
Regional Meeting Agenda
Region 5 - Southwest
Attendees: Local Governments, Non Profits, Residents
Check in (8:30 - 9 am)
Opening General Session (9:00 – 10:00 am)
Working Sessions (10:15 – 12:00 noon)
BEAD - Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment - Infrastructure
Lunch: Enjoy community options and local food trucks
OPTIONAL Afternoon Workshops (1:30 - 3 pm)
e Ready for BEAD Afternoon workshops are subject to change and may vary by region
Be Broadband Ready Workshop
Empower your Family, Connect to Broadband. How to Form Grassroots Action Teams -
hosted by the Health Action New Mexico team
Jobs of the Future in Broadband.- A Community Exploration
Open Office Hours (12 noon - 3:30 pm)
Region 5 - Southwest
Attendees: Local Governments, Non Profits, Residents
Check in (8:30 - 9 am)
Opening General Session (9:00 – 10:00 am)
- Introductions
- Agenda and Logistics
- Goals: long-term relationships and collaboration to support improvement in local Broadband and Digital Equity. Gather input for development of Broadband and Digital Equity Plans.: Share tools including Stakeholder Inventory, Program Asset Inventory, Infrastructure Asset Inventory, Broadband Survey.
- Regional Stories
- BEAD Plan and DE Plan Overview
Working Sessions (10:15 – 12:00 noon)
BEAD - Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment - Infrastructure
- Current state of Broadband in the Region
- Challenges and opportunities for expansion
- Asset Inventory
- Barriers to broadband adoption
- Strategies for increasing adoption and use
- Program Asset Inventory
- Available funding sources
- Best practices for partnerships
- Stakeholder Inventory
- Feedback and next steps
- Statewide Convening
Lunch: Enjoy community options and local food trucks
OPTIONAL Afternoon Workshops (1:30 - 3 pm)
e Ready for BEAD Afternoon workshops are subject to change and may vary by region
Be Broadband Ready Workshop
- Be Ready for BEAD
- Identifying county-specific needs
- Developing county-specific plans
- Technical assistance and capacity building
- Technical assistance and capacity building
- Step by step specific actions to be taken
Empower your Family, Connect to Broadband. How to Form Grassroots Action Teams -
hosted by the Health Action New Mexico team
Jobs of the Future in Broadband.- A Community Exploration
Open Office Hours (12 noon - 3:30 pm)
- Federal and State Officials
- Industry Leaders
- Community Representatives