Broadband Action Team (BAT)

Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers and FCC Chairman Pai engage in a discussion with rural leaders.

On Thursday, June 11, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai joined 5th District U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers in a virtual meeting with our local Broadband Action Team members. Team leader and WSU Stevens County Extension Director Debra Hansen, Stevens County Commissioner Wes McCart, Colville School District Superintendent Pete Lewis, Washington State Broadband Office Director Russ Elliott, and other BAT members shared grassroots efforts to survey broadband access in their largely rural communities. Visit the link below to see the shared information. 66 people joined us!

Meeting links and downloads:

• Link to the Zoom Recording
• Link to the Chat Questions and Comments (collated – so you don’t have to!)
• The PowerPoint presentation (including a list of attendees)
• Meeting handouts

Media links:

• Read more about the discussion at the WSU Insider, June 15, 2020
• Tweeted by WSU: https://twitter.com/glyndabecker/status/1271171845685903360?s=21
• And we were retweeted by Chairman Pai!  https://twitter.com/AjitPaiFCC/status/1273243972341837825
• Posted on Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers website
• Included in the RiponAdvance
• Included in the Benton Institute for Broadband and Society 

BAT History and List of Members

Visit this page for more information about why we meet, and who we are: