University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Letter to the community: A Community Benefit Fund for Champaign-Urbana

Alkalimat, Abdul

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Title
Letter to the community: A Community Benefit Fund for Champaign-Urbana
Author(s)
Alkalimat, Abdul
Issue Date
2012
Keyword(s)
  • Community
  • UC2B
  • Champaign-Urbana
  • Digital Divide
Geographic Coverage
Champaign-Urbana
Abstract
UC2B, the Urbana Champaign Big Broadband project, plans to help our community more than just putting pipes in the ground or to our houses. We passed a community benefit fund resolution. Here are excerpts: A POLICY TO ACHIEVE DIGITAL EQUALITY The Policy Board hereby establishes a goal to achieved digital equality for all people in the UC2B service area, and adopts the following objectives to achieve the goal.... The Policy Board will convene an annual meeting of anchor social institutions to discuss the above report and set general goals for overcoming the digital divide. This meeting will be open to the public and scheduled as a regular meeting of all UC2B committees. The Policy Board sets a goal to allocate 5% of its annual revenue and no less than 2% to a community benefit fund as o line item in the budget. Money from this fund will be dedicated to overcoming the digital divide...
Series/Report Name or Number
Community Informatics Lab Notes 15
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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