ATIC Board Meetings 2004 January 14, 2004

ATIC Board Meeting Minutes- January 14, 2004
Attendees
Vern Reed. John Kelly, Michael Sherman, Ron Drake, Mark Goldstein, Oris Friesen, Mike Keeling, Diane Bacon, Al Crawford, Jay "Flash" Miringoff, Ralph Gierish, Ted Kraver, Galen Updike, Terry Linkous, Russ Savage, Ken Evans, Tom Campbell, Al Sterman, Jerry Crow, Sayfe Kiaei, Jane Laux, Randy Frantz, Chris Cummiskey;
via audio: Steve Peters.

Many thanks to the Cox Web Conferencing service provided by Cox Business Services for the statewide audio conference connections, and thanks, too, to Lewis & Roca for providing videoconferencing facilities in Phoenix and Tucson.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW:
The next ATIC Board Meeting will be on February 11, 2004, 12:00-2:00 p.m.

Modifications to and Acceptance of Agenda Draft
The agenda was accepted as shown below.

Agenda

1. Modifications to and acceptance of agenda draft
2. Self-Introductions
3. Memoriam for Bob Case
4. Membership
5. Acceptance of minutes from last meeting
6. Review of Outstanding Action Items as Documented in November 2003 Minutes.
7. Committee Reports
• Government Affairs/ Strategic Planning Committees Report (Oris Friesen, Mike Keeling, Steve Peters, Kurt Jonckheer)
  • Legislative Activity - progress report
  • Input to Governor's Council on Innovation & Technology (GCIT)
  • Citizens Clean Election Commission (CCEC) debates
• Report on Telecom Governance Committee (Mike Keeling)
• Cyber Security Subcommittee (Jerry Crow, Cindy Donaldson)
  • Small Business Cyber Security Event Report (Oris Friesen, Mike Keeling, Steve Peters, Kurt Jonckheer)
• ACC Activities (Tom Campbell)
• Arizona Telecommunications Directory (Brad Tritle, Ralph Gierish)
8. Monthly "General Information" Meetings (Mark Goldstein)
   • Special Broadband Development Authority legislation meeting on January 27
   • February 2004 Meeting Agenda
9. Informational Presentation
   • 9.1. None scheduled
10. Adjourn

Acceptance of Minutes from Last Meeting
The minutes for the November 2003 meeting were presented for approval and approved.

Membership Considerations
Mark Goldstein introduced Dr. Sayfe Kiaei to the Board. Dr. Kiaei is a professor at Arizona State University (ASU) and in charge of the Connection One wireless communications project, which focuses on academic-industry liaison activities, as well as of the WinTech research project.

MOTION: To Nominate Dr. Sayfe Kiaei to the ATIC Board. MOVE: Mark Goldstein
SECOND: Mike Keeling
Passed Unanimously

Review of Outstanding Action Items
None to report.

Committee Reports
Joint Government Affairs/Strategic Planning Committees (Oris Friesen, Mike Keeling, Steve Peters, Kurt Jonckheer)

• Privatization
  Mike Keeling reported that the Privatization RFP is still waiting to be reviewed by the Joint Committee on Capital Review (JCCR). The newly formed Technology committee under Senator Dean martin and Representative Ted Carpenter also wishes to review the RFP.
  
  On another note, the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) has requested educational and informational input from ATIC on the subject of Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) technology.

This request will be handed over to the Government Affairs and Strategic Planning Committees for future action.

• Legislative Activity - progress report
  Mike reported that Rep. Carpenter has opened a folder for the ATIC Broadband Development Authority bill, and we thank him for doing that.
  
  Steve Peters reported on a meeting with Director Chris Cummiskey of the Government Information Technology Agency (GITA) as a prelude to an eventual meeting with Director Gil Jimenez of the Department of Commerce (DOC) and with the Office of the Governor. Mike Keeling is preparing a 1-page summary of the legislation for Chris Cummiskey.
  
  Steve noted that ATIC had submitted some specific recommendations to the Governor's Council on Innovation & Technology (GCIT). The version that was submitted to the Governor is not as detailed as we had hoped it would be.
• Special Public Information Meeting on the ATIC Broadband Development Authority Bill
  Oris reported that a Special Public Information Meeting will be held on January 27 from 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. to discuss the ATIC Broadband Development Authority legislation.
  
  Vernon Reed gave a presentation on the rational for such legislation. He will give a revised version of this presentation at the January 27th Special Public Information Meeting.
• Citizens Clean Election Commission (CCEC) debates
  Subsequent to the meeting it was learned that ATIC has been selected to conduct a Primary and General Election debate for the Citizens Clean Election Commission (CCEC). We will need to have the venue and major responsibilities in place by the first week in May 2004.

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Cyber Security Committee (Jerry Crow, Cindy Donaldson)--
Jerry Crow reported Dr. Salim Hariri of the University of Arizona gave a presentation on the December "Workshop on Critical Infrastructure and Border Protection" that was conducted in Tucson. He also discussed the formation of a university, industry and government Consortium to foster collaborations on Critical Infrastructure Protection and reviewed one of his primary research projects called Autonomic Computing.

There will be no Cyber Security meeting in February in lieu of the "Case for CyberSecurity in Small Businesses" event that is being the same month.

Oris Friesen, Mark Goldstein and Jerry Crow reported on the progress being made concerning the "Case for CyberSecurity in Small Businesses" event. The event will be held on February 24, 2004, at the ASU Downtown Phoenix campus. The focus is on bringing small and medium business owners and IT professionals in contact with cyber security education providers. More details are available in the announcements being distributed with this report.

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Telecom Governance Committee (Mike Keeling)
Mike Keeling reported that the committee has not met for some time and is essentially dormant, while action is proceeding on the privatization RFP. It is unclear when the Committee will meet again.

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ACC Activities (Tom Campbell) --
A full report will be distributed next month. The primary activity is focused on

1. The Triennial Review,
2. The Qwest price regulation plan, mainly for retail, and
3. The investigation of Qwest regarding the Article 271 Case.

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Arizona Telecom Directory (Ralph Gierish, Brad Tritle, Mark Goldstein --
Nothing new to report.

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Monthly "General Information" Meetings
Mark Goldstein reported that the next meeting will be the January 27 Special Public Information Meeting dealing with the ATIC broadband legislation.

Next ATIC Board Meeting
The next ATIC Board Meeting will be on February 11, 2004, from 12-2:00 p.m at Lewis & Roca in both Phoenix and Tucson.

Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 2:00 p.m.

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