Date: Monday, Jan 8, 2024

Time:  4:30pm MST/6:30pm EDT

Location: via Zoom 

Meeting Type: Regular Meeting

How Called: Standing meeting

Convened: 6:35 Eastern

Attendees: Barry, Maryanna, Katherine

1 Minutes

Approval of December minutes (draft https://www.pbdd.org/draft-of/ )

2 Strategic Discussion continued- review and discuss letter?

After discussion and revision, Barry will send a letter to our partners indicating our change in strategic direction.

Here is a list of all the pages: https://www.pbdd.org/tmp-list-pages/ 

3 Information Sharing

• Web page updates: Help us, started History category and moved stuff.
• Pennsylvania State Digital Equity Coalition (PASDEC)- Keystone rebrand coming soon!
• Arizona Digital Inclusion Network (ADIN)- 
• Endorsed the Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024
• Net Inclusion: 
  1. 4 scholarships granted , invoice pending 
  2. Travel plans: Conference is done on Thursday at 2. M – arriving from Chicago Monday 2/12 at 3PM. Leaving Thursday at 6. Cindy’s plans.

4 Action Item Status Update

Walking through the Action Item List and noting updates. In the minutes, this will record items closed during meeting. 

1. Closed 1/8/24 – Opened 12/11/23 – work out a  plan for talking with partners about PBDD direction and de-emphasizing partners.
2. Closed 1/8/24 – Opened 12/11/23 – Katherine will update the ‘help us’ page to point to other places to donate and volunteer.

5 Time and Location for Next Meeting

Next meeting – Live, during Net Inclusion, try for Monday evening.

6 Adjourn

Adjourned: 7:35