CMDLN Timeline
September 29, 1987	Karen Ahles submits Mid Minnesota Telecommunications Consortium Phase I request for proposal. Institutions involved are the technical colleges of Brainerd, Pine City, St.Cloud and Willmar. Donald Hamerlinck SCTC Director.
November 15, 1987	Funding is secured. Search for engineering consultant is initiated.
December 1987	Hire engineering counsultant. Research starts on classroom and transmission equipment.
January-Feburary, 1988	Prepare, submit and approve engineering design. Meeting begin with ECMECC, MSET, SCSU to explore programming options. Bob Hannu and Ed Lethert begin working on specs for classroom and transmission equipment for ITV classrooms.
March-April, 1988	Bidding process for the system is initiated. Select program to pilot.
May, 1988	Award bids and contract for system construction. Order equipment for classrooms and headend. Develop pilot program.
June 27, 1988	Karen Ahles submits Mid Minnesota Telecommunications Consortium Phase II request for proposal.
June-August, 1988	Construct system.
July 30, 1988	Secure funding. Present consultant retained to write specs on adding Alexandria, Anoka and increasing capacity to Pine City.
August, 1988	Hire Project Director.
September, 1988	Phase I System operational. Pilot programs begin.
September, 1988	Initiate bidding process for phase II.
October, 1988	Prepare orders for equipment.
October-January, 1989	Construct Phase II system componates.
March, 1989	Phase II system operational.
Feburary 14, 1990	Karen Ahles submits Mid Minnesota Telecommunications Consortium Phase III request for proposal. St.Paul will be added to the MidTec network.
January, 1998	Paperwork on the 'new' network starts.