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Welcome to Your Voice-Our Communications Technology...designing a roadmap for our community's future, an initiative sponsored by the Mt. Hood Cable Regulatory Commission. The Your Voice initiative is seeking the local community’s ideas and thoughts about our current use and future needs for communications technology. The initiative will provide a better understanding of the local communities' needs, desires and vision for the future.
OVER 1700 Responses Received! |
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Why Your Voice Matters
The Your Voice initiative concerns and touches every one of us. Almost everyone uses some kind of communications technology: making phone calls, texting, messaging, using a computer, accessing the Internet, watching TV, etc. And everyone knows someone (or maybe you) who doesn’t have access to a technology because of cost, location, culture, language, training, etc.
We also recognize that we are in an era where local communities cannot rely on commercial communications companies to provide for our technology needs. We need all sectors to get involved, including schools, libraries, local governments, regional governments and nonprofit organizations. And we need partnerships among these organizations and with private businesses to ensure ourl communities’ needs are met…not just those who can financially contribute to a company’s bottom line.
What We Want to Know
1) What is the level of communications technology in our communities
today?
2) What are our communities' immediate (up to 3 years) communications
technology needs?
3) What are our communities' future (3-15 years) communications technology needs?
4) What are the differences in communications technology needs and interests among our communities?
5) What is the role of local government in meeting the communications technology related needs of our community?
6) What has been the impact within our communities of existing
public benefit requirements of the cable communications franchise agreement?
The YourVoice initiative seeks answers to these questions through six ascertainment Categories with associated Elements and Lead Questions. For more see Our Approach.
1120 SW 5th Ave., Rm 1305, Portland, OR 97204 • tel: 503.823.5385 • YourVoice@mhcrc.org
What's Next?
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the future of communications technology and community media throughout Multnomah County .