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Subject: EIC Meeting Agenda and Instructions for Attendees
Please see note below from Don Ponikvar, Chair of the EIC with attached agenda (I presume the time is Eastern): >The March meeting of the Emergency >Interoperability Consortium will take place at >2:00-4:00 pm on Wednesday 17 March. The >face-to-face portion will occur at the Farragut >Office Center, located at 1725 I (Eye) St NW, >Washington, DC. That is very near the Farragut West Metro station. > >Note that for those who cannot attend in person, >this meeting will be conducted entirely via >Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007. The >attached agenda includes a website for you to >register for the webinar in advance of the >meeting. There is not a dial-in conference line >this time for meeting attendees (make sure your >computer has functional speakers). > >Please RSVP to Tom Fahy, the EIC Secretary, if >you plan to participate or have comments >regarding the agenda. We need a head count for >refreshments at the face-to-face portion. Tom’s >e-mail address is on the attached agenda. > >The guest speakers at this meeting represent the >EAS-CAP Industry Group (ECIG), and the Emergency >Information Infrastructure Project. The speaker bios are provided below: > >· Mr. Price is a 30-year veteran in the >computer and communications industries. In >addition to leading the development team for >both the original Sage ENDEC and the new Sage >Digital ENDEC, he also wrote software for the >original EAS FCC trials in 1994. He has also >provided systems for use with the national >levels of EAS. He is on the Board of the EAS Cap >Industry Group, and is active in protocols and adoption of CAP with EAS. > >· Mr. Wood has nearly 25 years of >experience as a software engineer, primarily in >the video broadcasting industry. His involvement >in EAS began in 2000. In 2004 he co-founded >Digital Alert Systems and designed the DASDEC >EAS Encoder/Decoder platform. Mr. Wood is an >active participant and board member of the EAS >Cap Industry Group, and is focused on the >engineering aspects of triggering EAS via CAP. > >· Mr. Czarnecki is on the Board of >Directors of the EAS-CAP Industry Group, and >brings two decades of experience with >technology, public policy and regulatory issues >relating to telecommunications, broadcasting and >mass media. He is also Chairman of the >Distribution Working Group of the CAP EAS >Roadmap Coordinating Committee. As Executive >Vice President with SpectraRep, he is >responsible for program development and >management, and is currently leading the firms >portfolio of mass notification and emergency >management solutions for Federal, state, local >and private sector partners. He was involved in >the development of FEMA's Integrated Public >Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) from its >inception through 2009, including the >architecture and deployment of the Digital >Emergency Alert System (DEAS). At the State and >local level, he has designed and implementation >of alert and warning, and continuity related >communications capabilities. In 2007, he was >appointed by the FCC Commissioner to serve on >the Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory >Committee (CMSAAC), and was appointed to the >Alert Interface Group. He has also been an >active participant since 2006 in the National >Center for Accessible Media's program for Access >to Emergency Alerts for People with >Disabilities. He earned a Ph.D. from Georgetown >University in International Relations and >National Security Affairs, Masters and >Bachelor's degrees from St. John's University, >NY, and Certificates in International Finance >(Georgetown) and International Law and Diplomacy (St. John's). > >· Amy Sebring, Vice President, Emergency >Information Infrastructure Project. Amy Sebring >is the Technical Projects Coordinator for the >Emergency Information Infrastructure Project >(EIIP) and serves as Webmaster for EMForum.org. >She has previously served as an Emergency >Information Specialist with the City of Corpus >Christi, TX Office of Emergency Management. She >has also conducted regional planning activities >including the Coastal Bend Mitigation Action >Plan and the Corpus Christi Metropolitan Medical >Response (MMRS) Plan. She is active in the >Coastal Bend Emergency Management Association. Contact: asebring@emforum.org > > >We look forward to everyone’s participation at this meeting. > >Don Ponikvar > >Donald R. Ponikvar, PhD >Chair >Emergency Interoperability Consortium > >Voice: 202-254-7530 >Fax: 202-254-7751 >Blackberry: 202-368-4922 >
EIC Mar 2010 Meeting Agenda.doc
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