Asheville lost a community broadband leader Tuesday when Wally Bowen succumbed to Lou Gehrig’s disease. Wally was the founder and Executive Director of the Mountain Area Information Network (MAIN). Wally founded MAIN in 1996 and worked for many years to grow our Internet opportunities in the mountains of WNC. Moreover, Wally worked nationally to keep the Internet open and accessible. Asheville has lost a community leader.
The ERC is pleased to announce that Tanya Riddle has been promoted to Operations Manager. Tanya is a long-term employee, having spent 9 and a half years performing different roles for the ERC. Over the past few years, she has been managing much of the daily operations. Please join all of us in congratulating Tanya on this promotion.
http://mountainx.com/news/digital-disconnect-some-buncombe-rural-residents-get-left-behind/
The Mountain Xpress examines the rural broadband needs and the gap between urban and rural areas.
Note: there are some factual errors in the story.
The ERC is pleased to welcome Justen Casey as its newest team member. Justen came to the ERC as an intern via Dr. MaryLynn Manns of UNC Asheville. After working with the ERC for several months, and having valued his contributions to the team, the decision was made to extend an offer and to our delight, Mr. Casey accepted.
***UPDATE*** Due to weather conditions, this visit was postponed to Mar 5 – 6. The Techworking will still be at Pack’s Tavern, but on March 5. The link below is still valid.
The North Carolina Technology Association (NCTA) will be visiting Asheville again on Feb 26 (Thursday) and 27 (Friday). Thursday night, NCTA will host a ‘Techworking’ event at Pack’s Tavern, and everyone is invited to this free event. Please follow the link below to register.
http://members.nctechnology.org/events/details/techworking-in-asheville-q1-32