Group of Poplar Hill community members and Keewaytinook Okimakanak met on the evening of January 21 to get an introduction to the Kuh-ke-nah Network Smart Demonstration Project

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Galin Kora of Telecommons Development Group (TDG) in Guelph presented the information about the information collected from the c
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He encouraged everyone to support others in the community to come and participate in these ICT planning sessions.
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Les spoke about the importance of this process for the e-Centre staff to understand what ICT support and programs they should be
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Les described the community planning workshop format and how the e-Centre staff will be producing a work plan from the informati
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Brian Beaton, K-Net Coordinator, provided a brief history about how the Smart project developed from the work with ICTs over the
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Dan Pellerin (Network Manager) joined the group from the Sioux Lookout office to provide everyone with an overview about the net
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Dan presented information about the present infrastructure in Poplar Hill and about what is planned.
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Dan also talked about the business case behind the network so everyone understood the type of work required to make the network
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The evening began with Susan Owen welcoming everyone and making sure everyone knew each other.
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Les Meekis (KO Community Manager) introduced the purpose of the workshop and provided everyone with the proposed agenda for the