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ATIC Board Meeting Minutes- March 9, 2005
On-site Attendees:
John Kelly (*); Oris Friesen (*); Mark Goldstein (*); Patt Patterson (*); Michael Cohen (*); Brad Tritle (*); Ken Evans, proxy for GladysAnn Wells (*); Galen Updike, proxy for Chris Cummiskey (*); Ron Drake (*); Jay Flash Miringoff (*); Bob Edgren; Ted Kraver (*), Mike Keeling (*); Izhar Matzkevich; Russ Savage; Brian Sherman; Jeni Li; Sandra Spurlock; Bill Rogers; Jeff Crockett; David Whitt; Dave Evertsen; Ron Schott.

Attendees Via Audio:
Diane Bacon (*); Jerry Crow (*); Genene Walker; Matt McClymonds (*); Rick Hanson; Brad Anderson; Kisti Simmons; Steve Peters (*); Al Crawford (*).

(*) - ATIC Board Members (17 present, with a quorum=10)

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 resume its original schedule and venue. We will meet on April 13, 2005, 12:00-2:00 p.m. at Lewis & Roca in downtown Phoenix.

Please make a note of the meetings scheduled for next year in 2005:

ATIC wishes to express its sincere thanks and gratitude to the University of Advancing Technology (UAT) for hosting our meetings over the last several months. The meetings have been handled in a very professional and high quality manner and it has been a pleasure to work with UAT..

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. Acceptance of minutes from last meeting
4. Membership Considerations
5. Review of Outstanding Action Items as documented in February 2005 Minutes.
6. Committee Reports
• Grant Activity on WiFi Security Project - Status Report (Oris Friesen)
• ATIC Mission and Related Issues (e.g., D&O Insurance) (Ted Kraver, Oris Friesen)
• State Government Broadband Planning and Support- Telecommunications Infrastructure Committee Progress Report (Galen Updike)
• Cyber Security Subcommittee (Jerry Crow)
• FCC meeting on broadband in rural Arizona (Al Sterman)
• ACC Activities (Tom Campbell)
• Arizona Telecommunications Directory (Galen Updike, Brad Tritle, Mark Goldstein)
• GAZAELReport (Steve Peters)
• eSATS Report (Ted Kraver)
7. Monthly "General Information" Meetings (Mark Goldstein)
   • Next meeting agenda
8. Informational Presentations
   • MobileSight: An IP intelligent surveillance solution, by Avrio Surveillance Group Presented by: Sandra Spurlock, General Manager, Avrio Group Western Region; and Brad Anderson, MobileSight Team Leader.
9. Adjourn

Acceptance of Minutes from Last Meeting
The minutes for the February 9, 2005 Board meeting were presented for approval.

MOTION: To accept the minutrs.
MOVE: Ron Drake
SECOND: Michael Cohen
Passed Unanimously

Review of Outstanding Action Items
Oris reported there were 3 outstanding actions:

1. Oris will organize a meeting, probably via telephone, to develop an outline of tasks so this activity can get started and go forward. This activity is still pending, but it was agreed that it is not time critical.
   Oris will attempt to solicit someone to act on this.
2. The Government Affairs Committee should address the role of the ACC and recommend that the ACC convene another Special Open Meeting where individual committee members can be asked to give statements.
   Mike Keeling offered to take the lead on this.
3. Mike Keeling volunteered to lead the effort to formulate an ATIC position statement on HB2414 (Computer spyware) and SB1447 (On-Line Business Misrepresentation), an anti-phishing bill. It was suggested that he should talk to Cory Miller of the American Electronics Association (AEA) for additional information.
   This activity is still pending.
4. Al Sterman will set up a teleconference among Arizona stakeholders to identify potential topics for discussion with representatives from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
   This has been accomplished.

Membership Considerations
There have been no changes in membership status since the last meeting.

Committee Reports

• Grant Activity on WiFi Security Project - Status Report (Oris Friesen)
  

  DHS Wifi Report (March 9, 2005) Acrobat File: wifi_report_050309.pdf [82k PDF]

  Oris passed out a status report, which is being distributed with these minutes. Some adjustments are being made to the schedule, but essentially we are on schedule.
  
  Galen Updike noted the favorable publicity that the project has received in the Internet press.
  
  Mark Goldstein mentioned that we are trying to find partners to contribute laptops that could be used to support the in-vehicle transceivers.
• ATIC Mission and Related Issues (e.g., D&O Insurance) (Ted Kraver, Oris Friesen)
  Oris reported that Al Crawford has sent in the check for Directors & Officers (D&O) insurance. The cost is $660 for the annual premium coverage for $1 million with a $2500 deductible.
• State Government Broadband Planning and Support- Telecommunications InfraStructure Committee (TISC) Progress Report (Galen Updike)
  Galen reported that the "Arizona Broadband Communication Network" Request for Information (RFI) has been released and can be downloaded from the GITA web site. It asks for suggestions on how best to promote broadband in Arizona. It was released on February 23 and will remain open for comments until till March 31, 2005.
  
  The follow-on RFP will probably go out around July.
• Cyber Security Committee Report (Jerry Crow)
  Jerry Crow and Jeni Li reported that the next meeting will be on March 14 at the Mesa Community College Business and industry Institute (B&II), located at 145 N. Centennial Way in Mesa, Arizona. Jeni Li will chair the meeting, which will focus on measures at ASU-East to secure a very open network. We are looking at having some sort of meeting in July (as opposed to the workshop held last year) possibly in conjunction with an ATIC Public Information meeting.
• FCC Meeting on Broadband in Rural Arizona (Al Sterman)
  Al Sterman held a teleconference on March 2, 2005, to capture thoughts and ideas to carry to the FCC in preparing for a subsequent meeting with Arizona representatives. His report on the teleconference is included below:

  I want to thank all those who were on the teleconference this morning. I thought it was a productive meeting.

  I am indebted to Lisa Bergeron for sending me her notes on the meeting. They were extremely helpful in putting together this report.

  As stated at the meeting, I will be meeting with members of the FCC's Bureau of Consumer and Governmental Affairs. At this meeting I will give to the Bureau the papers I have concerning the WI-VOD Homeland Security project, RFI distributed by GITA for Arizona County Supervisor's Association, League of Cities and Towns, and the Governor's Council on Innovation and Technology, the presentation by Gila and Pinal Counties' community assessment project, etc.

  I will direct them to other initiatives that are ongoing in Arizona in relation to rural Arizona infrastructure telecommunications.

  We discussed the FCC's current initiatives in the Delta and Appalachian Regions as well as their initiatives in the Indian communities and Alaska tribal villages.

  I will present the FCC with the following issues that we discussed. They are not prioritized and are to be viewed as a starting point for our later discussions and implementation.

  1. I will try to find out what their limits for participation are.
  2. Problems in Arizona with the RUS program of the Department of Agriculture and census issues.
  3. Arizona's telemedicine program and the fact that it has connectivity problems in specific areas like Ajo, Graham County and Kingman.
  4. Lack of enough bandwidth and no or little redundancy over most of rural Arizona.
  5. Distance learning through the Universities and community colleges as well as lack of access to Internet by many schools and middle mile issues.
  6. Arizona's e-SATS initiative
  7. Federal rights of way issues
  8. Wi-Fi and hot spots, for example, the Tempe initiative.
  9. Need and challenges where there are initiatives and those that have none.
• ACC Activities (Tom Campbell)
  In Tom Campbell's absence, Jeff Crockett gave the following brief report on some topics that are catching the attention of the ACC:
  • Commercial free speech issues.
  • Revisions to Universal Service Fund (USF) rules Ð AZ Local Exchange Carriers group has commented on this docket item, and the ACC staff has ruled that we should move forward on these revisions.
  • Wireless regulation, which has apparently failed this time around.
• Arizona Telecommunications Directory (Galen Updike, Brad Tritle)
  Brad Tritle reported that Ralph Gierish is refining the Arizona Telecommunications Directory (ATD) list of companies. Michael Cohen has also followed up on this clean=up process. Galen noted that many of the companies have simply vanished, and Mark added that we have a strategy for cleaning up the records of defunct entities. We simply need to apply it. Brad said that we had hoped to be done by end of February but we are behind. The committee will meet off-line to take a checkpoint and move forward.
  
  John Kelly conjectured that perhaps we could use a Plaxo-like process to keep records up-to-date.
• eLearning System for Arizona Teachers and Students (eSATS) Report (Ted Kraver)
  Ted Kraver reported that we have a bill SB1181 "e-learning centered schools," which is in the hands of Toni Hellon, who had intended to hear it but has not yet done so. We have talked to 35 legislators who support eLearning, but no one supports paying for it. The bill asks for $135M this year Ð a real challenge Ð so, we will accept anything just to get launched.
  
  Ted noted that eSATS bandwidth requirements will increase 100-fold within the next 10 years. We will go from 1M to 1.4 M students in next 10 years. The Rodel Foundation says improving our students to meet national standards will cost $2B per year.
  
  The total bill has died. After Ted changed it to deal only with seed funding. maybe it will be heard yet this year as part of a strike-all maneuver. Ted was on a short TV segment this morning concerning the bill..
  
  Mike Keeling commended Ted for all he has done on this front and called for a well-deserved round of applause for his dogged and intrepid efforts.
• GAZEL Report (Steve Peters)
  Steve Peters reported that Bobbie Kraver is the new Chair of GAZEL. Steve has been hired to help move things forward. UAT will help to upgrade the website and host meetings. Ten new Board members have been selected. At the March 29 meeting, we hope to have statewide representation.

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Monthly "General Information" Meetings (Mark Goldstein)
Mark reported that at the April 21 meeting, we will have some "edgy" topics, such as Powerline Broadband, VoIP and WiMAX.

On June or September we may have the Cyber Security special mtg.

Ron Schott reported on recent activities of the Arizona Technology Council (AZTC). He distributed copies of the latest edition of TechConnect magazine published by the AZTC, which focuses on biotechnology. The next issue will focus on renewable energy sources; and the following one will focus on security. The Tech Exchange event is coming up soon. It is a renaming of the Partnership Conference. Go to the website at http://www.aztechcouncil.org/ for more information.

Dave Evertsen reported that Queen Creek is in need of broadband services. His company has done a Community Telecommunications Assessment (CTA) for them and is ready to create a committee to define a broadband strategy for Queen Creek. They are looking for partnerships.

Here are the contact points for Dave:

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Informational Presentations

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Next ATIC Board Meeting
The next ATIC Board Meeting will be on April 13, 2005, 12:00-2:00 p.m. at Lewis & Roca in downtown Phoenix.

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Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 2:30 p.m.

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