the Lexington
conference, we will
continue to discuss and
explore the theme of
protecting local
choice. In keeping with
our positioning at the
intersection of the
public and private
sectors, CLIC will also
discuss ways the public
and private sector can
work together to advance
our nation’s broadband
goals. In particular,
CLIC has been developing
a major paper on the
business and legal
considerations involved
in broadband
public-private
partnerships, and we
will be presenting on
the paper during the
conference. We will send
an update about this
event in the near
future, but please mark
your calendars as we
would love to see many
of you there.<br>
<br>
We owe special thanks to
our Board of Advisors
for the successes we
have had this year. It
has been a tremendous
asset to have a Board
that includes such
accomplished individuals
from a wide range of
backgrounds, who deeply
share our commitment to
local Internet choice.
We are excited about
continuing to build the
coalition, particularly
at the regional level
around the nation. <br>
<br>
To all of our members,
we are still working to
make CLIC the best
organization it can be.
To that end, we invite
you to share your ideas
and suggestions with us.
We appreciate your
perspectives and would
benefit greatly from
your thoughts. We look
forward to working with
you in the year ahead.<br>
<br>
With great admiration,<br>
Jim Baller, Joanne
Hovis, Catharine Rice,
Chris Mitchell, and
Ashley Stelfox
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