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#Madfiber Ice Cream Release!

The moment we've been waiting for has arrived! 

(no, we didn't win yet, this is the other moment ;)

NE

WS ADVISORY

Date:             Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Contact:       Rachel Strauch-Nelson, (608) 266-4611

Mayor, Superintendent, UW Officials to Release Mad Fiber Ice Cream

Mayor Dave Cieslewicz will join Superintendent Dan Nerad, Dean Irwin Goldman of the UW College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Babcock Dairy Plant Manager Bill Klien to release Babcock’s new Mad Fiber ice cream in support of Madison’s bid for Google Fiber this Friday, April 9 at 12:00pm.

The mayor and others will provide samples of Babcock’s new ice cream and discuss Madison’s bid for Google Fiber. Samples of Mad Fiber ice cream will also be sent to Google this week.

WHAT:          Launch of Babcock Dairy’s new Mad Fiber ice cream in support of Madison’s bid for Google Fiber

WHO:            Mayor Dave Cieslewicz

                        

                       MMSD Superintendent Dan Nerad

                        

                       Dean Irwin Goldman, UW College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

                        

                       Babcock Dairy Plant Manager Bill Klein

WHEN:         12:00pm

                       Friday, April 9

WHERE:       City County Building front steps (lobby in the case of rain)

                        210 MLK Blvd.         

What our citizens will do with Google Fiber #madfiber

I took a quick look at the responses to city survey question 6, "Why should Google build a fiber-to-the-home network where you live?"

Three ideas, beyond the ones we have already discussed, that I noticed showing up in multiple responses:

1. Telecommuting / telework

Citizens identified value in personal and professional flexibility, sustainability, ability of our small businesses to serve national/global markets, ability of companies like Google to tap our talent pool, etc.
2. Non-traditional education
Citizens imagined a community rich in educational opportunities for distance learning, home and family learning, community education, serving special needs populations, etc.

3. Quality of feedback

Both the educational level of the population and our vigorous tradition of civic engagement were cited in suggesting that Google will get uniquely valuable feedback from Madison. "Madison would really give it a workout!"

Matt Peterson

Olson School kids videos

I attended the community meeting to bring Google Fiber to Madison and our fourth and fifth grade students at Olson Elementary have made some Flip videos to support our city's efforts. Please access them at http://olsonweb.madison.k12.wi.us/node/140. for the student home page http://olsonweb.madison.k12.wi.us/students We also have the video available on the school's Destiny Olson page which is the library and resource@home page.

The students had a lot of fun putting this together and I hope they are convincing! They would see long term benefits in their education and engagement in learning if we were able to get Google Fiber project to choose Madison for their city. Kids made t-shirts, songs, skits, etc to support our community effort.
Good luck with the application!

Sheryl Boser
Library Media Specialist
Olson Elementary School