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A little Sunday afternoon broadband reading & notice that our GTBA RDOF comments made the mention of Broadband Breakfast article on the topic! We weighed in partly because many of our members submitted “legitimate” bids only to be second bidder to some lowball bids, But really the important potential issue for ALL is….. it will truly be a shame if at the end of BEAD, RDOF locations fall victim to the “blocking game”, where customers are left with no high speed broadband. We argued a case by case approach with preference given to non defaulting companies for RDOF locations if awarded through BEAD. I believe that helps solve the issue while ensuring BEAD isn’t another blocking mechanism for companies who never planned to build anyway. Some argue that providers don’t really play the blocking game but I believe they do. Why else would they bid areas down so low, to essentially no public funding, that they haven’t already built out if they plan to do so without any funds. In business maybe it’s better ROI to keep your $50 (just price example) a month for slow speeds than risk another provider competing with your company. I’m glad our community based providers have not had that ROI strategy and served their communities, while attempting to expand to serve more!

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In England and Wales, listing volumes in Q4 ‘23 continued to be healthy – on par with levels produced in Q4 ‘19. Listings in Scotland were up 9% in Q4 ‘23 vs Q4 ‘19 >> Access the report for more insights on SSTC, search and completion volumes. https://hubs.la/Q02kt7yz0 #PropertyTrendsReport #LandmarkData #LandmarkInformationGroup #PropertyData #DataYouCanTrust

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EXCLUSIVE: 11 questions 11 minutes with Lisa Bova-Hiatt, NYCHA’s CEO. We spoke to her on the heels of new information. NYCHA will reopen the waitlist for the section 8 housing choice voucher program. NYCHA’s CEO Lisa Bova-Hiatt sat down with us, we asked a range of questions. @pix11news @nychagram #monicamakesithappen #monicamakesithappenshow

Great NBOA: Business Leadership for Independent Schools article highlighting how "Auxiliary programs can play an integral role in financial sustainability when leaders develop mission- and market-driven programs." The Sidwell Summer team loves it when people recognize the value of auxiliary & summer programming! Here are some of our favorite quotes from the article: Entrepreneurial Investment “Many independent schools are understandably cautious and risk-averse in their leadership, and that can sometimes conflict with the need to be entrepreneurial when it comes to auxiliary programs,” noted Nat Saltonstall, executive director of SPARC, Summer Programs and Auxiliary Revenue Collaborative. "Auxiliary programs are a business within the larger school, a profit center within a nonprofit. Schools must embrace an entrepreneurial mindset to unlock their full potential.” - YES! We say this all the time - we run a profit center within our wonderful Sidwell Friends School! "CampBrain... has seen that growth reflected in the aggregate data it collects from individual schools, according to Jeff Bowman, business development lead. In the past two years, CampBrain has charted a 24% increase in total gross revenue from summer programs and a 32% increase for after-school programs among its 600-plus clients. “It really shows the need for these programs,” said Bowman." - YEAH! the Sidwell Summer team ❤️ 's working with CampBrain! “Before you can even start to think about measuring ROI, you have to decide why you are pursuing auxiliary programs,” added Karen McCann McClelland, director of auxiliary programs at Sidwell Friends. Engage the CFO, admissions director, trustees, facilities director and other stakeholders in discussing and determining those priorities. “Once you know what those are, you can start to look at some of the tools and metrics you need to measure returns,” - The Sidwell Summer team reflects quarterly on our vision and priorities and we love thinking up new programs and initiatives! "Karen McCann McClelland started at Sidwell Friends School (in 1998 😂) as a part-time, one-person operation. Today, her department has grown to eight full-time and 10 part-time employees. “There’s a correlation between how big your teams are and revenue. We pay for ourselves. If I add another person, I’m justifying that to my CFO. I know what program they’re going to run, how much revenue they will bring in, and the mission priorities they are going to meet.” - The Sidwell Friends Auxiliary Team - Karen McCann McClelland, Elizabeth Mayer, Jocelyn Pollard, Tanya Tilghman, Jaye Ebanks, Cate Woodward, Julie Schofield, and Elisa Otero - an amazing, dedicated group of professionals - we ❤️ the work we get to do each and every day to help enrich the lives of our summer and school year families and our community! #independentschools #summerprograms #auxiliaryprograms #cfos #leadershipdevelopment #professionaldevelopment

Meditating and reflecting on the goodness and favor of God as I send invoices to the World’s largest purchaser of goods & services, The Federal Government!! 🙌🏾👏🏽👨🏾⚖️🏦🧾 God showed me a vision 2 years ago and I was transacting business with the federal government and at that time I knew almost nothing about federal contracting. Fast forward 2 years later, the vision has come to pass!!! 🙏🏾🥳🙌🏾💃🏽 Have you consider the Federal Government as a client? They purchase almost any and everything and you could be offering what they need!! 😉😳🫣 Why can’t you get a piece of the Billion dollar pie 💰🥧 #govcon #federalgovernment #federalgovernmentcontracting #billiondollarindustry #fedgovcon #fedgovcontractors #samdotgov

We had to analyze the new HUD income and asset exclusion list for a HOTMA webinar we did this afternoon, so why not put it into an article? Enjoy our summary of HUDs new income and asset exclusion list. This does not replace, but is added to the HOTMA exclusion list and referred to in HOTMA under the exclusion "amounts that HUD is required by Federal statute to exclude."   https://lnkd.in/dda6fEVq #HOTMA

We just wrapped up MISA Prairies where MUNIvers continued to be well received. We talked to a lot of municipal #govtech leaders there, and what we are hearing is the following: 🏡 There is a lack of innovation from incumbent tech players. 🏡 They have difficulty providing connected citizen journeys. 🏡 There are no viable solutions which scale. 🏡 Concerns that legacy vendors are investing so little in maintaining their software that it’s only a matter of time until a major security incident and/or system failure occurs. We will address all the above with MUNIvers by bringing a property tax and utility billing solution to the market that will redefine what is possible. It’s a big goal, but we feel to service this market properly it’s a case of “go big or go home”. We’ve decided to go big, and we have the team to do it! Next up for MUNIvers is the GFOA (Government Finance Officers Association of Alberta) conference in Edmonton from Jun 2-5, 2024, and the GFOABC (Government Finance Officers Association of BC) conference in Kamloops from June 5-7, 2024. We look forward to seeing you there!