Yolo Area Regional Network
1996 Summits
University of California, Davis, and the Davis Community
Network co-hosted a series of regional telecommunications
summits, inviting representatives from surrounding
cities and county organizations, including government,
education, and business. From this initial effort,
several working groups were organized and have worked
on regional telecommunications projects.
The work accomplished to date includes:
YARN Summit
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2/27/96 |
- Presented educational material on "smart
communities" and University projects.
- Representatives from each organization made a
short presentation of their telecommunications and
information technology goals, activities and obstacles.
- As a group, attendees identified common goals and
obstacles.
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Telecommunications
Policy Summit
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5/16/97 |
- Co-hosted by the City of Davis and University
of California at Davis.
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YARN Lunch
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5/23/96 |
- Telecommunications industry representatives
presented information on their activities and potential
for public-private partnerships.
- Attendees created subgroups to work in areas of:
- Organizational Activities
- Infrastructure and Resource Mapping
- Regional Kiosk Project
- Regional Training and Demonstration Center
- Support coordination among elected officials.
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YARN Summit
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10/2/96 |
- An update on YARN organizational efforts and
subgroups' progress.
- Presentation by invited guest: Robert Berry,
Pres./CEO, San Bernardino County, Enterprise
for Economic Excellence.
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The following are the common areas of need and interest
and potential areas of shared resources that have been
identified:
| Cities | Schools | UCD | County | DCN |
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| Institutional Networking | X | X |
| X | X |
| Community-wide Internet access | X | X | X | X | X |
| Electronic Communication services | X | X |
| X | X |
| Regional network coordination | X | X | X | X | X |
| Economic development | X |
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| X | X |
| High speed community access | X | X | X | X | X |
| Education and Training | X | X |
| X | X |
| Equitable access | X | X | X | X | X |
Four workgroups were set up to carry out the initiatives created at
the May 1996 meeting:
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