NWBDC Founder Don Sidlowski reports that on the same day two separate resolutions in support of broadband expansion and adoption passed. In similar actions on Tuesday August 20, the Oneida County Board of Supervisors and the Common Council of the City of Rhinelander approved resolutions respectively stating that “Oneida County will be home to the best broadband opportunities of any rural county in Wisconsin as measured by speed, adoption rate of its citizens, and data capacity” and “that the City of Rhinelander will pursue the best possible broadband availability in terms of speed, adoption rate by citizens, and data capacity”. Sidlowski notes that the passage of such resolutions is consistent with Step 1 of the “Building Community Broadband Capacity” model he authored and which has been published by the University of Wisconsin – Extension. The two key elements of Step 1 are “change and commit” which means the local units of government must first change their mindset to make broadband adoption a priority and then commit funding to the effort. In their resolutions, both the County and the City have appointed the Oneida County Economic Development Corporation (OCEDC) to oversee the effort. In turn, the OCEDC formed a Technology Committee chaired by Sidlowski to carry out the task of identifying projects and bringing the requests for funding back to the County and City.