[sllug-members]: Grassroots for Utopia

[Thomas S Hatch]

Thanks, I am on those lists now.  I am putting together a website for news
and announcements.

On 9/22/07, Clint Savage <herlo1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 9/21/07, Thomas S Hatch <thatch45 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Wow, that was a very positive response, I go to a play and come home to
> the
> > pleasant scent of people who care!  I have never started such a group
> but
> > would like very much to do so, continuing to ignore the need for an
> updated
> > communications infrastructure is like telling Eisenhower that the
> interstate
> > is crazy, what fools will do business in Salt Lake if we can't offer
> high
> > speed communications, they could do more work in Cedar City with Utopia
> than
> > they could in Salt Lake!  This is definitely an unfolding trend (despite
> my
> > fopa of not offering evidence), that people move away from cities and
> > cluster in areas with the power to offer communications.
> >
> > With that said I will begin starting a grassroots political movement to
> > bring Fiber Optics to Salt Lake City, keep in ming that I have never
> done
> > this and will need some allies, I assume this is the place to start.
> >
> > -Thomas S Hatch
>
> I just thought I'd mention a couple things.  I'm all for this and will
> join up too.  Please add me to any mailing lists you create.
>
> Note, there is a mailing list on xmissions listserv
>
> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pro-utopia
>
> If you're interested in helping the cause, I'd suggest starting there.
>
> Secondly, I find that there has been *a lot* of discussion on this
> recently in many of the Linux User Groups around the state lately.  It
> seems its time for a change.  Pete in 2010!
>
> Lastly, I was just reading an article in USA Today (IIRC) that was
> talking about how major cities were deciding that providing free/low
> cost wifi was too expensive.  This may only be semi-related.  It seems
> to me that if we can get UTOPIA rolled out according to plan (which
> its currently on-track) and can get more free wi-fi in the downtown
> and on Traxx, Salt Lake City could be on the map even more in
> technology.  Even more than Silicon Valley, Seattle or San Francisco
> are considered to be.
>
> I also want to mention that I am the founder of a group called Utah
> Open Source and we recently held the Utah Open Source Conference which
> had over 200 attendees.  I mention this only because I feel it proves
> that Utah has a vibrant strong, smart technology community that cares
> about its freedoms in technology and elsewhere.
>
> Let's not let anyone take those freedoms away.  We're a strong,
> vibrant community and we can stand up for what we believe.  Wow, this
> really became a soap box, sorry for that.
>
> <Steps down from the soapbox>
>
> I'll see you all online.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Clint
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