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<div>DavisGIG members, let me add my strong voice of support to what Rob has said here. Please come at 5:15 and bring as many friends as you can muster. The recent Council deliberations on downtown parking had between 50 and 100 people in attendance. That kind of turnout made a difference. The Council could not ignore it. We have the same opportunity tomorrow. Having 100 people there at 5:15 will be almost impossible for the Council members to ignore. So muster up as many friends as you can and make a statement in support of community broadband.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Matt Williams<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Monday, April 8, 2019, 6:12:07 PM PDT, Omsoft Systems Administration <sysadmin@omsoft.com> wrote:
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<div><br></div>Tomorrow (Tuesday 4/9) the City Council will meet in closed session with <br><div><div dir="ltr">Astound Wave to negotiate the terms of a city conduit lease. Those who <br></div><div dir="ltr">have been following this effort know that the city has not yet done a <br></div><div dir="ltr">proper analysis of the value of their installed conduit, and is acting <br></div><div dir="ltr">out of a perceived need to rush a deal to completion in order to limit <br></div><div dir="ltr">its Internet access costs, which skyrocketed when the Comcast cable <br></div><div dir="ltr">franchise expired.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">They seem to be proceeding with this negotiation in spite of a <br></div><div dir="ltr">recommendation passed UNANIMOUSLY by the Broadband Advisory Task Force, <br></div><div dir="ltr">advising they do a fiscal analysis of the value of the conduit they are <br></div><div dir="ltr">proposing to lease, nor examining the impact this would have to a <br></div><div dir="ltr">publicly owned fiber network. We need our community in the driver seat <br></div><div dir="ltr">when it comes to the future of telecommunications in Davis, with robust <br></div><div dir="ltr">competition and revenue from fiber lease fees returning into our <br></div><div dir="ltr">community. We do not accept another monopoly level Private Equity owned <br></div><div dir="ltr">company taking advantage of our City.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">A badly-negotiated lease agreement will permanently foreclose options <br></div><div dir="ltr">for a public-oriented fiber network, and we need to make sure the <br></div><div dir="ltr">Council knows that those objecting to the current process aren't just a <br></div><div dir="ltr">handful of cranky geeks. Toward that end, we want to muster as many <br></div><div dir="ltr">people as possible in the Council Chambers lobby (at City Hall, Russell <br></div><div dir="ltr">Boulevard at A Street) shortly before the meeting so that the Council <br></div><div dir="ltr">members and the City Manager can appreciate the level of public concern <br></div><div dir="ltr">as they enter the building.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Please consider making it to the Council Chambers at 5:15 tomorrow. <br></div><div dir="ltr">Since the item will be in closed session, there's no need to hang around <br></div><div dir="ltr">for the meeting unless you're motivated to speak during public comment. <br></div><div dir="ltr">A show of force before the meeting is what's most urgently needed.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">If you're able to make it, it would be helpful if you would drop an <br></div><div dir="ltr">email to <a href="mailto:help@dcn.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">help@dcn.org</a> so that we have some idea of expected headcount.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks, and I hope to see you there!<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Please ref our wiki for details, documents and contacts:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~help/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~help/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Davisgig mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:Davisgig@list.omsoft.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Davisgig@list.omsoft.com</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://list.omsoft.com/mailman/listinfo/davisgig" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://list.omsoft.com/mailman/listinfo/davisgig</a><br></div></div>
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