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Meeting: Connectivity Committee
Date: December 17, 2020
Time: 2.00 p.m.
Location: Webex
Attendees: Tom Marks, Warden and Committee Chair
Dom inique Giguere, Councillor and Committee Vice Chair
Justin Pennings, Community Member
Mike Andrews, Community Member
Regrets: Joshua Kiirya, Community Member
Shawn Southern, Community Member
Staff: Julie Gonyou, Chief Administrative Officer
Jim Bundschuh, Director of Financial Services
Cecil Coxen, IT Manager — Township of Malahide
Katherine Thompson, Supervisor of Legislative Services
Carolyn Krahn, Legislative Services Coordinator
MINUTES
1. Call to Order
The Connectivity Committee met this 17th day of December, 2020. The meeting
was called to order at 2.00 p.m.
2. Approval of Agenda
Moved by: Justin Pennings
Seconded by: Mike Andrews
RESOLVED THAT the agenda be approved as presented.
Recorded Vote
Yes
No
Councillor Gi uere
Yes
Mike Andrews
Yes
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Justin Pennin s
Yes
Warden Marks
Yes
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- Motion Carried.
3. Adoption of November 19, 2020 Minutes
Moved by: Mike Andrews
Seconded by: Councillor Giguere
Resolved that the minutes of the previous meeting be adopted.
Recorded Vote
Yes
No
Councillor Giguere
Yes
Mike Andrews
Yes
Justin Pennin s
Yes
Warden Marks
Yes
4
0
- Motion Carried.
4. Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest and the General Nature Thereof
5. Summary and Highlights: Canada's Rural and Remote Broadband
Conference Fall 2020 — Councillor Giguere, Vice Chair
Councillor Giguere presented a summary of Canada's Rural and Remote
Broadband Conference Fall 2020. The Conference was divided into two (2)
streams, policy and technical, and Councillor Giguere and the Manager of IT
attended the following sessions:
• The New COVID Reality Technical and Policy Impacts on Rural Canada
• Connectivity doesn't have to be a contest: Alternative Funding Models
• The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Part 2 Becoming a Community ISP
• International Community Models, Lessons for Canada
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• Fibre to the Home 101 — Network Overview
• Broadband Gap Analysis Identifying the Size of the Problem
• Innovative Micro -Projects for Sustainable Broadband
• Beyond Connectivity Bridging the Digital Divide
6. Summary #2 of Mountain Connect Virtual Conference, Legislative Services
Coordinator
The Legislative Services Coordinator provided a summaryof the Mountain
Connect Conference, which included sessions focusing on three distinct tracks:
Community Development, Emerging Technologies, and Wireless. The second
report on the Conference provided a summary of the following two (2) sessions:
Digital Government Strategy in the Age of COVID and San Mateo County's
Approach to Digital Equity and E-Learning.
7. Discussion Question Feedback — Internet Forum — Supervisor of
Legislative Services
The Supervisor of Legislative Services presented the feedback gathered from
participants during the breakout sessions of the Elgin County Internet Forum,
hosted by the Connectivity Committee on December 3, 2020.
8. Correspondence —A Path to Better Connectivity — ROMA Launches
Municipal Broadband Resources
The Committee received the correspondence from the Rural Ontario Municipal
Association.
9. Date of Next Meeting
The Committee will meet again on January 14, 2020 at 2.00 p.m. for a working
session to develop an inventory of what has been done and compare it to the
roadmap in the ROMA Broadband Resource Package.
10.Adjournment
Moved by: Justin Pennings
Seconded by: Mike Andrews
RESOLVED THAT the meeting be adjourned at 2.31 p.m.
Recorded Vote
Yes
No
Councillor Gi uere
Yes
Mike Andrews
Yes
Justin Pennings
Yes
Warden Marks
Yes
4
0
Motion Carried.
Julie Gonyou
Chief Administrative Officer/Clerk.
Tom Marks,
Chair.
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