[chambernews] Fwd: Successful broadband (IVC) program last evening...

[Karen Amundson (Chamber)]

The message below is from Marc Johnson, ECMECC and KBI (Kanabec 
Broadband Initiative) head. Please read and join us in our next "virtual 
field trip!"
Thank you.
Karen.



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Subject: 	Successful broadband (IVC) program last evening...
Date: 	Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:44:36 -0600
From: 	Marc Johnson <mjohnson at ecmecc.org>
To: 	KBI Steering Committee <kbisteer at ecmecc.org>, 
"members at metn.k12.mn.us" <members at metn.k12.mn.us>, Jon Larson 
<jlarson at ecmecc.org>, Jennifer Gilman <jgilman at ecmecc.org>, Karl Samp 
<ksamp at charter.net>, Bill Coleman 
<bill at communitytechnologyadvisors.com>, Bernadine Joselyn 
<brjoselyn at blandinfoundation.org>, Rose Dunn <morahra at qwestoffice.net>, 
Superintendents <supers at ecmecc.org>



To: KBI Steering Committee members, METN list members, others who I 
thought might be interested...

Last night, (December 10th) the Mora HRA, KBI and ECMECC joined together 
to present an interactive video conference (IVC) event at the Eastwood 
Life Enrichment Center (LEC) in Mora, MN. The LEC is a facility run by 
the Mora HRA as an event center for the residents of the Eastwood senior 
living complex as well as for community meetings and events. KBI, 
through the generous support of the Blandin Foundation, was able to 
outfit the LEC with modern audio/video equipment including a video 
conference system and high speed, broadband, Internet access (with 
support from Midcontinent Communications).

On the evening of December 10th, 2013, nearly 60 people assembled at the 
LEC to view an interactive presentation lead by the National Park 
Service and broadcast live from the grounds of the USS Arizona Memorial 
at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The presentation included a short documentary 
about the attacks of December 7th, 1941, an eyewitness account led by 
Jimmy Lee who was eleven and living on a farm on the northern part of 
the harbor (a front row seat to the events of that day) and a 
question/answer session with Paul Heintz of the park service and Jimmy Lee.

It was an amazing "show" and the audience was glued to the screen. Among 
the participants in Mora were several veterans including John Kirkhuff 
of Mora who was stationed at Pearl Harbor during the attacks on December 
7, 1941. In the video linked below, John (with help from his daughter 
Ginny Berg) had just finished providing his own brief account of the 
events of that day. Take a look and enjoy. Then remember to continually 
thank our veterans and active forces for their service to our county!

http://goo.gl/aCdE7G

Thank you to the National Park Service, the Blandin Foundation, members 
of the KBI steering committee, staff at the LEC and ECMECC and all of 
those who were in attendance for making this a highly successful event 
that provided a moving experience for many, gratitude to our veterans 
and generated community interest in the technology that allows for such 
events to occur. We are already planning the next event which may be a 
fun (and educational) trip to another warm place later this winter.

Have a great day!

Marc Johnson

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Marc Johnson, Executive Director
ECMECC
531 Elmhurst Ave. S.
Braham, MN 55006

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