ATIC Board Meetings 2006 January 11

ATIC Board Meeting Minutes- January 11, 2006
On-site Attendees:
Patt Patterson (*); Galen Updike, proxy for Chris Cummiskey (*); Oris Friesen (*); Mark Goldstein (*); Mike Keeling (*); Al Sterman (*); Eddie Cheng, proxy for GladysAnn Wells (*). Tom Campbell (*); Thomas Thomas; David Daniels; Robert Lundblade; Bob McCloud; Genene Walker (*); Ralph Gierish (*); Bud Polley; Loriann Polley; Ted Kraver (*); David Whitt; Greg Binder; Ron Lee; Ernest Franklin; Ron Schott; Michael Sherman (*); Bill Lewis.

Attendees Via Audio:
Attendees Via Audio: Steve Peters (*); Michael Cohen (*); Alecia Miller; Marissa Walker; John Kelly (*); Jay Flash Miringoff (*); Jerry Crow (*); Ron Drake.

(*) - ATIC Board Members (17 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 to Lewis & Roca for providing videoconferencing facilities in Phoenix and Tucson.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW:

• The next ATIC Board Meeting will be on on February 8, 2006, 12:00-2:00 p.m. on the 19th Floor at Lewis & Roca in downtown Phoenix.

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. Proposed Meeting Schedule for 2006
6. Review of Outstanding Action Items as documented in November 2005 Minutes.
7. Committee Reports
• Roundtable Follow-on Report (Steve Peters)
• Government Affairs Committee Report
  • CCEC Participation in 2006 Election Debates
• State Government Broadband Planning and Support- Telecommunications Infrastructure Committee (TISC) Progress Report (Galen Updike)
• Grant Activity on WiFi Security Project - Status Report (Oris Friesen)
• ATIC Mission and Related Issues (Mike Keeling, Oris Friesen)
  • Re-visioning Meeting (Mike Keeling)
  • Liability Insurance
• Cyber Security Committee Report (Jerry Crow)
• FCC Activities (Al Sterman)
• ACC Activities (Tom Campbell)
• Arizona Telecommunications Directory (Galen Updike, Brad Tritle, Mark Goldstein)
• GAZEL Report (Steve Peters)
• eSATS Report (Ted Kraver)
8. Monthly "General Information" Meetings (Mark Goldstein)
   • Thursday, February 16 - programs TBD
9. Announcements
10. Informational Presentations
    • Navajo Telecom Regulatory Commission
11. Adjourn

Self Introductions
See the attendee list above.

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

MOTION: To accept the minutes.
MOVE: Mark Goldstein
SECOND: Al Sterman
Passed Unanimously

Membership Considerations
Mark proposed that Dr. Bill Lewis of ASU replace Dr. Sayfe Kiaei as a Board Member from ASU and that Bill Bolin replace Sandra Watson a Board Member from the Arizona Department of Commerce. Mark also proposed that we accept Ron Schott, of the Arizona Tech Council, and Sue Stoll, of AT&T, as new Board Members.

MOTION: To accept Ron Schott, Bill Lewis, Bill Bolin and Sue Stoll as ATIC Board members.
MOVE: Patt Patterson
SECOND: Ralph Gierish
Passed Unanimously

Proposed Meeting Schedule for 2006
The following schedule was proposed for the calendar year 2006:

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. We will carry it over to the next meeting.

Committee Reports

• Arizona Telecom Roundtable (Steve Peters)
  Steve Peters reported that the Roundtable held on October 25-26 at the Mesa Convention Center was a successful event. Our net income was $9K of $30K. We should think of having a follow-up and will have a meeting soon to discuss that. There were presentations on many topics, breakout sessions and a lot of networking time. Rights-of-Way (ROW) and e-Rate were two recurring topics that need to be addressed in more depth. The presentations can be viewed at http://atic.grovesite.com.
  
  Ralph suggested that we poll state agencies regarding ROW in pursuit of achieving some level of standardization.
• Government Affairs Committee Report (Oris Friesen)
  CCEC Participation in 2006 Election Debates
  Steve Peters reported that we submitted a proposal to sponsor the CCEC Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) debates in 2006. The venue will likely be either Rio Salado or Avnet Corporation. We have had about 1000 people viewing our previous General Election webcasts - Mark noted that we have a history of conducting debates - in 2002 we had an ACC debate and a gubernatorial debate and in 2004 we did the ACC debate, which included the Primary and General elections.
  
  Mike Keeling alerted everyone that we will need help in the future to formulate questions to be used in the debates.
• State Government Broadband Planning and Support- Telecommunications InfraStructure Committee (TISC) Progress Report (Galen Updike)
  Galen reported that what used to be called the Telecommunications InfraStructure Committee (TISC) has reconstituted as the Communication Infrastructure Advisory Committee (CIAC). It is a regular standing committee under GITA and is on the Governor's agenda for communications. There was also talk about setting up a Center of Excellence - including universities. The 11 DOC economic regions will be an adjunct to this "redefined TISC" process and the regional roundtables.
  
  CIAC will take a larger outreach role than did TISC. CIAC will act on the 11 recommendations that were sent to the Governor regarding Broadband and will want to pursue a Broadband authority and a Broadband Universal Service Fund. CIAC is expected to work closely with ATIC and the AZ Chamber of Commerce. One of the biggest issues is how to change ROW laws to lower the cost of Broadband deployment. Each of the 21 tribes in AZ have their own ROW issues.
  
  John Kelly suggested that we should use cities such as Tempe, Chandler, etc. as templates for future reform.
• Grant Activity on WiFi Security Project - Status Report (Oris Friesen)
  Oris reported that great progress is finally being made. All nodes should be operational by the end of the week, with the exception of 2 private property nodes.
  
  An initial distribution of MAPs was completed in December.
  
  There was a good deal of discussion about cameras and produce interdiction. Marissa Walker noted that 40% of US produce passes through Rio Rico in the winter months. We will need to develop a "publicity" message soon and should include Ron Schott and Michael Cohen in this discussion.
  
  A website has been established at http://atic.researchedge.com/wireless/
  
  A more detailed report is included as an appendix to these minutes.
• ATIC Mission and Related Issues (Mike Keeling, Oris Friesen, Steve Peters)
  Regarding general liability insurance coverage, Mark Goldstein noted that we are usually covered by other liability coverage. However, if we continue to pursue grants like the WiFi Project, then we may need to have liability coverage. We will wait for the time being.
  
  Mike observed that there were several re-visioning meetings held at the end of year. We need to summarize these thoughts and form more partnerships. Now we need to weave these ideas into our organizational fabric.
  
  
  ACTION ITEM: Mark will capture the output of these meetings and Oris will distribute the report along with the minutes.
• Cyber Security Committee Report (Jerry Crow, Jeni Li)
  Jerry Crow reported that he and Jeni Li are to build the ATIC April General Information meeting agenda. The focus will be on security-related legislative initiatives.
  
  We may also address security issues related to pandemics such as the bird flu.
• FCC Meeting on Broadband in Rural Arizona (Al Sterman)
  Al Sterman reported that there has been very little activity since the FCC was a part of the roundtable meeting. Ron Drake volunteered to be a strong of Broadband initiatives should he be elected as a member of the House of Representatives.
• Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) Activities (Tom Campbell)
  Tom Campbell reported that the main activity at the ACC has revolved around the SBC-AT&T and Verizon-MCI mergers.
  
  RUCO has not signed off yet on the Qwest settlement.
  
  The ACC is looking into preferred provider arrangements.
• Arizona Telecommunications Directory (Galen Updike, Brad Tritle, Ralph Gierish)
  Brad Tritle reported that we will try to meet once or twice before January.
• GAZEL Report (Steve Peters)
  Steve Peters reported that there will be an elearning event in Phoenix in the April-May timeframe.
• eSATS Report (Ted Kraver)
  Ted reported on eSATS - a 10-year program to revamp AZ education looking at a 1-1 ratio of computers to students. If implemented this will require will require much more bandwidth than currently available, and it will require the ability to handle much more information.
  
  The proposed legislation starts at $90 million annually. It has the support of about 15 organizations.
  
  Senate President Ken Bennett has opened a folder for us and the bill is now being written - initially he wanted to start with 20,000 students (out of an eventual total of 1 million). Ted called for support from each of us to help introduce and pass the legislation.

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Monthly "General Information" Meetings (Mark Goldstein)
Mark reported that the February 16th meeting will feature our annual legislative technology policy review with presentations by various people.

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Informational Presentations
Galen Updike introduced Ron Lee, legislative liaison, and Ernest Franklin, Executive Director, of the Navajo Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.

Ernest Franklin gave a brief history of the Navajo Telecommunication Regulatory Commission. Mr. Franklin was appointed in October 2005 to be the Executive Director. He noted that the Commission regulates 23,000 square miles in 3 states with 250,000 people. They use radios for most telecom needs; TV is 2nd in popularity and is now overtaking radio in popularity because of satellite communication availability. They have 110 chapter houses and needed to establish communication with them to promote development. Each chapter has a website.

He noted that ROW issues are crucial to our development - we are under BIA jurisdiction regarding real estate, and that hampers all types of development (water, sewers, etc.) on the Nation. We decided to use satellite communications to create land use plans - 17 were adopted last year. Communities are starting to take advantage of this.

Tele-health is important to us and telecommunications is a mandatory requirement. We have 6 development communities including Kayenta, Shiprock Window Rock and Chinle. Distance education is very important to us.

The Navajo Telecommunication Regulatory Commission is to regulate quality of service. Frontier, Dine College, Navajo County, etc. all have their own telecom services. We are in the process of identifying all their tower sites - we have on-line maps and overlays to assist collaboration in order to build an inventory. We will use this to justify our funding needs.

Ron Lee is to helping to secure funding from the state of Arizona. We are looking at e-rate funds. Mr. Lee noted that only 76% of the Nation has telecomm access; access to the Internet is also below average. We are experiencing a huge funding impact because of the shutdown of the Mojave Generator Station.

Our major objectives include establishing a study committee to identify the needs and funding sources and introducing a bill in the legislature. We hope to get some of the sales taxes sent back to the Nation as well as back to the other 21 tribes. We would like to partner with ATIC to talk about ROW issues in return for assistance in supporting our bill with letters of support.

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Next ATIC Board Meeting
The next ATIC Board Meeting will be February 8, 2006 12:00-2:00 p.m. at Lewis & Roca in downtown Phoenix.

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Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 2:15 p.m.

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