ATIC Board Meeting Minutes- June 14, 2006
On-site Attendees:
Frank Croan (*); Mark Goldstein (*); Mike Keeling (*); Ted Kraver (*); Jay Flash Miringoff (*); Patt Patterson (*); Ron Schott (*); Thomas Thomas; Oris Friesen (*); Michael Cohen (*); Christopher Smith; Roz Boxer; Ralph Velez; Hank Gutierrez; Paul Bott Galen Updike (*); Bob Denton; Patt Patterson; Sherry Siko; Ron Lee; Jerry Crowe (*); Jerry Ewing

Attendees Via Audio:
Randy Frantz; Sue Stoll (*); Ralph Gierish (*); Glenn Stoneman (*); Allan Meiusi; T.J. Todd; Steve Peters (*).

(*) - ATIC Board Members (15 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 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 July 12, 2006, 12:00-2:00 p.m. on the 15th Floor at Lewis & Roca in downtown Phoenix.

Modifications to and Acceptance of Agenda Draft

MOTION:To accept the agenda as it appears below.
MOVE: Patt Patterson
SECOND: Michael Cohen
Passed Unanimously

1. Modifications to and acceptance of agenda draft
2. Self-Introductions
3. Acceptance of minutes from last meeting
4. Membership Considerations and Elections
5. Review of Outstanding Action Items as documented in May 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- GCIT Communications Infrastructure Advisory Committee (CIAC) 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)
   • ROW issues - June 22, 2006
8. Announcements
9. Informational Presentations
   • Paul Bott, Sr. Systems Consultant, Arizona Public Service (APS). Background and opportunities for telecom providers to participate in a joint fiber project from Phoenix to Flagstaff.
10. Adjourn

Self Introductions
See the attendee list above.

Acceptance of Minutes from Last Meeting
The minutes for the May 10, 2006 Board meeting were presented for approval and accepted.

MOTION: To accept the minutes br> MOVE: Mark Goldstein
SECOND: Patt Patterson
Passed Unanimously

Membership Considerations
Galen Updike suggested that ATIC should have 2 levels of membership. One level would consist of the Board Membership and the second level would be an organizational membership without a board seat, possibly called "Associates of ATIC," or something like that. After some discussion, we decided to assign this matter to the new Strategy Committee.

ACTION ITEM: Steve Peters agreed to follow up on this matter and report back to the Board at the September 2006 meeting.

Mark noted that Cox Communications has no Board Member representation. We approved the appointment of Christopher Smith, Manager of Government Relations for Cox to the ATIC Board. Welcome aboard, Christopher.

Review of Outstanding Action Items as Documented in May 2006 Minutes
Mark distributed the minutes of the December 14, 2005, ATIC re-visioning meeting. The report is being distributed with these minutes as an Appendix.

Committee Reports

• ATIC Restructuring (Mike Keeling Steve Peters)
  Steve Peters has formed a Strategy Committee and is considering holding a half-day meeting to organize and prioritize ATIC strategies. Parties interested in participating should contact Steve at stevepeters@tucsonlink.org.
  
  Mark noted that we need to respond to the Arizona Technology Council (AZTC) centennial vision proposal for 2012. A copy of that proposal is being distributed with these minutes.
• Regional Planning and Roundtable (Steve Peters)
  Deferred.
• Arizona Corporation Commission 2006 Citizens Clean Elections Commission (CCEC) Election Debates (Steve Peters)
  Steve reported that there is a possibility that we would not hold a Primary Election debate because there are only two Democratic and two Republican candidates currently for the two open ACC seats.
  ED. NOTE: The primary election debate for the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) has been canceled.
  
  Christopher Smith reported that Mark Spitzer, one of the Commissioners up for election, will probably move over to federal position at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
  ED. NOTE: This has subsequently transpired.
  
  Jay Flash proposed moving some of the budgeted advertising funds for the primary into the general election, if the primary election debates are canceled. Steve will pursue this.
• State Government Broadband Planning and Support- Communication Infrastructure Advisory Committee (CIAC) Progress Report (Galen Updike)
  Galen gave a brief progress report on the CIAC and the formation of three Task Groups as described below:
  
  
  The State Strategic Telecommunications Plan Task Group will begin formulation of a Statewide Telecom plan for Arizona. The Strategic Plan will include a strong mission statement, an overview of specific impacts of telecommunications in the State, an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the Telecom industry, an outline of current broadband deficit areas in the State, and a prioritization of problem solving that policy and decision makers can use. Numerous other States' plans will be looked at for concepts and ideas.
  
  The Arizona Broadband Authority Task Group will begin surveying the necessities to create a funding Authority for Broadband (similar to Michigan's and other States). Primary consideration by that Authority will be the disposition and management of monies derived from the creation of an Arizona Broadband Universal Service Fund (ABUSF). Defining the charter for the Authority, and the various legislation necessary to bring such Authority and ABUSF into existence will be the goal of the Task group.
  
  The Telecommunications Right-of-Way Task Group will continue the work done by a number of State Agencies in 2001-2002.. The Task Group hopes to fashion policies and processes regarding telecommunications infrastructure which will lead to:

  • A definition of Telecommunications Infrastructure as "Critical" Infrastructure
  • More efficient utilization of citizen owned right-of-way Infrastructure, whereby citizens pay for such infrastructure just once.
  • A ubiquitous and affordable availability of Broadband by all citizens of the State, because of the combination of new Right-of-Way policies and funding mechanisms.

  
  
  Galen then reported on the ongoing activity concerning Superior, Arizona, and introduced Rosalyn Boxer of the Arizona Department of Commerce, Ralph Velez, Superior Town Manager, and Hank Gutierrez, Project Manager. Superior is looking to introduce broadband telecommunications into the community. They are working with Arizona Public Service (APS) and some other local stakeholders, especially Resolution Copper. A $270,000 grant has been approved and is to be signed later today. It includes matching dollars and in-kind contributions, a portion of which ATIC is providing. The RFQ has not yet been written. It will include the details.
• Grant Activity on WiFi Security Project - Status Report (Oris Friesen)
  Oris reported that one more revision is needed for the Final Report to the Homeland Security Information Technology and Evaluation Program (ITEP). This will be completed before the end of June. Information about the project can be found at the following website: http://atic.researchedge.com/wireless/
  
  The University of Advancing Technology (UAT) will be conducting a security analysis of the WiFi Corridor.
  
  Pat Lanthier, a member of the California ITEP project met with Galen and Mark. He would like to involve ATIC in a wireless consortium that he is establishing in California. He will submit a proposal to ATIC in the near future.
  
  Allan Meiusi of WI-VOD indicated that the state of Kansas would also be interested in working with ATIC.
  
  Ron Schott suggested that WI-VOD should be invited to make a presentation to ATIC.
• Cyber Security Committee Report (Jerry Crow, Jeni Li)
  Jerry Crow indicated that he is ready to manage the November 16th ATIC Public Information meeting, with a focus on security issues.
  
  Jerry also encouraged people to attend the monthly InfraGard meetings held on the 3rd Monday of each month. More information can be found at http://www.phoenixinfragard.net/.
• FCC Meeting on Broadband in Rural Arizona (Al Sterman)
  Mark reported on a meeting he had in Washington, D.C. with Robert Somers of the FCC. Somers is very interested in cross-state cooperation, so this makes any involvement with a California consortium interesting to him. He is also interested in making contact with Governor Napolitano and Chris Cummiskey, especially because Napolitano is heading up the Western Governors' Association for the next year.
• Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) Activities (Tom Campbell)
  No report this time.
• Arizona Telecommunications Directory (Galen Updike, Brad Tritle, Ralph Gierish)
  
  ACTION ITEM: Steve Peters agreed to follow up on this matter and report back to the Board at the September 2006 meeting.
• GAZEL Report (Steve Peters)
  No report this time.
• eSATS Report (Ted Kraver)
  Ted reported that the eSATS bill SB1512 is still in play. Hopefully it will succeed.
  ED. NOTE: The bill was subsequently signed into law by the Governor. CONGRATULATIONS to Ted and everyone else who assisted in making this happen!

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Monthly "General Information" Meetings (Mark Goldstein)
Mark reported that the June 22 meeting will be organized by Galen Updike and will focus on Right-of-Way (ROW) issues.

Galen noted that this meeting would be held jointly with the Telecommunications Right-of-Way Task Group of the Communication Infrastructure Advisory Committee (CIAC).

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Announcements
Ron Schott reported that the Arizona Technology Council (AZTC) is planning to publish an informational brochure on all 90 legislative seats and the respective candidates for the 2006 election.

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APS Fiber Optics FACTS Presentation Acrobat File: aps_fiber_optics.pdf [92k PDF]

Informational Presentations

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Next ATIC Board Meeting
The next ATIC Board Meeting will be July 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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