- Meeting Agenda -

1) Introduction of a Community Technology Advisory Council (CTAC)
- Role of a CTAC in the Community
- Role of a CTAC in the DLT Project
- Relationship of a CTAC to the YTC (Youth Technology Corp)

2) What can the DLT Project do for your community?
- Strengthening of community through communication/group efforts
- Health and Education content geared towards the needs of your community
- Community technology literacy through CTAC efforts/mentorship
- Gathering and announcement of community resources and events through a community website

3) Initial direction of the Piru CTAC
- Reviewing and gathering information on the current situation in Piru in the areas of Education, Health and Technology
- Outreach/formation of a Youth Technology Corp
- Outreach/formation of a solid CTAC with representatives from local civic groups

4) Open discussion and review of the current situation of health, education, and technology resources in the Piru community
- Main Health issues - 20 minutes
- Main Education issues - 20 minutes
- Main Technology issues - 20 minutes


- Issues Discussed -

1) The Piru clinic has been getting less patients - the clinic will have to cut down its hours to being open only between 8am-12pm three days a week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays) The clinic is county run but not funded - it is kept alive by the funds taken in from the Santa Paula clinic. Key person at the clinic is Theresa Costello LVN.

2) The most prominent health problems in Piru include diabetes, hypertension, bronchitis and asthma.

3) Piru School is the only school in Piru and is K-5th grade - Middle School and High School students must be bussed to Fillmore. The school is run through Fillmore Unified School District - contact person is John Zermeno, technical contact person is Gerome Stick.

4) All but two classrooms in Piru School have computers and internet access, and the school also has a lab with 25 computers. The school receives internet access through the county's ISDN line. A second computer lab is coming to the school, which will be dedicated to the Waterford K-2nd grade reading program.

5) Kids in the community need after school programs which they want to participate in. The Girl Scouts program is well used - it accepts girls of all ages and comes to the school for its activities. There is currently no Boy Scouts program in Piru.

6) There is an active Boys and Girls club in Piru, which is ran out of the community center. There is no computer at the center, but the club has a WebTV box which they use for internet access.

7) The library is used heavily by kids for internet access, but not always for constructive uses. The library has received Info People funding and has three computers, one of which was given to the library by as part of the DLT project.

8) Computer training was at one time offered to the Piru community, but the turnout was very minimal - is the community not interested in computers training, or not aware of the benefits?

9) Piru Sheriff is not very visible - kids have no respect for the law and safety regulations and are regularly seen riding their bikes without helmets. The DARE program funding for Piru and Fillmore has been cut for years.


Meeting adjourned, review/signing of CTAC agreement forms.