Dear Tom I have just joined the legislative list so apologies if this has already been sent out but would you please post the existing position paper WISPA already sent to the legislators?
Thank you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Denise Hamilton Rapid Systems 813-232-4887 x 101 Fax 813-236-0014 den...@rapidsys.com -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Tom DeReggi Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 2:36 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] AGENDA FOR MARCH 10 Marlon, I feel for the point, that you are trying to make. Nobody "wants" to sit idle. But the reality is that we don;t control the shots, nor do we authorize the appointments. We can just request them. Secondly, If we had 5-10 people sitting around a desk in one place, for a day, I agree we'd effectively and quickly get alot written as a "group". But we do not have the luxur to work in that environment, and still include our diverse national membership's interests. That challenges group writting. But we do have what I feel is a good first step with a group position, and its what we submitted to legislators last month, and included consensus from all members of the committee. I can assure you two things.... 1. Our face-to-face meeting requests are submitted, and we should get our meeting request granted shortly after the public meeting on the 10th. 2. WISPA legislative committee and/or council will submit questions to agencies prior to the public meeting on the 10th, if there are questions to be asked. Policy makers will not accept being dictated to, how to run their programs. Thats already been discussed here as a committee. The ideal situation is to be "asked" for our opinion. That happened by GAO :-) The reality is that we've requested our meeting, and we'll get our chance to suggest recommendation, soon. Steve Smith hit on a core point, that as individuals, we "DO" want to use our "personal" contacts and avenues to get input to the policy makers. It opimizes the chance that we'll get input heard. What we also want, are clear messages that support each other, instead of contradict each other. Committee, I have a plan. The plan is.... we follow the proceedure asked by policy makers. We show up for the group public meeting the 10th and learn. We should have 4 WISPA members going, that I know of. Ready to ask question or make statements, IF the policy makers allows time for it. And immediately after I will work with Steve Coran, to formulate our strategy for moving forward, and discuss the core items that we'll want to focus on in our new position papers, and share that proposed agenda with committee members, for their input and consensus. That is what I believe is required to effectively make headway with policy makers. Marlon, I agree that that plan, leaves members somewhat idle, in the week interim. There is no reason for you or anyone to sit idle, that wants to contribute time today. I have the following suggestions for ANYONE that wants to get to work today..... 1) Take WISPA's existing position paper sent to legislators, and expand on it. Write down anything new that you feel should be added to that paper, that is not included, and needs to. (I already have a few items in mind, based on committee's past input, but do not have it on paper). 2) Make an outline of what you feel are topics/possitions that we should submit to RUS versus NTIA. We will likely have different goals for each target Grantor. 3) Submit any questions that you may have to ask policy makers, based on what we currently know, and submit them to Steve Coran for review. (I recommend CCing the legislative list, when sending to Steve). This will prevent duplications, and allow us to include all questions, that are not in conflict, with WISPA's submitted questions. However, we need questions, if we are going to submit them. Policy makers asked for "questions" in advance. If you have questions, I highly recommend that you write them ASAP, so there is time for Steve to review and send to NTIA/RUS prior to the public meeting. It will be pointless to send them, if they are not asked soon. I'd recommend that we should send these questions no later than Friday, to give policy makers time to review before public meeting. And I'd recommend they get sent to Steve today and tommorrow, to give him chance to review them. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Smith" <st...@chase3000.com> To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> Cc: <grantscommit...@wispa.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 12:53 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] AGENDA FOR MARCH 10 >I suspect that Tom is correct in that very few questions will get to be > asked at the March 10 meeting. Looking at the agenda it will be mostly > speeches by representatives from the various agencies. > > Since they have the money, I also suspect that they will be the ones > telling > us how it works rather than asking us for suggestions. I think we are > mostly past the input stage. Instead I think they are scrambling to put > together the procedures they will use to evaluate any proposals they get. > > There are a lot of people wanting information and I kind of visualize it > as > feeding time at the fish farm. They are going to throw some money in the > pond and there will be a feeding frenzy. > > I will send my questions to them via multiple channels and hope some of > them > get asked and answered. > > One of the primary questions I will have is if they are going to use the > criteria required of them by the Office and Budget Guidance and the FCC? > My > guess is they will ignore some of those requirements unless someone points > them out to them but maybe not. You might look at this post from the > Benton > Foundation for an idea of what they may be looking for. According to > Benton > this is a requirement that NTIA and RUS must work with when granting > grants. > http://www.benton.org/node/22559 > > I personally think it is worth engaging some of the people that have > personal contacts with the decision makers so that we can tailor our grant > requests to what they want. I think this is one of those rare > opportunities > that should be taken advantage of. I will approach them asking what they > want rather than telling them how to do it. > > > Steve Smith > Chase 3000 > Imperial, NE 69033 > st...@chase3000.com > 308 882-3000 > 308 883-3001 cell > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 7:20 PM > To: WISPA General List > Cc: legislat...@wispa.org > Subject: Re: [WISPA] AGENDA FOR MARCH 10 > > What questions should be asked? > > I think we should ask if they are going to allow input as to what we (as > the > > operators) think would be the most efficient use of funds. In other > words, > are we, as a trade group AND individuals, going to have ANY time to give > them our ideas? After all, our ideas will be based on experience. > > thanks, > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Smith" <st...@chase3000.com> > To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 12:06 AM > Subject: [WISPA] AGENDA FOR MARCH 10 > > >> AGENDA FOR MARCH 10 PUBLIC MEETING ON BROADBAND INITIATIVES >> >> The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the >> Department of Agriculture's Rural Development, and the Federal >> Communications Commission will hold a joint meeting Tuesday March 10 to >> discuss the broadband initiatives of the American Recovery and >> Reinvestment >> Act. 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