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Getting there

The roadmap to Marin’s digital future is only as good as the ability to follow it. These steps ensure that Marin’s digital strategy leads to realization of its vision. Collaborative Vision Use Digital Marin’s shared vision to increase commitment and advance initiatives that improve Marin’s digital future. Community Owned Foster community ownership and enhance local...

Community driven organization

Goal Marin has a community driven organization with a mission of broadband for all Key performance indicators Create an effective operating entity by measuring its progress toward meeting the Strategic Plan’s goals within the time frames set forth in the Plan Represent all sectors and population groups on the Board of Directors by comparing the...

Digital adoption

Goal Marin has a high rate of digital adoption that benefits everyone Key performance indicators Decrease number of households not served by choice using 2020 CPUC data as a baseline and comparing it to updated CPUC data and surveys of Marin’s households Prevent or reduce the number of cyber security and privacy incidents by collecting...

Action 21 - Establish a Board of Directors

Establish a diverse, community-based Board of Directors for the Digital Marin operating entity. Have the project’s Executive Steering Committee serve as the initial Board. Make modifications to the Board to ensure it represents all sectors and segments of Marin’s population.

Action 20 - Establish a Digital Marin Operating Entity

Evolve the Digital Marin project into a community driven, independent operating entity with the ability to inform and influence policy makers and make decisions, raise capital, and spend funds to achieve Marin’s shared digital goals. Secure the resources, determine the type of organization, and take all steps necessary to complete its establishment. Incubate the new...

Action 19 - Establish a Digital Business Incubator Program

Establish a digital business incubator to create or expand Marin’s small, homebased, and online digital businesses. Include resources such as free or low-cost workspace, digital tools and technologies, mentorship, sharing of expertise, access to investors, and potentially, working capital in the form of grants and loans. Include representatives from business, economic development, chambers of commerce,...

Action 18 - Identify and Promote Smart Technologies

Create collaborations, explore opportunities, develop project proposals, and get funding for smart technologies that improve public service delivery and promote community engagement and public sector innovation. Include representatives from all sectors, including residents, to ensure that community needs are met, and security, privacy, and health concerns and risks are reduced or, where possible, eliminated. Base...

Action 17 - Enable Shared Services Among Government and Educational Agencies

Create collaborations, explore opportunities, develop project proposals, and get funding for shared services among government and educational agencies to improve efficiency, streamline processes, and improve customer service. Potential projects identified through the needs assessment process include the following: Increasing network interconnectivity and shared digital solutions and resources to lower costs and increase consistency of services...

Action 16 - Identify and Increase Data Sharing Initiatives

Create collaborations, explore opportunities, develop project proposals, and get funding for data sharing initiatives to provide whole person care for individuals and families. Potential projects identified through the needs assessment process include the following: Expanding data sharing among schools, libraries, and education-focused community based organizations to support home access to educational resources and family and...

Action 15 - Address Residents’ Concerns with Digital Technologies

Investigate community concerns including getting information from a wide-range of experts with differing opinions. Ensure that all voices are heard. Develop community-based solutions to address these concerns. Pursue these activities based upon specific needs and availability of resources. Examples of potential topics identified during the needs assessment process include the following: The effect of Electric...

Action 14 - Create an Education Campaign for Benefits of Digital Adoption

Educate the public about the availability and benefits of digital services. Include representatives from all sectors to ensure that the program serves Marin’s residents and businesses. Help individuals and businesses identify the benefits of using digital solutions, so they can experience the full value of online services and digital opportunities. The results of a recent...

Action 13 - Establish a Marin Security and Privacy Council

Expand the County-led Marin Information Security Collaboration (MISC), which currently serves government, education, non-profit, and similar public organizations, into a Marin Security and Privacy Council that includes other agencies and organizations, including for-profit enterprises. Continue to share cybersecurity information and resources, as well as broaden the focus to include digital privacy. Pursue projects and funding...

Action 12 - Establish a Marin Digital Accessibility Council

Establish a Marin Digital Accessibility Council to serve all sectors including public, non-profits, and private industry. Share information and resources and pursue projects and funding to improve access to digital resources and services.

Action 11 - Educate providers to make online services easier to use and accessible for all

Assemble best practices for universal design and ease of use for online services. Work with schools, higher education, and other training programs to incorporate these best practices into their related curriculum and training programs. Share best practices with providers of online content and applications in all sectors. Conduct a marketing campaign to ensure that these...

Action 10 - Create Community-Based Digital Support Networks

Create community-based digital support networks that serve individuals and organizations without the means to get technical support. Expand existing programs or establish new ones, potentially resulting in job creation, job training opportunities, and new businesses. Launch these projects based on each communities’ specific needs and availability of resources.

Action 9 - Create Partnerships to Provide Devices for All

Create programs with eligibility standards to distribute low and no-cost devices to individuals and organizations. Identify needs, secure funding, determine eligibility, obtain, distribute, and track devices, and manage the program. To remove barriers, ensure that the process to obtain devices is easy to complete and coordinated with other entities such as those providing social services....

Action 8 - Integrate and Expand Digital Literacy Training Programs

Inventory digital literacy training programs, including those in K-12 and higher education, to determine gaps, identify redundancies, and ensure that digital literacy training is available for all Marin residents and businesses. Collect information such as intended audience, training method, curriculum, and whether the program is meeting Marin’s digital literacy standards. Ensure that resources spent on...

Action 7 - Create Digital Literacy Standards for Marin

Develop a baseline standard of digital literacy for Marin. Work with schools and other training programs to incorporate these standards into their curriculum and training programs. Conduct a marketing campaign to ensure that these standards are well known and adopted throughout Marin.

High-quality broadband

Goal High-quality broadband is available to everyone in Marin Key performance indicators Increase the number of households served by broadband using 2020 CPUC data as a baseline and comparing it to updated CPUC data and surveys of Marin’s households Improve residents’ and businesses’ ratings of internet quality and reliability using the Needs Assessment findings as...

Roadmap

Four (4) goals with enabling strategies emerged from the community outreach, needs assessment, asset inventory, and gap analysis. These goals and related strategies create Marin’s digital roadmap. Goal 1: High-quality broadband is available to everyone in Marin. Strategies: Assist with the deployment of universally accessible public and public/private broadband services throughout Marin Improve the quality,...

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