Federal Communications Commission

Indian Telecommunications Initiatives

RENO REGIONAL WORKSHOP

AND ROUNDTABLE

Silver Baron Ballroom A, Silver Legacy Resort Casino

407 North Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada

July 17-18, 2003

[July 17: Workshop Agenda]{.underline}

8:00-8:30 Registration

8:30 OPENING

Posting of the Colors Nevada Intertribal Color Guard

Opening Invocation Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California

8:30-8:50 Welcoming Remarks K. Dane Snowden, Chief

Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau

Federal Communications Commission

Hon. A. Brian Wallace, Chairman

Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California

8:50-9:00 Working with the FCC K. Dane Snowden, Chief

Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau

Federal Communications Commission

9:00-10:45 Infrastructure Development and Feasibility Planning

▪ *Assessing Current Infrastructure, Demographics, and Regulatory
Environment*

> ▪ *Considering Technology Options and Infrastructure Deployment Plans*
>
> ▪ *Spectrum Bidding Credits and Accessing Spectrum through
> Partitioning and Disaggregation*
>
> ▪ *Satellite Technology Services and Connectivity Options*

Madonna Yawakie, President and CEO

> Melvin Yawakie, Vice President-Engineering
>
> Turtle Island Communications, Inc.
>
> Linda Chang, Attorney-Advisor
>
> Commercial Wireless Division
>
> Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
>
> Federal Communications Commission
>
> Mark Young, Attorney-Advisor
>
> Satellite Division
>
> International Bureau
>
> Federal Communications Commission

10:30-10:45 BREAK

10:45-12:00 Implementation of Tribal Telecom Service Strategies

▪ *Assessing Sovereign Requirements, Identifying Technology Solutions
and Working with Industry*

▪ *Creating the Platform to Address Community Needs, Government Services
and Economic Growth*

▪ *Developing a Intertribal Wireless Infrastructure Network for Internet
Services*

> Hon. A. Brian Wallace, Chairman
>
> Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California
>
> Jose Matanane, General Manager
>
> Fort Mojave Telecommunications, Inc.

Dwight Lomayesva, Lead Coordinator

Southern California Tribal Digital

Village, Infrastructure

12:00-1:00 LUNCH BREAK Lunch on your own

1:00-2:15 Strategic Development and Financial Planning

> ▪ *Federal Rural Utility Service Programs and Tribal Telecom
> Development*
>
> ▪ *Managing Telecom Development, Business Growth, and
> Community-Oriented Service*
>
> ▪ *Infrastructure Acquisition, Capital Outlay and Timing, and Debt
> Management*

Harry Hutson, Gen. Field Representative

Rural Utilities Service

US Department of Agriculture

Vernon James, General Manager

San Carlos Apache

Telecommunications Utility, Inc.

2:15-2:30 BREAK

2:30-4:00 Tribal Telecommunications Operations and Universal Service
Support

> ▪ *Essential Universal Service Fund Programs and Important Regulatory
> Developments*
>
> ▪ *How the High Cost and Low-Income Programs Operate for Telecom
> Development*
>
> ▪ *Successful Operations and Universal Service Planning within a
> Tribal Telephone Company*
>
> Narda Jones, Legal counsel
>
> Office of the Bureau Chief

Wireline Competition Bureau

Federal Communications Commission

Irene Flannery, Vice-President Low Income and High Cost

> Universal Service Administrative Co.
>
> Aiessa Fullen, Acting General Manager

Gila River Telecommunications, Inc.

4:00-5:00 Public Safety and Interoperability

> ▪ *Public Safety Wireless Network's Tribal Nations Interoperability
> Assessment*
>
> ▪ *Components and Important Concerns of Public Safety Systems on
> Tribal Lands*
>
> ▪ *Developing Goals and Objectives for Interconnection and Sustained
> Reliability*

McRae Smith, Acting Program Manager

Public Safety Wireless Network

Telecommunications Specialist, DOJ/FBI

Paul Torpey, Contract Research Support

Booz Allen Hamilton

> Kris Monteith, Member
>
> Homeland Security Policy Council

Federal Communications Commission

5:00-5:30 Workshop Wrap-Up and K. Dane Snowden, Chief

Next Steps Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

Indian Telecommunications Initiatives

RENO REGIONAL WORKSHOP

AND ROUNDTABLE

Silver Baron Ballroom A, Silver Legacy Resort Casino

407 North Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada

July 17-18, 2003

[July 18: Roundtable Agenda]{.underline}

9:00 -9:30 Introductory Remarks Kris Monteith, Deputy Chief

Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau

Federal Communications Commission

9:30-12:00 Open Roundtable Dialogue: All Participants

▪ *Interactive, government-to-government consultation on tribal
telecommunications priorities*

*and objectives*

▪ *How to work together to promote better understanding, cooperation and
trust*

▪ *Discussion of FCC rules, programs, and policies affecting
telecommunications services to communities and consumers in Indian
Country*

▪ *How to establish working relationships with tribes and tribal
organizations*

▪ *How to further promote a strong trust relationship between the tribes
and the FCC*

12:00-12:30 Roundtable Wrap-Up, Next Steps and Closing Remarks

Kris Monteith, Deputy Chief

Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau

Federal Communications Commission

Hon. A. Brian Wallace, Chairman

Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California

12:30 Closing Invocation Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California

Withdrawal of the Colors Nevada Intertribal Color Guard

ADJOURN