FiberNet Advisory Board Minutes 09-10-2013MINUTES
FIBERNET MONTICELLO ADVISORY BOARD MEETING
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 — 6 p.m.
Boom Island Room, Monticello Community Center
Present: Clint Herbst, Jon Morphew, Dennis Sullivan
Absent: Glen Posusta, Wayne Mayer
Others: Mark Pultusker, Jeff O'Neill
1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Meeting Minutes — July 9, 2013
Minutes were not available so will be presented at the November meeting.
3. System updates
a. Bond Restructuring Status Report — Jeff O'Neill reported that attorneys are
continuing to work on the settlement.
b. System Upgrades Status Report
i. Gigabit Initiative for Fibernet 2.0 — Upgrade planned for October 7 th
ii. Minverva Middleware upgrade and what it means — will include new and
useful features; DVR capabilities will include network DVR features.
Discussed possible use of Prairie Conference Center meeting room as a
training/demonstration room.
iii. CSI Receiver installation update — no report
iv. Marketing — discussed advertising concepts; focus on benefit created by
FiberNet relative to lower prices for everyone.
4. Product and Service Development Update
a. Data Center - working with two customers who will be leasing space on FiberNet
computers. Discussed potential of providing this service on a larger scale.
b. FTTH Communications Services update — discussed FTTH Communications test.
Hope to have it tested by end of October and available for use by FTTH.
C. Video Services — discussed potential of distributing video services outside of
Monticello utilizing outside sales staff.
d. City Communication Tower — in process
e. Subscriber Advisory Committee — discussed developing more interaction with
subscribers on market research.
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5. Update on New Channels
The channel lineup is changing with 25 more channels. However there are still issues that
need to be reconciled.
6. Next Meeting
The next meeting is tentatively planned for Wednesday, November 6, 2013.
7. Other
Madison Group bill — Mark Pultusker provided an update on this billing.
8. Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 7:35 p.m.
Recorder: Catherine M. Shuman C*vj,�
Approved: November 13, 2013
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