Category Archives: Network Sierra

Who cares about your project?

By Greg Falken | Published: November 24, 2009
I recently spent two days in a grant proposal writing workshop with Harvey Chess, of The FTF Group. Harvey is very well known in the non-profit community around California and now I can see why. I gained an appreciation of the granting process that I never had before, partly because I had no particular need [...]
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Teaching Digital Literacy

By Greg Falken | Published: November 16, 2009
The Scottish Executive, in 2001, defined adult literacy as, “The ability to read and write and use numeracy to handle information, to express ideas and opinions, to make decisions and solve problems, as family members, workers, citizens and lifelong learners.” Pete Ashton writes on his blog ASH-10: Digital literacy means being able to take digital [...]
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Pining for Gold: a quick digital thinking exercise

By Greg Falken | Published: November 3, 2009
Guest post by Sharon Crost, cross-posted on GregFalken.com. Let’s do a quick thinking exercise: think for a few seconds about the Central Sierra. Do you think of history and the Gold Rush and panning for gold? Or do you think of Yosemite National Park, Bear Valley or Dodge Ridge, tasting wine, jumping frogs, or enjoying [...]
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Community Access Internet Project

By Greg Falken | Published: October 29, 2009
Working with a group of committed people here in Tuolumne County, I have submitted a proposal to the Knight News Challenge. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Challenge seeks innovations that use new or available technology to distribute content in local communities. There are only three rules: Use digital, open-source [...]
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State of Tuolumne County Broadband

By Greg Falken | Published: May 22, 2007
Network Sierra has seemed pretty dormant for the last several weeks but there has in fact been activity on the county level that could move the broadband agenda forward. Following the Conxx Presentation made to Network Sierra on April 18th, which was attended by several members of county government, efforts are underway to bring the [...]
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FCC Correspondence

By Greg Falken | Published: March 28, 2007
After reading the recently signed Comcast contract, and having others validate my belief that it is a poor contract that will leave much of Tuolumne County without wireline Broadband for ten years, I sent an email to Michael Copps of the FCC. FCC Commissioner Copps had recently written an op-ed piece in the Washington Post [...]
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Comcast Contract Follow-Up

By Greg Falken | Published: March 20, 2007
Network Sierra member Bob Ingalls writes: I had an action item from our first Network Sierra meeting to talk to Greg Applegate regarding the Comcast contract. Greg referred me to Marian Jackson (Government Affairs) of Comcast. Marian told me that after Comcast upgrades their network, they will be offering Internet and telephone service. The key [...]
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Cell Tower Maps

By Greg Falken | Published: March 7, 2007
The following maps show the locations of cell towers in Tuolumne County, excluding those on Forest Service lands. A request for those maps is pending. Map 1 (437 KB PDF): http://www.networksierra.org/pdf/cell_tower_1.pdfMap 2 (409 KB PDF): http://www.networksierra.org/pdf/cell_tower_2.pdf
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Final Comcast Agreement

By Greg Falken | Published: March 7, 2007
Below is a link to the agreement signed by Tuolumne County and Comcast, on 12/19/06. Thanks to Supervisor Teri Murrison for providing it and to Ed Fernandez for requesting it. Ed notes the following: After a quick perusal I noted two significant things: It calls for an update completion date in five years. It obligates [...]
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Remarks To the Board of Supervisors

By Greg Falken | Published: February 20, 2007
The following remarks (well, most of them) were made to the Board of Supervisors, as part of the public discussion on economic development: Good morning. My name is Greg Falken. I’m a partner in webdancers, a web development company in Twain Harte. I’m also a member of an ad hoc group of citizens called Network [...]
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