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<p dir="auto">Good day, WNYDEC members!</p>
<p dir="auto">Here are some follow-up resources from the May 2025 WNYDEC Full-Member Meeting.</p>
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<li>For a recap, please take a look at the <a href="https://wnydigitalequity.link/20250521fmmnotes" style="color: #3983C4;">meeting notes</a>.</li>
<li>Don’t forget to <a href="https://wnydigitalequity.link/convening-registration" style="color: #3983C4;">register for our July 28 convening</a> at the Erie 1 BOCES Education Campus in West Seneca.</li>
<li>Attached is a PDF document guide to creating a petition using ResistBot. I welcome any feedback or corrections so we can make sure it’s as useful as possible! (The NYS Digital Equity Network <a href="https://resist.bot/petitions/PUFUOW" style="color: #3983C4;">petition to protect the Digital Equity Act</a> is up to 132 signers! Don’t forget to sign if you haven’t already!)</li>
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<p dir="auto">I also have an update on the Digital Equity Technical Assistance Grant: We are a green light to proceed with all projects! Christine Carr-Barmasse, Steve Heist, and I had a call with the ConnectALL Office this past Friday and we got all of my questions and concerns about complying with Minority- and Woman-Owned Business Enterprise contracting requirements resolved.</p>
<p dir="auto">We’ll begin scheduling RBA trainings and other activities immediately! Our June meeting should be pretty full!</p>
<p dir="auto">If you have an event or resource you’d like to share, please go ahead and share it directly to the list (email <a href="mailto:wny-digital-equity-list@wnydigitalequity.org" style="color: #3983C4;">wny-digital-equity-list@wnydigitalequity.org</a>) and/or submit it for inclusion in the monthly newsletter (<a href="https://wnydigitalequity.link/submit-news" style="color: #3983C4;">https://wnydigitalequity.link/submit-news</a>).</p>
<p dir="auto">Have a fantastic week, everyone!</p>
<p dir="auto">Warm regards,</p>
<p dir="auto">Don</p>
<p dir="auto">--<br>
Don Matteson - Facilitator<br>
WNY Digital Equity Coalition<br>
<a href="mailto:dwmatteson@wnydigitalequity.org" style="color: #3983C4;">dwmatteson@wnydigitalequity.org</a><br>
wnydigitalequity.org<br>
@wnydigitaleqty</p>
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