ATIC Board Meeting Minutes- March 8, 2006
On-site Attendees:
Frank Croan;
David Daniels;
Mark Goldstein (*);
Mike Keeling (*);
Ted Kraver (*);
Jay Flash Miringoff (*);
Patt Patterson (*);
Ron Schott (*);
Thomas Thomas;
Oris Friesen (*);
Bill Bolin (*);
John Kelly (*);
Al Sterman (*);
Rob Edwards;
Michael Cohen (*);
Chris Smith;
Eddy Cheng proxy for GladysAnn Wells (*);
Dave Evertsen.
Attendees Via Audio:
Randy Frantz;
Sue Stoll (*);
Genene Walker (*).
Glenn Stoneman (*);
Michelle Norin;
Jerry Crow (*);
Steve Peters (*).
(*) - 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. 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 June 14, 2006, 12:00-2:00 p.m. on the 15th Floor at Lewis & Roca in downtown Phoenix.
Modifications to and Acceptance of Agenda Draft
The agenda was accepted as shown below.
Agenda
- Modifications to and acceptance of agenda draft
- Self-Introductions
- Acceptance of minutes from last meeting
- Membership Considerations and Elections
- Review of Outstanding Action Items as documented in April 2006 Minutes.
- Committee Reports
- Monthly "General Information" Meetings (Mark Goldstein)
- Security Ð Jerry Crow & Jeni Li
- Announcements
- Informational Presentations
- Rob Edwards, Director of Economic Development, Downtown Phoenix Partnership, will discuss the Copper Square Wireless Feasibility Analysis RFP
- Adjourn
Self Introductions
See the attendee list above.
Acceptance of Minutes from Last Meeting
The minutes for the April 12, 2006 Board meeting were presented for approval and accepted.
MOTION: To accept the minutes br>
MOVE: Al Sterman
SECOND: Ron Schott
Passed Unanimously
Membership Considerations
The ATIC Election of Officers held with the following list of candidates (Al Crawford has requested that he be replaced as Treasurer):
- Mike Keeling (continuing as Chair)
- Oris Friesen (continuing as Vice Chair)
- Mark Goldstein (continuing as Secretary)
- Michael Cohen (for Treasurer)
Mark Goldstein nominated Frank Croan of TeleSpectra to be a Member of the ATIC Board.
MOTION: To accept Frank Croan as an ATIC Board member.
MOVE: Al Sterman
SECOND: Ted Kraver
Passed Unanimously
Review of Outstanding Action Items as Documented in April 2006 Minutes
Mark is to edit and 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)
Mile Keeling reviewed the actions take at the previous Board Meeting whereby
- The Strategic Planning and Government Affairs Committees were replaced by a new ATIC Strategy Committee
- The following subcommittees were created under the new ATIC Strategy Committee
- Government Relations Committee
- Vendor Advisory Committee
- Outreach Committee
- The independence of other committees will be maintained, such as:
- Cyber Security
- Arizona Telecom Directory
- CCEC ACC Debates
- Project Committees for initiatives such as the DHS Wireless Project in Southern Arizona
- Regional Planning and Roundtable (Steve Peters)
Mark reported that there are ongoing discussions with the Arizona Department of Commerce to set up roundtable discussions at various localities throughout the state.
Bill Bolin noted that telecommunications has now been included as an element of "quality of live" in the Department's site selection criteria.
Ted Kraver reported on the successful 1-day GAZEL roundtable that was held in Mesa last month.
Dave Evertsen called attention to an upcoming meeting for government employees in Goodyear that will focus on telecommunications in the southwest Valley.
- Arizona Corporation Commission 2006 Citizens Clean Elections Commission (CCEC) Election Debates (Steve Peters)
Mark noted that we may not need to hold a Primary Election debate because there are only two Democratic and two Republican candidates currently for the two open ACC seats. All the debates will be at the Avnet facility. Jay Flash will head up the marketing and communications activities. Jay asked for input on educational activities regarding the ACC, He wants to get radio and television exposure.
Questions for the debate are being formed now and suggestions are welcome.
John Kelly mentioned the growing importance to the ACC of VOIP, WiFi, etc. He noted that pipeline issues and high gas prices might also be topics for questions.
Dave Evertsen suggested that ACC members should be asked to define their role at the debate.
- State Government Broadband Planning and Support- Communication Infrastructure Advisory Committee (CIAC) Progress Report (Galen Updike)
Mark reported in the absence of Galen that CIAC would have three task groups: Strategic Plan, Broadband Authority, and Right of Way.
Also, GITA has received $50K in funding from CEDC enable up to four sites statewide to host electronic tele/video/conferencing.
- Grant Activity on WiFi Security Project - Status Report (Oris Friesen)
Oris reported that the project has been successfully completed. More details, including a 5-minute DVD movie and photos, can be viewed at the following website: http://atic.researchedge.com/wireless/
Oris and Galen Updike gave a report on the project and exhibit, with WI-VOD representatives, at a DHS ITEP meeting held in conjunction with the comprehensive GovSec Conference in Washington, DC in late April 2006.
Mike Keeling and Mark Goldstein, along with WI-VOD personnel, will presented and demonstrated the project at the Bi-National Plan Signing and Dispatch Center Ribbon Cutting in Nogales on April 25, 2006.
The end date for the Grant was April 30, 2006, but WI-VOD will continue to provide free services to the participants until June 30, 2006, and ATIC will continue to monitor activity during this period with an eye toward gathering more robust assessment data.
Ron Schott observed that we should leverage the success of this effort by pursuing potential opportunities at CANAMEX, or the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secure Border Initiative (SBI), or the City of Superior, or some other avenue. Bill Bolin suggested that ATIC should engage the White Mountains area regarding wireless communications.
There was some discussion about ATIC looking to secure some revenue from future grants. It was generally agreed that we should do so.
- Cyber Security Committee Report (Jerry Crow, Jeni Li)
Jerry Crow reported that they had a successful cybersecurity event at the ATIC April 20th General Information meeting. It focused on security-related legislative initiatives and roughly 20 Ð 25 people attended.
On a related topic, Oris announced that the second installment of a series of articles on Information Assurance at community colleges, of which he is a co-author, will appear in the May/June 2006 (Vol. 4, No. 3) issue of IEEE Security and Privacy.
- FCC Meeting on Broadband in Rural Arizona (Al Sterman)
Al Sterman noted that the FCC would be interested in returning for a meeting in AZ, especially if the focus would be on tribal affairs.
On a related note, there will be a 2nd Annual Navajo Nation IT Summit "Diminishing the Digital Divide" held June 19-22, 2006, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Please visit http://www.navajo.org for more Summit Information and for registration details.
- Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) Activities (Tom Campbell)
No report this time.
- Arizona Telecommunications Directory (Galen Updike, Brad Tritle, Ralph Gierish)
Mark reported that we have a backlog of requests on which we are working, especially to update SRP & AT&T rercords. Some administrative database functions were broken, but that has now been corrected.
- GAZEL Report (Steve Peters)
Ted Kraver reported that about a year and a half ago, Bobbie Kraver took over the GAZEL leadership. Since then, with the assistance of Steve Peters, we have had a successful CEO breakfast and an all-day Arizona eLearning Leadership and Innovation Conference/Expo/Networking Roundtable. GAZEL is really moving forward again.
- eSATS Report (Ted Kraver)
Ted reported that the esats bill SB1512 is "in the budget box" and we want to keep it there, but we don't know what is happening. Hopefully it will succeed.
As it stands, we hope to get
- Funding for Arizona Department of Education (ADE) IDEAL assessment program Ð possibly up to $5M
- Pilot program- entrŽe to 10 schools in math only with $4M funding
- Funding for a 10-yr task force of 10-15 people to guide this whole roll-out to adopt elearning
- Install elearning courses in all schools in Arizona - $6M in funding.
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Monthly "General Information" Meetings (Mark Goldstein)
Mark noted that future meetings are scheduled for June 22, September 14 and November 16, 2006 with programs TBD.
Topics offered up for the June 22nd meeting were:
- ROW education
- Update on CIAC activity, etc.
- Municipal WiFi Ð general issues (maybe link up with GCIT)
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Announcements
Oris announced that ATIC would be manning an exhibits booth again at the Government Solutions Center at the Arizona Digital Government Summit on May 23 & 24, 2006, to be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Phoenix.
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Informational Presentations
Robert Edwards, Director of Economic Development for the Downtown Phoenix Partnership, discussed the upcoming Copper Square Wireless Feasibility Analysis RFP.
The Downtown Phoenix Partnership covers an area of about 90 square blocks area. The organization is about 10 yrs old, and the CEO is Brian Kearney. We have roughly 25 stakeholders, who have signed on to the idea of installing WiFi in downtown Phoenix. The CIOs of Phoenix, Maricopa County and Arizona State University (ASU) are participating in getting an RFP written by some consultants and selecting a vendor. We want to provide the "average Joe" with wireless access. It is for mobile users in public areas. We already have received 11 letters of intent to submit by May 24. More information can be found on Rob's copper square site at http://www.coppersquare.com/.
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Next ATIC Board Meeting
The next ATIC Board Meeting will be June 14, 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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