Advice for Starting a Community Network Community Broadband Bits Episode #94
The Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] podcast this week focuses on what people can do to start building a grassroots effort for a network in their community. John St Julien of Lafayette, Louisiana, returns to the show to discuss what they did and ideas for others to follow.\n\nJohn was last on the show for episode 19, where we focused more on the specific approach used in Lafayette.\n\nWe discuss the early challenges and ideas for how to engage others, who may be the best people to approach, and how to maintain a sense of progress during what may be a very challenging organizing effort.\n\nRead the transcript from this episode here.\n\nWe want your feedback and suggestions for the show - please e-mail us or leave a comment below. Also, feel free to suggest other guests, topics, or questions you want us to address.\n\nThis show is 20 minutes long and can be played below on this page or via iTunes or via the tool of your choice using this feed. \n\nListen to previous episodes here. You can can download this Mp3 file directly from here.\n\nFind more episodes in our podcast index.\n\nThanks to Valley Lodge for the music, licensed using Creative Commons. The song is "Sweet Elizabeth."