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The 55-member FCC Consumer Advisory Committee meeting on Friday, November 18, 2005 will be covered with a live Realvideo stream at: http://www.fcc.gov/realaudio/#nov18. There will be a one-hour panel on media ownership, scheduled for 11 am to noon, which will include presentations and Q&A with Juan Gonzalez, Hannah Sassaman of Prometheus Radio, Tony Riddle of the Alliance for Community Radio, and David Honig of the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council. Denis Moynihan of Democracy Now! chairs the committee's media working group, that is looking mostly at media ownership rules. Members of the public may address the Committee or may send written comments to
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. There will likely be 4-6 meetings per two year term.
For Immediate Release:
November 14, 2005
News Media Contact:
Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0511
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CONSUMER ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO MEET FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2005
Washington, DC ? The Consumer Advisory Committee (CAC) will hold its
next meeting on Friday, November 18, 2005, from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
at the Commission?s Headquarters Building, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room
TW-C305, Washington, DC 20554. The meeting is open to the public.
The agenda includes:
? Panel discussion on Perspectives on Telecommunications Competition and
Consumers
? Panel discussion on Media Ownership and Consumer Interest
? Recommendation Concerning Consumer Interest Obligations of Digital
Television Broadcasters
? Recommendation Regarding Access to VRS Networks
? Public Participation via New Information and Communication
Technologies at the FCC
? Demonstration of Captioning and DTV
The Tentative Agenda for the meeting is attached.
The CAC is chaired by Shirley Rooker, President of Call For Action, and
is composed of 54 members representing many of the FCC?s constituencies.
The expertise and diversity of the members provide a balanced point of
view as required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
The Committee is organized under, and operates in accordance with, the
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C., App. 2
(1988). Minutes of meetings are available for public inspection at the
FCC and are posted on the Commission's website at www.fcc.gov/cgb/cac.
Meetings are broadcast on the Internet in Real Audio/Real Video format
with captioning at www.fcc.gov/cgb/cac.
Members of the public may address the Committee or may send written
comments to Scott Marshall, Designated Federal Officer of the Committee,
at
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Reasonable Accommodation
The meeting site is fully accessible to people using wheelchairs or
other mobility aids. Meeting agendas and handouts will be provided in
accessible formats; sign language interpreters, open captioning, and
assistive listening devices will be provided on site. The meeting will
be webcast with open captioning at www.fcc.gov/cgb/cac . Request other
reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities as early as
possible; please allow at least five days advance notice. Include a
description of the accommodation you will need including as much detail
as you can. Also include a way we can contact you if we need more
information. Last minute requests will be accepted, but may be
impossible to fill. Send an e-mail to:
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or call the
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice),
202-418-0432 (tty).
-- FCC ?
CGB Contact: Scott Marshall 202-418-2809 (voice) or 202-418-0179 (TTY);
e-mail:
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CONSUMER ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, S.W., Room TW-C305, Washington, DC
Friday, November 18, 2005
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
A G E N D A
Morning Session
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast, Networking and Conversation
9:00 - 9:05 a.m. Welcome and Call to Order
Shirley L. Rooker, Chair, Consumer Advisory Committee (CAC)
9:05 - 9:10 a.m. Meeting Logistics
Scott Marshall, CAC Designated Federal Officer, Consumer & Governmental
Affairs Bureau (CGB)
9:10 - 9:30 a.m. Introduction of the Chairman and Commissioners,
(Chairman and Commissioners invited -- schedules permitting)
Monica Desai, Chief, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB)
9:30 - 9:45 a.m. CGB Update, Monica Desai, Chief, CGB
9:45 - 10:00 a.m. Break
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Perspectives on Telecommunications Competition and
Consumers
Panel Discussion: Debra Berlyn, Chair Competition Policy WG
11:00 - 12:00 p.m. Media Ownership and Consumer Interest
Panel Discussion: Denis Moynihan, Chair,
Media WG, (speakers Juan Gonzalez; David Honig, Executive
Director Minority Media and Telecommunications Council;
Anthony Riddle, Alliance for Community Media; Hannah Sassaman, Program
Director, Prometheus Radio Project)
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch and Networking
Afternoon Session
1:00 - 1:45 p.m. Recommendation Concerning Consumer Interest Obligations
of Digital Television Broadcasters
Charles Benton, Member, Media WG
Presenter: James Goodmon,
Capitol Broadcasting Company, Member President's Advisory Committee on
the Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters
1:45 - 2:30 p.m. Recommendation Regarding Access to VRS Networks
Dixie Ziegler, Chair, TRS WG
2:30 - 2:45 p.m. Break
2:45 ? 3:15 p.m. Public participation via New Information and
Communication Technologies at the FCC
Speaker: Joanne Holman, Associate Professor,
School of Media Arts & Design, James Madison University
3:15 ? 3:45 p.m. Captioning and DTV Demonstration
Introduction: Julie Kearney, CAC Member
Presenters: Brian Markwalter, Vice President Technology and Standards,
Consumer Electronics Association; Paul Thomsen, Director,
Design/Technology & Standards, Hitachi Home Electronics (America), Inc.;
Robert N. Blanchard, Standards Coordinator, Sony Electronics Television
Operations of the Americas, Advanced Technology and Planning Division.
3:45 ? 4:00 p.m. Wrap up, Comments from the Public, and Future Meetings
4:00 p.m. Adjournment |
