ATIC Board Meetings 2006 January 11 February 8 March 8

ATIC Board Meeting Minutes- March 8, 2006
On-site Attendees:
Patt Patterson (*); Galen Updike, proxy for Chris Cummiskey (*); Oris Friesen (*); Mark Goldstein (*); Mike Keeling (*); Jay Flash Miringoff (*); Thomas Thomas; David Daniels; Robert Lundblade; Ted Kraver (*); Ron Schott (*); Brad Tritle (*); Bob Denton Michael Sherman (*); Ralph Gierish (*); Al Sterman (*) Tom Campbell (*); Carmo Fernandez; Mike Totherow; Steve Sasman; Christopher Forsyth; Zee Peters; Eddy Cheng proxy for GladysAnn Wells (*); Jerry Crow (*).

Attendees Via Audio:
Steve Peters (*); Michael Cohen (*); Frank Croan; Connie Eitel (*); Genene Walker (*); Michelle Norin; Glenn Stoneman (*); Brian Hayes; Alecia Miller.

(*) - ATIC Board Members (20 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. 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 on April 12, 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. Review of Outstanding Action Items as documented in February 2006 Minutes.
6. Committee Reports
• ATIC Restructuring (Mike Keeling and Steve Peters)
• Regional Planning and Roundtables (Steve Peters)
• Arizona Corporation Commission 2006 Election Debates (Steve Peters)
• State Government Broadband Planning and Support- Telecommunications Infrastructure Committee (TISC) Progress Report (Galen Updike)
• Grant Activity on WiFi Security Project - Status Report (Oris Friesen)
• 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)
7. Monthly "General Information" Meetings (Mark Goldstein)
   • Security Ð Jerry Crow & Jeni Li
8. Announcements
9. Informational Presentations
   • Michael Sherman of SRP
10. Adjourn

Self Introductions
See the attendee list above.

Acceptance of Minutes from Last Meeting
The minutes for the February 8, 2006 Board meeting were presented for approval and accepted.

Membership Considerations
Brad Tritle has changed employers. Ben Standifer was nominated to be a new ATIC Board Member

MOTION: To accept Ben Standifer as Member of the Board. br> MOVE: Ralph Gierish
SECOND: Galen Updike
Passed Unanimously

Review of Outstanding Action Items as Documented in February 2006 Minutes

1. Narrow Band Recommendation to GCIT Ð carried over from previous meeting. (Steve Peters) Ð No Action. - Steve reported that this could be retired, as it will be included in the revisioning activities.
2. We will carry it over to the next meeting.
3. Liability insurance discussion. No action. - We will carry it over to the next meeting.
4. Mark is to distribute the minutes of the December revisioning meeting. No action. - We will carry it over to the next meeting.

Committee Reports

• ATIC Restructuring (Mike Keeling Steve Peters)
  Steve Peters reported that the "Reorganization Committee" has had 2 meetings. The Committee included Steve Peters, Kurt Jonckheer, Mark Goldstein, Oris Friesen, Michael Cohen, Ralph Gierish, Mike Keeling, Galen Updike and Brad Tritle.
  
  Based upon the discussions we are recommending the following:
  1. Do away with the Strategic Planning and Government Affairs Committees
  2. Create a new committee (name to be determined Ð Coordinating or Planning are suggestions) with the following functions:
     • Identify issues and policies that ATIC needs to address
     • Determine priorities
     • Create task teams and implementation strategies
     • Develop policy recommendations
     • Develop funding strategies
     • Coordinate planning and policy development with the GCIT Communications Infrastructure Advisory Committee (CIAC)
     • Facilitate vendor relations with CIAC
     • Create project subcommittees
     • Develop and maintain government relationships with state government, Senator McCain, the ACC, the FCC, the legislature, etc.
     • Facilitate coordination among committees
     • Facilitate outreach to other organizations and local communities
  3. Create the following subcommittees under main committee
     • Project Committees
     • Government Relations
     • Vendor Relations
     • Outreach
  4. Maintain the independence of other committees, such as
     • Cyber Security
     • Directory
     • CCEC ACC Debates
  After much discussion it was decided that the following people will have a conference call to discuss next steps and to formalize a set of proposals with options:
  • Steve Peters
  • Mark Goldstein
  • Ralph Gierish
  • Al Sterman
  • Michael Cohen
  • Ron Schott
  • Oris Friesen
• Regional Planning and Roundtable (Steve Peters)
  Steve reported that he met with Bill Bolin of ADOC on addressing issues of regional planning and rural roundtables and that Bill is eager to proceed and to assist us.
• Arizona Corporation Commission 2006 Citizens Clean Elections Commission (CCEC) Election Debates (Steve Peters)
  Steve reported that our proposal was accepted by the CCEC and an ATIC committee on this topic will be formed shortly. Apparently CCEC also has a contract with KAET to webcast and broadcast the debates.
• State Government Broadband Planning and Support- Communication Infrastructure Advisory Committee (CIAC) Progress Report (Galen Updike)
  Galen reported that Noah Kroloff has left state government and that Chris Cummiskey will be acting as technology advisor to the Governor. He also noted that funding from CEDC has been freed up to focus on 3 sites for hosting electronic tele/video/conferencing and communicating among GITA, ADOC and SATC in Tucson at TREO.
• Grant Activity on WiFi Security Project - Status Report (Oris Friesen)
  Oris reported that participation by the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office (SCCSO) has been initiated with a meeting at Rio Rico, distribution of the User Guide and instructions on how to use the survey instrument.
  
  Twenty nodes are operational, and UAT will be performing a coverage analysis of the entire corridor.
  
  There are some challenges remaining regarding "handoffs" while traveling along the corridor and interfaces to the Spillman database.
  
  There will be a Wrap-up Meeting/Conference for all 13 ITEP Projects in Washington, D.C. on April 26-27.
  
  A more detailed report is included as an appendix to these minutes.
• Cyber Security Committee Report (Jerry Crow, Jeni Li)
  Jerry Crow reported that Jerry and Jeni Li plan to organize the ATIC April 20th General Information meeting agenda. The focus will be on security-related legislative initiatives.
• FCC Meeting on Broadband in Rural Arizona (Al Sterman)
  Al Sterman had nothing to report. FCC activities have been put on hold for a while until we decide on the regional roundtable discussions.
• Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) Activities (Tom Campbell)
  Tom gave a brief report noting that the Qwest rate case settlement is up for deliberation next Thursday (3-16). Only RUCO has not signed off on this.
  
  Concerning the changing roles of ACC Ð from regulation to services and consumer protection Ð this is a question of whether ACC will feel comfortable about the regulatory state of things like VOIP, wireless, etc.
• Arizona Telecommunications Directory (Galen Updike, Brad Tritle, Ralph Gierish)
  Ralph reported there has been no recent activity. Brad Tritle will reconvene the committee in the near future.
• GAZEL Report (Steve Peters)
  Steve Peters announced that on May 1 there will be an elearning expo, modeled on the recent telecom roundtable format.
• eSATS Report (Ted Kraver)
  Ted reported that Senate Bill SB1512 passed out of the Senate by 28-1. The content was modified to focus on the Digital Curriculum Institute, which would make us unique in the USA.

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Monthly "General Information" Meetings (Mark Goldstein)
Mark reported that the April 20th meeting will feature security-related legislation and will be organized by the Cyber Security Committee.

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SRP Telecom Presentation Acrobat File: srp-0306.pdf [2.0 Mb PDF]

Informational Presentations

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

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

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