ATIC Board Meeting Minutes- October 12, 2005
On-site Attendees:
Patt Patterson (*); Galen Updike, proxy for Chris Cummiskey (*); Jay Flash Miringoff (*); Ron Schott; Michael Cohen (*); Oris Friesen (*); Gary Frech, Bob Denton, Mark Goldstein (*), Mike Keeling (*), Ralph Gierish (*), Tom Campbell (*); Tom Holland; Genene Walker (*); Bob Rosenberg; Al Crawford (*); Randy Frantz (*); Pat Lanthier; Brad Tritle (*).
Attendees Via Audio:
Attendees Via Audio: Susan Stoll, Steve Peters (*); Al Sterman; (*); David Whitt, Alecia Miller; Mike Ward; Jerry Crow (*)
(*) - ATIC Board Members (16 present, with a quorum=9)
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.
Thanks also to Jay Flash Miringoff and Arizona Tele-Com Solutions for providing a wireless hotspot for the Board Meeting attendees.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW:
The next ATIC Board Meeting will be on November 9,, 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:
MEETING SCHEDULES FOR 2005
The Board Meetings will be held on the 15th Floor (Room 1534) at Lewis & Roca, in Phoenix, on Wednesdays from noon - 2:00 p.m
The Public Information Meetings will be held on the 15th Floor (Room 1534) at Lewis & Roca, in Phoenix, on Thursdays from 2 - 4 p.m.
Modifications to and Acceptance of Agenda Draft
The agenda was accepted as shown below.
MOTION: To accept the minutes.
MOVE: Ralph Gierish
SECOND: Galen Updike
Passed Unanimously
Agenda
- Modifications to and acceptance of agenda draft
- Self-Introductions
- Acceptance of minutes from last meeting
- Membership Considerations
- Review of Outstanding Action Items as documented in September 2005 Minutes.
- Committee Reports
- Monthly "General Information" Meetings (Mark Goldstein)
- Informational Presentations
- Adjourn
Acceptance of Minutes from Last Meeting
The minutes for the September 14, 2005 Board meeting were presented for approval.
MOTION: To accept the minutes.
MOVE: Al Crawford
SECOND: Ralph Gierish
Passed Unanimously
Membership Considerations
- Our Board membership currently stands at 27.
- We will need to resolve the dual membership from the University of Advancing Technology (UAT) in the near future.
- Ralph Gierish will look into the possibility of having a member of the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) sit on our Board.
Review of Outstanding Action Items as Documented in July 2005 Minutes
- Narrow Band Recommendation to GCIT - carried over from previous meeting. (Steve Peters) - No Action
Committee Reports
- ACC Activities (Tom Campbell)
Tom Campbell gave a brief report on Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) activities. The focus right now is on the planned SBC/AT&T merger and the proposed Verizon-MCI merger. The ACC is likely to accept these mergers with some conditions.
In other activity, the Qwest rate case is being considered regarding competitive and non-competitive services. Interestingly, the Residential Utility Consumer Office (RUCO) has yet to issue an opinion.
Other activities are focusing on consumer protection issues, which seems to be becoming a trend, and issues relative to procurement guidelines.
- eSATS Report (Ted Kraver)
Bob Rosenberg gave the report on eSATS, the eLearning System For Arizona Teachers and Students, in place of Ted Kraver.
Last year the eSATS-sponsored SB1181 had provisions very similar to what GCIT is now being requested to recommend. GCIT has not yet acted on this - hopefully they will by the end of October. How to turn these recommendations into actual policy has yet to be figured out.
We are considering (1) doing the same comprehensive legislative package as last year or (2) establishing numerous areas of 'state policy' with no funding, with the intention of adding funding later. For more details, see http://azelearning.org/home/ and http://www.azcommerce.com/.
- Arizona Telecom Roundtable (Steve Peters)
Steve Peters reported on the Roundtable that will be held on October 25-26 at the Mesa Convention Center. A fund-raising package has been distributed.
Editor's Note: As of this writing the Roundtable has been held and was considered by all to be a very successful event. Attendance was in the neighborhood of 150 people. For more details about the program, see
http://www.tucsonlink.org/Roundtable/.
- State Government Broadband Planning and Support (Galen Updike)
Galen reported that Chris Cummiskey's final report and recommendations were received very warmly by the Governor's Council on Innovation and Technology (GCIT). The ATIC/TISC recommendations should be accepted nearly unchanged. Galen also noted that TISC is in the process of becoming a free-standing committee - it will be renamed TIAG or something similar, and will have some staff support and maybe some interns. Hopefully the new group will include some members of the legislature.
- Grant Activity on WiFi Security Project - Status Report (Oris Friesen)
Oris reported that nine agencies have been alerted that we are ready to deploy Mobile Access Points (MAPs) in their vehicles, and a working version of the Installation Guide for MAPs has been distributed to them. The security test and evaluation documents are being reviewed and will be finalized shortly. A more detailed report is included as an appendix to these minutes.
Pat Lanthier from California gave a brief report on telecommunications activities in California and the Extensible Emergency Operations Center ITEP project. He hopes that the California and Arizona ITEP projects can collaborate as they move into the post-grant period.
- Government Affairs Committee Report (Oris Friesen)
Steve Peters reported that we would like to sponsor the CCEC Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) debates. The venue will likely be either Rio Salado or Avnet Corporation.
MOTION: To pursue conducting the CCEC debates for the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) election cycle.
MOVE: Patt Patterson
SECOND: Mark Goldstein
Passed Unanimously
The application needs to be submitted by October 31, 2005.
- ATIC Mission and Related Issues (Mike Keeling, Oris Friesen, Steve Peters)
Steve Peters urged us to move forward on this as soon as possible, especially in light of the WiFi Project and attendant potential liability issues. Perhaps we need to change our bylaws to reflect this concern and include a section on liability.
Michael Cohen noted that we have Director and Officers (D&O) insurance, but the providing company does not offer general liability insurance. If we elect to pursue liability insurance, we will have to deal with some other provider and that will almost certainly cost us more than what we are currently paying.
This needs to be discussed in more detail.
- Cyber Security Committee Report (Jerry Crow, Jeni Li)
Jerry Crow reported that we are still looking to focus on security related legislative activity. We also plan to have a program for the November 14th ATIC Public Information meeting.
- FCC Meeting on Broadband in Rural Arizona (Al Sterman)
Al Sterman reported that the Roundtable on October 25-26, where Robert Sommers of the FCC will be participating, will be used to jumpstart further conversations with the FCC
- Arizona Telecommunications Directory (Galen Updike, Brad Tritle)
Brad Tritle reported that we will re-energize this activity in early November.
- GAZEL Report (Steve Peters)
Steve Peters reported that GAZEL has received a small SATC Grant for audio and web conferencing.
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Monthly "General Information" Meetings (Mark Goldstein)
The November 17 program remains to be defined.
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Informational Presentations
There was no informational presentation.
Ron Schott reported that:
- Google is bringing engineering, operational and support activities to Phoenix, according to an announcement at the Governor's Press Conference this morning. This is a positive event for Arizona.
- The Arizona Tech Council is hosting a presentation by a noted futurist later this month.
- The Governor's Celebration of Innovation is on November 15 and the deadline for registration is October 21.
Brad Tritle announced that a local company, White Electronic Design, will be featured at the upcoming Electronic Display Conference.
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Next ATIC Board Meeting
The next ATIC Board Meeting will be November 9, , 2005, 12:00-2:00 p.m. at Lewis & Roca in downtown Phoenix.
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Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 2:05 p.m.
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attachment 1
October 12, 2005
From: Oris Friesen
To: ATIC Board
Subject: DHS WIFI Status Report
This is the ninth monthly report to the ATIC Board on the DHS WIFI Security Project for the Homeland Security Information Technology Evaluation Program (ITEP). It covers the activities performed since the previous status report in September.
Objectives
- Objective 1- Provide Tier-1 connected wireless hot spot (IEEE 802.11x based telecommunications) wireless services with high availability between designated points in the vicinity of Green Valley and Rio Rico in southern Arizona with mobile access for first responders.
- Objective 2 - Deploy layered and scaled security and advanced applications to existing wireless environments.
- Objective 3 - Deploy advanced applications, to existing wireless environments, which are capable of attracting commercial users and which can act to provide commercial viability for the continuation of these Tier-1 connected wireless hot spot wireless services for a time period beyond the grant funding period.
Field Activities
- The "alpha" testing phase of the mobile access points continues.
- Nine agencies have been alerted that we are ready to deploy Mobile Access Points (MAPs) in their vehicles.
- A working version of the Installation Guide for MAPs including a checklist for security and other applications has been distributed to the nine agencies.
- Final approval for turning on the power for the nodes at nine UES/ TEP utility pole co-locations is imminent and should be secured by the end of this week or early next week at the latest.
- The security test and evaluation documents are being reviewed and will be finalized shortly.
- WI-VOD has been pursuing sustainability with local businesses and possible extensions to Sonoita and Patagonia.
Project Activities
- Participated in several teleconference and status report sessions with Federal ITEP management team.
- A brief write-up of the project was submitted to ITEP to brief the new Chief Information Officer for DHS, as well as other agencies with a vested interest in the work being accomplished through the ITEP Program.
- Spoke with UES/ TEP representatives to expedite the approval process for utility pole co-locations.
Status
- Roughly 4-5 months behind schedule, but activity is picking up now.
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