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Fix wind noise in the Tesla
[Idea] Email List Audit — DORMANT (984) vs INCA (2,233)
[Idea] Auto-charge Tesla to 100% based on travel plans
[Idea] Update INCA co-op forms
[Idea] Rethink News page
Paddy: Review staffing assumptions to check whether contract-manager and installation-team headcount needs extending to month 52 to match the longer deployment tail
Lee: Build two model versions: a base case (300,000 prems passed / ~625 base stations) and a v2.1 showing additionality if subsidy/Project Gigabit kicks in again from April 2030
Lee: Model bell curve deployment with the agreed assumptions to determine maximum number of base stations buildable
Paddy: Help with introductions to active Altnets (500-10,000 customers range) and on the UK Whisper side for Martin's small Altnet alliance initiative
Paddy: Raise the voucher scheme suspension issue with BDUK to see if they have anything to say
Paddy: Mention this USO conversation to Ben at Ofcom next time they speak and gather his views
Gita: Send Paddy and Martin the consultation documents and INCA responses on universal service and very hard to reach premises
Des: Create a set of outcomes that can be worked into INCA standards (shared responsibility model, public access workstations, VPN)
Paddy: Build a web app around Des's Matrix so clicking parts of it brings up more information and flows
Des: Chase / harass Ashley to remind him about the meeting on Monday and follow up on Paddy's unanswered emails
Des: Pitch the shared responsibility model use case to the working group
Paddy: Re-establish comms with Malcolm Campbell and Martin Turnbull at DSIT
Paddy: Raise communication channel with neow Newman (Ofcom) when speaking to her on Tuesday
Des: Forward Paddy the calendar invites for the supply chain attestation working group meetings (next Tuesday and the Tuesday after)
Paddy: Send two versions of the event email — one for seniors (CTOs/CISOs) and one for techies
Paddy: Finish drafting and send out one more email about the Secure By Design event
Lloyd: Explore bringing in an AI-skilled junior/graduate as support resource to free Paddy from low-value tasks
Paddy: Pursue conversation with David Davis at Cartesian/Bounteous about a paper/panel and sponsorship at the conference
Lloyd: Handle the situation with Jeremy who has indicated he intends to resign but hasn't formally resigned yet
Paddy and Lloyd: Bring back to the next board meeting a plan for how to practically approach a possible merger/discussion with ISPA, including a small team and a plan, without triggering members to leave
Paddy: Send out conference sponsorship packages now (June) - earlier than last year (August)
Paddy: Follow up with investors he met recently to close on INCA membership pitch
Paddy: Re-engage Anthony at SCTE / talk to Melissa as the better contact route
Paddy: Pick up the funding request matter with John (instruction from three weeks ago that didn't get through)
Paddy: Send Justin a link to Independence Day pricing/microsite
Jill: Continue sponsor outreach for annual conference; Paddy to get guided list from her of how/when commitments will come in
Paddy: Talk to Jill about reducing the number of awards at the annual conference
Paddy: Increase cadence of Independence Day meetings to weekly after the 8 June meeting
Paddy: Re-take KPI set and reporting format action and KPI definitions action based on board feedback today
Paddy: Progress UK Whisper due diligence once their accounts are received from their accountant
Paddy: Complete the three-tier regulatory pack (with support from Dave Cullen and Cinerva)
Paddy: Follow up with UK Whisper about the press release they published on their website prematurely
Paddy: Action the 'if you don't pay, you don't participate' rule for City Fibre (stop them attending PIA SIG etc unless they pay membership)
Sakshi: Dig out previous emails sent to Virgin Media contacts and pass them to Paddy so he has the contacts to chase about their departure
Dave Cullen: Bring a proposal to the board for the local authority event (potentially run as a stream through Connected Britain)
Paddy: Develop a 'Plan B' / contingency plan listing which suppliers to defer payment to (e.g. JBP deferring income by 60 days) to protect payroll through the summer risk period
Paddy: Produce a proper cash flow forecast spreadsheet incorporating the cost-cutting initiatives so the board can see the impact on cash position month by month
Paddy: Set up a meeting between Paddy, Lloyd and Donna to clarify what INCA needs from Donna versus what is being delivered under contract
Donna: Manually produce a P&L budget year-to-date vs actuals report (despite chart of accounts remapping)
Paddy: Address internal discipline to bring bookkeeping back to £2,000/month (reduce scope of Donna's team's work to bookkeeping only)
Paddy: Have conversation with Gita about reducing her £6k/month retainer
Paddy: Have conversation with JBP about stopping the PR/MP engagement retainer (potential £40k saving to year end)
[Independents' Day WG] Abby to recirculate sponsorship reminder with latest collateral
[Standards SIG] Organise CFO webinar with Peter Fletcher (Avison Young) re fibre tax
[Standards SIG] Schedule one-to-one meetings with key Altnets — wholesale standards roadshow
[Fortinet Panel Prep] Stephen to confirm Chris Monk / PEXC participation
[Fortinet Panel Prep] Send running order sheet to all panel participants
[Infra Sharing SIG] Abby to create website registration page for framework
[Infra Sharing SIG] Shaun to revise framework and recirculate to respondents
[Infra Sharing SIG] Contact DSIT re ministerial support for framework launch
Martin: Continue work with Rob and James on identifying and grouping smaller Altnets (100-500 fibre connections) into an alliance for shared fixed costs and regulatory burden
Paddy: Prepare GitHub repository so Donna's team can do downloads and access the agent code after the training session
Donna: Remind Paddy the day before the Friday 12th meeting
Donna: Get herself, Alfie and Kayla on a call with Paddy for AI agent training
Donna: Speak with Alfie and Kayla about the AI agent training session
Donna: Have a conversation with Craig about the potential merger/joint venture arrangement
Paddy: Keep CV to no more than 4-5 pages and cover letter within two pages / 1,000 words
Paddy: Submit application for DfE DG Digital & Infrastructure role (CV plus cover letter focused on outcomes, delivery and large-scale accountability)
Paddy: Integrate ThinkBroadband Altnet fibre map data and Project Gigabit UPRNs into Wisdom to automate prioritisation/targeting of Altnet outreach
Paddy and Tony: Once finance model and document are aligned, make appointments with investment advisors (favourite advisors plus Cameron Barney and one or two others)
Paddy: Strengthen the B2B marketing section (currently underweighted)
Paddy: Rewrite the investor proposition section to make subsidy the base case and emphasise the additionality point
Paddy: Double the IT headcount in the staffing model
Paddy: Add a maintenance engineer for every additional 1,000 connected premises (starting cadre of 2-3)
Paddy: Add customer install managers and call centre handlers to the staffing model to support contracted installers (peak ~170 contractors)
Paddy: Bring CFO (likely fractional) and HR manager forward in the staffing plan; add a strong sales/BD team earlier
Paddy: Leave the finance model alone so Ali can work on it uninterrupted
Paddy: Use Claude to add fleet logic (vans/cars/exec cars) into the model with lease rates and identify which roles need a vehicle
Ali: Flow the updated numbers from the finance model through to the business plan document
This week (74)
Ali: Add a new OpEx row for legal costs (primarily first 6 months for setting up first commercial contract)
Ali: Fix row 24 of OpEx so IT costs are tied to number of staff, not number of sites
Ali: Add check cells (showing red on mismatch) to catch manual entry errors in deployment tab
Ali: Move all assumptions into the assumptions tab (currently some are in ramp-up tab)
Ali: Rebuild the finance model from scratch to forensically verify nothing is double-counted or missing
Ali: Blank out the equity/debt split values in financing assumptions (leave rows but clear values)
Ali: Delete duplicate row B11 in the spreadsheet (RFS/target subs duplication)
Ali: Tidy up the live version of the finance model (fix manual entry errors, housekeeping)
Tony: Provide his thoughts/comments on the business plan to Paddy
Tony: Continue working through the business plan Word document and flag points/comments as he goes
Paddy: Carry out due diligence on Yenny Capital
Paddy and Dan: Hold a follow-up catch-up call
Paddy: Have the business plan document and finance model finalised so it can be shown to investors
Dan (Yenny Capital): Send confidential material/firm collateral to Paddy once NDA is executed
Dan (Yenny Capital): Run pre-market with ~20 prospective investors and provide initial feedback to Paddy
Dan (Yenny Capital): Send NDA to Paddy after the call
Donna: Set up a Claude AI account in preparation for the training session
Dez: Decide whether he wants a slide for his welcome bit at the start of the panel
Chris Gilmour: Incorporate a reference to the Ofcom resilience guidance when discussing resilience on his panel
Chris Gilmour: Listen to Richard's panel and adapt his own panel content so the two panels are not the same
Panelists (Chris, Ashley, Richard): Review the proposed panel questions and suggest changes or additional questions, and discuss amongst themselves what each will respond to so answers flow into each other
Richard Holben: Write up the four panel questions and send them across to the panelists
Paddy: Finalise the slide deck for the panel and swap out any slides if panelists request changes
Panellists: Suggest any additional or amended questions for the panel back to Paddy
Panellists (Chris, Ashley, Richard): Discuss between themselves which questions they'd like to respond to so responses can flow into one another
Chris Gilmour: Listen to Paddy's panel and adapt his own panel content so the two panels aren't duplicative
Chris Gilmour: Incorporate the Ofcom resilience guidance reference into his panel/talk on non-technical/organisational resilience, pointing the audience to where penalties are being levied
Paddy Paddison: Finalise the slide deck for the panel, swapping out any slides if panellists request changes
Paddy Paddison: Write up the four panel questions (cost of cyber spend, security by design/supply chain dependencies, resilience patching vs release management, one piece of advice for loss-making Altnets) and send them across to the panellists for p
Paddy: Go to alternative consultants (e.g. Dave Cullen) for consultation response only if Gita won't engage on agreeable terms
Paddy / Lloyd: Remind board (in response to John Irvin's email) that there is a plan signed up to and present that as better alternative
Paddy: Explore using AI to flag LinkedIn job-change posts to help keep CRM updated
Lloyd: Ask board to repost/share INCA social media content when they see it
Gill: Continue putting social media / LinkedIn content out about conference, with Julie amplifying
Gill: Attend SCTE event and do joint pitching with Julie during breaks/lunch to potential sponsors
Gill: Continue CRM cleanup with Abby, working alphabetically through Altnets (currently on F's)
Paddy: Push next finance meeting to week before board meeting going forward
Paddy: Coach Donna before next board meeting so she is prepared when presenting
Paddy: Email Simon for summary of Carissa case position and likely next steps, then share with Gill
Paddy: Negotiate reduced retainer with JBP
Paddy: Work through job list from Gill and Julie of what is needed to land conference sponsors
Paddy: Secure at least one committed conference sponsor to announce at board meeting
Paddy: Write list of operators/parties to approach for money to fund consultation response (Openreach, CityFibre, Community Fibre etc.) for Gita to reply to
Paddy: Have planned conversation with Gita about consultation response and funding approach
Paddy: Wrap up discussions with Gita on the Equinox 3 / Ofcom consultation response — agree cost, commitments, funding approach
Paddy: Send the board a cash flow forecast / spreadsheet with notes, supported by board pack narrative explaining what has been agreed
Paddy & Gill: Secure 4 conference sponsors / £85k commitment, otherwise cancel conference
Gill: Attend FAA conference (Wednesday and Thursday)
Paddy: Attend Fibre Awards (Nokia invite)
Gill: Debrief for Abloy on 15th
Simon: Come back with dates for Abloy after-action report
Abby: Resend slides to Gemma at Quick Line answering her questions
Gill: Send Paddy her updated Julie budget breakdown
Gill: Chat with FIA next week, then arrange in-person meeting with Paddy
Paddy & Gill: Meeting with CI (Dan and Peter) to progress collaboration
Paddy & Gill: Site visit to conference venue with Julie
Paddy & Gill: Call with Lloyd (chairman)
Paddy: Set up automation to charge Tesla to 100% when travelling
Paddy: Pursue battery scheme suspension with BDUK
Paddy: Pick up Seneva conversation (currently neglected)
Gill: Check with Gita about Carissa next time they speak (Carissa no longer with Inca)
Gill: Make calls to potential supporters (Wessex, Quick Line, John Irvin etc.) asking £500-£1500 each for Independence Day national campaign
Paddy: Make clear to Gita the boundary between her consultancy and Inca work — no City Fibre at INCA meetings
Paddy: Tell Lloyd in afternoon call he will NOT pursue ISPA merger discussions
Paddy: Cut Gill's salary bonus (will honour earned-to-date payment for James)
Paddy: Talk to JBP and reduce their retainer further (still supporting conference)
Paddy: Speak to Gita about cutting her engagement / financial changes
Wildanet board: Continue recruitment process to replace Simon on board with operating partner experienced in sector
Paddy: Take call with James Warrington (Daily Telegraph) about BDUK handbacks story
Joe / Auditors: Sign off the impairment / file accounts once Hazards valuation is received
Finance / Joe: Pursue additional waiver from lenders (National Wealth Fund) on outstanding KYC questions
Finance: Establish proper synergy governance, framework and reporting mechanism post merger close
Finance: Convert Risks and Ops view into a value-creation plan with quarterly focus areas
Finance / Wildanet: Investigate adverse VWAP and 4G cost variance vs plan
When you can (74)
Finance / Wildanet: Look at FWA single-product P&L / mast-level profitability and decide whether to continue
Finance / Steve: Quantify potential central liability from network defects (DFx)
Finance / Gilla: Run a revenue reforecast once visibility of RFS is available
Finance team: Compare new CRM data to Business Central and report against budget
Chris / Tech team: Replicate manual map/model output in Power BI using new engineering skills onboarded
Chris / Tech team: Build power BI report so ARPU and other KPIs are visible to anyone in company from single source
Finance / Steve: Simplify cost-to-complete presentation (clearer, excluding undesigned RFS)
Joe / Finance: Decide how much of 1.4 million type-A savings to hold back as contingency for future council defects
Steve / Joe: Confirm final type-A reconciliation numbers (CGS adjudication and Dynamic Fibre settlement)
Steve / Build: Bring updated commercial-area build decisions to next Ops catch-up
Steve's team / Commercial: Refresh build plan based on competition data (e.g. drop commercial take in Gunnersleague)
Steve / Build team: Provide weekly updates to BDUK on the 188 RFS still required for June milestone
Steve / Wildanet: Give Nets verbal authorisation on daily calls to proceed with builds, use rectification plan
Steve / Permissions team: Present clearer view of RFS impact of permissions, prioritisation and weekly progress
Steve / Wildanet: Change leadership/ownership of Permissions function within Wildanet to drive daily progress
Steve / Wildanet: Realign CPPC calculation methodology with GoFibre for apples-for-apples comparison
Steve / installs: Reduce external labour use by upskilling internal advisors (saving ~50k)
Steve / installs: Renegotiate rates with Civils contractors and shift volume to Nets to save ~100k
Steve / Wildanet: Include all relevant attendees in stock/ONT review session (standardising on G6 ONT, moving to GIS)
Steve / Operations: Investigate targets reporting (jobs per day) to ensure measurement isn't diluted by support tasks vs installs
Wildanet (Steve / sales): Bring in-area installation date to the doorstep (campaign-led routing) and report early plans
Sales team: Record cancellation/rejection reasons more completely in PSI
Wildanet exec / Neil: Circulate paper proposing the information collection plan / commercial weekly meeting decisions
Marketing team: Trial Wi-Fi sniffer / competitor identification tooling on the doorstep
Wildanet marketing/sales: Roll out referrer-friend referral scheme to capture next tenant/homeowner moves
Simon / Wildanet: Present new doorstep selling process (including data capture and PSI sync) at next ExBoard
Wildanet sales team / Simon: Change doorstep selling process so leads (in-contract dates) are captured and followed up
Trevor and Marty: Investigate Direct Mail / acquisition pricing being received via competitors (CMW)
J / Trevor / Marty: Come back next meeting with clear plan on commercial decision-making (price/tariff setting, daily cadence)
Wildanet exec team: Refresh the board pack so it provides information needed for good discussions
Wildanet commercial team: Test pricing thresholds (e.g. 1% / 1.2% sellable base) to find price point that drives volume
Wildanet exec / J: Develop a separate volume-driven and ARPU-driven sales strategy (selling add-ons such as TV)
ARPU/CAC workstream: Deliver the ARPU/CAC review for July board meeting
Chris / Wildanet: Build granular CAC calculation using actual acquisition cost data from Facebook and Google
Wildanet team: Hold session with Sam (GoFibre) to align CAC/cap calculation methodology
Chris: Review the ARPU dashboard he has built in detail
Paddy / INCA: Make sure the ethernet offer is included in INCA's analysis and response to Ofcom
All: Save the date for INCA Summit and Awards at St Ermin's Hotel, Westminster
Members / sponsors: Email [email protected] to discuss sponsorship of INCA summit and awards
Gita / INCA: Push Openreach to allow cancellation of duplicate PIA payments without early termination charges
Gita / INCA: Pursue review of how Openreach compensates PIA users when joint site visits go wrong (SLGs vs actual costs)
Gita / INCA / Openreach: Continue review of how Openreach handles joint site visits (pole changes) and communicates these to PIA users
Paddy: Look up deadline for new government consultation on changes to TSA code of practice and send info to everybody
Members: Register for Ofcom briefing on TSA resilience consultation
Paddy / INCA: Invite all special interest group chairs to a meeting to discuss TSA resilience consultation
Paddy / INCA: Prepare response to TSA resilience / Ofcom regulation consultation
INCA: Submit one or two formal responses to Ofcom call for input on Openreach offers
INCA: Talk to Ben Harry's ahead of next week's policy/regs meeting
Tier 1 members: Email Abby at Inca.co-op to confirm attendance at Policy and Regulations SIG meeting
Paddy / Lloyd / Gita: Create a group of members who want to participate in analysing and responding to Openreach offers
Paddy: Hold INCA Policy and Regulations SIG meeting to discuss Openreach offers in more detail
INCA: Argue to Ofcom that the front-book ARPU share offer is conditional so it goes through consultation, leaning on the SSP
INCA: Produce a visual overlay showing how the Openreach discounts stack and what they mean for members
INCA / Gita / Tim: Put initial thoughts into Ofcom's call for input on the Openreach offers
Gita: Review actual Openreach contracts to determine detail of new offers (including whether ARPU share is calculated before or after discounts)
Dave: Reflect on next steps for the UK WISPA evolution / Inca collaboration following the meeting being terminated
Dave: Circulate the presentation slides to attendees
Paddy: Prepare and submit INCA's full 'kitchen sink' response to Ofcom — a complete shopping-list of all issues with the Openreach offers — to establish the audit trail for the later consultation
Gita Sorensen: Let Paddy know if she thinks of anyone else who should be contacted (e.g. Gene Networks)
Paddy: Contact Glen Allen (former Wildanet salesperson) to obtain an APFN contact for the response effort
Paddy: Send Gita the name of VMO2's Director of Regulatory Affairs
Paddy: Email Katie (PXC) to find out where they sit on the Openreach offers consultation
Paddy: Speak to Casey about the Policy & Reg meeting rescheduled to the 16th — Gita cannot attend and it falls only three days before the submission deadline
Paddy: Reach out to and invite the Altnet CEOs and regulatory contacts (City Fibre, Giga Clear, Community Fibre, MS3, Hyperoptic, Full Fibre, ITS, Whitefibre, Truespeed, Vorboss/Voneus, Netomnia, GoFibre, etc.) to coordinate a collective Ofcom respon
Paddy: Draft a reply to Anne-Marie (Ben's PA) confirming the Openreach offers as the main topic for the Wednesday call, and send it to Gita for approval before sending
Gita Sorensen: Forward Paddy the Ofcom email in which Ofcom claims the 1.5-page investor document is sufficient public disclosure of the offers, so Paddy can double down on challenging it
Paddy / Gita: Prepare and submit INCA's 'kitchen sink' Openreach offers response to Ofcom — a full list of all items/concerns to establish the audit trail for the consultation
Gita: Let Paddy know of any additional operators/contacts to approach (e.g. gene networks/GTN)
Paddy: Contact Glen Allen (former Wildanet salesperson, now at APFN) to establish a contact at APFN
Paddy: Send Gita the name and role of the VMO2 director/lead of regulatory affairs contact
Paddy: Speak to Casey about the policy & reg meeting rescheduled to the 16th, which Gita cannot attend and which falls three days before the submission deadline
Paddy: Respond to Anne-Marie (Ben's PA) confirming the Openreach offers as the topic for the Wednesday meeting, sending the draft to Gita for approval before sending it off
Gita: Forward Paddy the Ofcom email stating the investor document is sufficient for public engagement, so Paddy can challenge/double down on it
Paddy: Reach out to and invite the altnet CEOs/operators to collaborate on a collective Openreach offers response, proposing a joint meeting on Wednesday (with bilaterals if they will not meet together)