San Francisco has picked licensed exempt radios and community wireless on their radar. In particular, Elizabeth Inadomi has invited us to present to the commission tonight at SF City Hall.
Matt Peterson, Terry Schmidt (NYCwireless) and I will be doing a presentation. There will be a section for public comment and questions. We urge all that are interested in seeing the city of SF get the right picture of community wireless networks and how they can help, come to the meeting. Again, this is an introduction to community wireless. We don't expect the Commission to take any action at this meeting. If you have any points that you think need to be incorporated into the presentations, please call me ASAP on my cell at 415-637-8512. Tim -- http://www.sfgov.org/site/telecommunications_commission_page.asp?id=14429 Department of Telecommunications and Information Services City and County of San Francisco NOTICE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO Monday, February 24, 2003, 5:30 PM City Hall 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 400 AGENDA There is one action item on this agenda. All other items on this agenda are for discussion purposes only. The Commission respectively requests that all cell phones and pagers be turned off during the duration of the meeting. 1) CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL Kimberlee S. Bogen, President J. Michael Myatt, Vice President Sunil Daluvoy, Commissioner Elizabeth Inadomi, Commissioner Michael Rouan, Commissioner 2) APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES January 27, 2003 Regular Meeting ACTION ITEM (Commissioners will vote to adopt the minutes. The handout associated with this item is the minutes from the January 27, 2003 regular meeting.) - Adoption of the Minutes - January 27, 2003 Regular Meeting - Public Testimony - Commissioners' Comments - Commissioners' Vote 2) COMMUNICATIONS FOR DISCUSSION ONLY Descriptions of communications received by the Commission are listed at the end of this agenda. - Public Testimony - Commissioners' Comments 2) DIRECTOR'S REPORT (Lewis Loeven) FOR DISCUSSION ONLY (The following will be discussed or updated by the Executive Director): Recent Events (There is a handout associated with this item.) - Public Testimony - Commissioners' Comments 2) DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S POLICY REPORT FOR DISCUSSION ONLY * (The following will be discussed or updated by the Deputy Director): * Federal Legislation; State Legislation; Municipal Legislation; Court Proceedings; Administrative Proceedings (There is a handout associated with this item.) - Public Testimony - Commissioners' Comments 2) NEW BUSINESS Telecommunications Plan Update FOR DISCUSSION ONLY * Vision of telecommunications technologies and markets * Wi-Fi presentation * Disaster preparedness briefing (There is no handout associated with this item.) - Public Testimony - Commissioners' Comments 2) CALENDAR MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION ONLY (There is a handout associated with these items.) - The regular meeting of the Telecommunications Commission will meet on March 24, 2003 at City Hall, Room 400, 5:30 p.m. - Public Testimony - Commissioners' Comments - Telecommunications Commission Pending Topics List - Public Testimony - Commissioners' Comments GENERAL PUBLIC TESTIMONY FOR DISCUSSION ONLY 2) ADJOURNMENT COMMUNICATIONS PAGE COMMUNICATIONS AGENDA PACKET RECEIVED FROM DTIS 1. Agenda of the February 24, 2003 Commission meeting; 2. Draft minutes of the January 27, 2003 regular meeting; 3. Deputy Director's report; 4. Telecommunications Commission Pending Topics List. COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC January 25, 2003 - February 10, 2003 1. Cable subscriber feels the latest increase in monthly fees by AT&T cable service is too much for the number of channels received. - DTIS analyst responded to the cable subscriber's concern. 2. Cable subscriber of RCN is disappointed that the cable company does not carry channels 27 or 29 (public access channels). - RCN is working with the City to resolve this problem. Please Note: Special Announcement: The public can view this Telecommunications Commission meeting live on the web through SFGTV, San Francisco Cable 26 videostreaming. To see the meeting online, visit www.sfgov.org and click on the "SFGTV Online" link at the start time of the meeting. General written materials submitted by the public to the Telecommunications Commission review, that are not associated with a specific deadline, should be sent to Telecommunications Commission, Department of Telecommunications and Information Services (DTIS), 875 Stevenson, 5^th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103 or emailed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Correspondence should be received no later than 5:00 p.m. ten (10) days (normally a Friday) prior to the scheduled Telecommunications Commission meeting in order to be listed on the Communications section of the upcoming agenda. All correspondence s received after this date will be listed on future agendas. * Communications to the Commission may be viewed upon request to Commission Secretary Helen Danina, DTIS, 875 Stevenson, 5^th Floor, 415/554-4443. Please note that there is a 10-cent per page charge for photocopying communications documents at DTIS, payable at the time of service. * Agenda packet items are available for public review by contacting Commission Secretary Helen Danina, DTIS, 875 Stevenson, 5th Floor, 415/554-4443. Please note that there is a charge for photocopying Commission documents at DTIS, payable at the time of service. Agendas and minutes are also available on the Commission's web site (see address above), or San Francisco Main Public Library, 5th Floor, Government Documents Section. Commission Information: The Telecommunications Commission meets at 5:30 pm, City Hall, Room 400, on the fourth Monday of every month, unless otherwise noted. This schedule is subject to change. For information related to Telecommunications Commission matters, please phone 415/554-4443 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] * The Telecommunications Commission web site address is www.sfgov.org/telecommunications_Commission. 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