Dear FBA Members,

As a valued member of the Fiber Broadband Association, we’re excited to bring you the latest updates, insights, and opportunities to help you stay ahead in the fiber broadband industry. Here’s what’s happening this month:

Coming Up, August 14^th from 12pm EST - 1pm EST – Join us at our monthly, virtual “Office Hours”. Drop-in to ask questions, share ideas, provide feedback, or briefly discuss ways to engage with FBA. Add this Zoom link to your calendar and log in at any time during the session.

🔗 Maximize Your Membership

• FBA Members Channel – Have you introduced yourself (virtually) to our community? Log in and join the online forum.  
• Business Case Letter for Spokane Regional Fiber Connect.
  
• The Call for Nominees for the FBA Board of Directors will be later this month. Stay tuned for more details and the Board elections procedures.

🌟 Committees Spotlight

• If you’d like to share your input on FBA in Canada, please complete the Canadian Working Group’s survey here.
• The Public Policy Committee has added AI as a focus of its current Working Group covering networking modernization.
• FBA’s Public Policy Committee, in coordination with our advocacy partners, are actively placing fiber supportive letters to the editor in key states, including Texas, Tennessee, and other states ahead of the September 4th BEAD deadline. If you’d like to get involved please email Marissa Mitrovich, Vice President of Public Policy, and Tinae Bluitt, Public Policy Manager, for more details and next steps. Join the Public Policy Committee here.
• The Power Utilities Roundtable is transitioning into a Working Group. Both network operators and vendors may join. Please sign up here.

🗓️ Upcoming Complimentary FBA Member Events

• Toronto –Member Meetup - August 18th, 6 PM - 7 PM local time.
• Save the Date! - Charlotte - Member Mingle - September 11th, 5 PM - 7 PM local time. More information to come.
  
• Spokane – Member Meetup - September 15th, 5 PM - 6 PM local time.

📍 Where is FBA?

The FBA team is hitting the road! Catch us at the following events and stop by to say hello:

• Regional Fiber Connect, Spokane - September 16 - Spokane, WA - Connect with Jennifer Vassil.
• NYSWA Wireless Education Forum - September 29 - New York, NY - 

  Come speak with Marissa Mitrovich and Tine Bluitt about FBA's advocacy, Jennifer Vassil and Kim Rickard about utilizing member benefits, and Deborah Kish about workforce development and OpTIC Path. Register Here!

  • Advocacy & Public Policy - Fiber Broadband Association
  • Member Resources - Fiber Broadband Association
  • OpTIC™ Path Curriculum - Fiber Broadband Association

📢 Save the Date

• The Call for Speakers for Fiber Connect 2026 is September 15 – October 31, 2025.
• The annual FBA Premier Members Meeting is December 8-9. Email membership@fiberbroadband.org if you have yet to inform us that you will be representing your Premier member company at this event or if you would like to discuss upgrading your organization’s membership to the Premier level.

📊 In Case You Missed It

• New White Paper: The Underappreciated Need to Enable AI and Data Center Growth: Increased and More Strategic Fiber Interconnections
  • AI Webinar Replay - watch here.
• FC25 - Operator Light Talk: The Long Game: Scaling a Fiber Business that's Built to Last
• Q2 Issue of Fiber Forward Magazine
• Check out Middle Tennessee’s Uniting Fiber and learn about how high-network reliability is teamed with a culture of customer excellence at United Communications.
• Read about High-Tech Tools for Network Construction and Maintenance.

Have questions or need assistance? We're here to help—reach out anytime at membership@fiberbroadband.org.

Stay inspired, stay informed, and let’s keep driving innovation forward!

—FBA Membership Team