1. Getting Rural Virginia Connected A US Dept of Commerce TOP grant funded project Mathew Mathai Blacksburg Electronic Village Accomack Technology Leadership Team Meeting Tuesday Nov. 4, 2003

2. 11/4/2003Mathew Mathai, BEV2 Agenda Project Overview Project Duration Implementation Outline Next steps Questions

3. 11/4/2003Mathew Mathai, BEV3 Project Overview Promote the effective use of technology to improve local economic conditions in rural communities in nine counties in Virginia while including citizens in the decision making process Partnership between Counties, Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE) and the Blacksburg Electronic Village (BEV)

4. 11/4/2003Mathew Mathai, BEV4 Project Duration Department of Commerce funding ends June 30, 2004 (end of grant period) An additional year of support provided by the Blacksburg Electronic Village i.e. through June 30, 2005 (end of project)

5. 11/4/2003Mathew Mathai, BEV5 Implementation Outline 1. Get buy-in from County leaders 2. Assemble Technology Leadership Team 3. Facilitate Take Charge Process 4. Train Technology Leadership Team 5. Deploy Community Network Services 6. Technology Assessment & Master Plan 7. Ongoing workshops and training sessions

6. 11/4/2003Mathew Mathai, BEV6 Community Network Services Professionally Designed Web Site People, Business and Organization Directories Users add entries for People, Organizations and Businesses Automatically updated Community Calendar Online Discussion Forum BEV Incubator Services Virtual Business Incubator Community Connections

7. 11/4/2003Mathew Mathai, BEV7 BEV Incubator Services Available to Home based and Micro Businesses without Web presence Non-profit organization and other community groups Free through the June 30, 2005 Services: Web hosting – 20 MB 2 Email addresses Mailing list (up to 100 ids) Businesses will need to transition to other Web hosting services by June 30, 2005

8. 11/4/2003Mathew Mathai, BEV8 Technology Assessment and Master Plan Eastern Shore Broadband Coalition – individuals and groups interested in the deployment of broad band services on the Eastern Shore Assess current state of services and infrastructure Determine what is needed Develop Master Plan

9. 11/4/2003Mathew Mathai, BEV9 Next Steps - Immediate 1. Gather Content for Accomack Electronic Village Web site 2. Volunteer (if interested) for the Eastern Shore Broadband Coalition Contact person for both these activities is Jennifer Haycox – jhaycox@vt.edu

10. 11/4/2003Mathew Mathai, BEV10 Next Steps – Near Term Identify individuals for the following roles: 1. Web Site Administrator 2. Directory Administrator 3. Calendar Administrator 4. Registrar for BEV Incubator Services 5. Forum Administrator 6. Form Moderator

11. 11/4/2003Mathew Mathai, BEV11 Questions? Send questions to Accomack-TLT@lists.top.bev.net