President Kern called the meeting to order at 1532 hours and welcomed members to the meeting.

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1 Chapter Meeting Minutes Sunday, October 21 st, 2012 At The 28 th IPSTA Conference, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Plaza A, Springfield, IL OFFICERS PRESENT: Attending President Jason Kern 1st Vice President Mike O Connor 2nd Vice President Brent Reynolds Secretary Ed Milam Treasurer John Mostaccio Director Jeanine Chiappano Director Steve Rauter Director Michael Midiri Past President Al Marquardt Dennis Stillwagon, Commercial Frequency Advisor North Bill Carter Frequency Advisor South Chris Kindelspire Not Attending Director Sherrill Ornberg President Kern called the meeting to order at 1532 hours and welcomed members to the meeting. REVIEW OF MINUTES FROM CHAPTER MEETING OF Members were presented the Chapter meeting minutes from the September 6 th, 2012 meeting. Motion to approve by Linda Luehring, 2 nd by Pat Lustig. Motion carried by voice vote. President Kern The members of this Executive Board & Chapter Committees are working very hard, especially recently. Training - Fall Training Session had over 100 people present for the Training Special Denise Amber Lee Motorola HQ last week (50 people) Training - CISM - IL APCO partnered w/ the Northern Illinois Critical Incident Stress Management Team - sponsored (6) chapter members at $300/each ($525 class) for a 3-day training class during the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation. This will start the process to put telecommunicators on the CISM team. 1 st Vice President O Connor No report 2 nd Vice President Reynolds No report Illinois APCO Chapter Meeting Minutes October 21,

2 Executive Council Report by Jason Kern: Since our last general meeting which was in August at Minneapolis at the Annual Conference the Board of Directors/Executive Committee are o Terry Hall (President) o Gigi Smith (1st Vice President) o John Wright (2nd Vice President) o Gregg Riddle (Immediate Past President) o Julie Righter (North Central Regional Representative) o Don Whitney (CAC Rep) Sept 10, APCO Director of Govt Relations Jeff Cohen addressed the Illinois Institute of Technology Real-Time Communications Conference in Chicago. He provided an overview of legislation, current status and technical aspects of FirstNet. He also served as a panelist for 911 technical/policy session. Sept 14, APCO Government Relations Manager Roger Wespe attended an event with the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy & the Department of Transportation -- "Safety Datapalooza". This event provided a forum for entities to showcase products, services & apps that advance public safety. Driving people to website contains 850 federal data sets available to the public. FirstNet Board was announced at the 78th Annual APCO Conference in MN by Acting US Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank o Chairman - Samuel Ginn (Pacific Telesis & AirTouch) o Members (11) Tim Bryan, Charles Dowd, F. Craig Farrill, Paul Fitzgerald, Jeff Johnson, William Keever, Kevin McGinnis, Ed Reynolds, Susan Swenson, Teri Takai & Wellington Webb o The Board held their first meeting on Sept 25th, number of actions taken and posted on the NTIAs website including adopting bylaws, resolution calling for a subgroup SAFECOM (public safety advisory committee). The NTIA released a Notice of Inquiry on behalf of FirstNet to seek public comment on the conceptual network architecture presentation made at the meeting. Comments are due to the NTIA by November 1st. Narrowbanding - Jan 1, 2013 deadline, FCC reported in July that there were more than 40,000 public safety licensees that have not met requirements. In response the AFC sent out s to public safety reminding them on the impending deadline. TERT - on August 30 Texas TERT deployed 6 TERT members and 2 TERT Team Leaders to St John the Baptist Parish Louisiana for Hurricane Isaac. Worked 2-12 hr shifts for 7 days and returned on September 6. Renew your membership for Renewals went out around October 1st and all expire on December 31st. Nominations & Award Deadlines o Jan 15 - deadline for nominations for First or Second Vice President of APCO International. Consult Policy Manual section 6.4 for details o Feb 1 - deadline for Life Member nominations. (Senior Members are considered on a rolling basis). See governance page apcointl.org/governance o March 1 - deadline for nominations for the Public Safety Fellows Program -April 1 - nominations are due for the Public Safety Communications Awards -April 1 - deadline to volunteer for committees for the next fiscal year. Conference Breakdown -4,653 registered (2508 Attendees/Guests -- 2,145 Vendors)659 spaces, 271 companies, 62 new exhibitors Illinois APCO Chapter Meeting Minutes October 21,

3 Emerging Technology Forum - Jan in Anaheim CA - designed to meet the needs of public safety communications professionals who want an overview of technologies that are on the horizon. APCO 2013 Conference & expo will be Aug in Anaheim CA - Call for papers are officially open. Treasurer John Mostaccio Illinois APCO Balances as of October 21 st, 2012 ASSETS -Current Assets Checking/Savings Chase Checking 4, Chase Savings 79, Scholarship Fund 2, Total Checking/Savings 86, Accounts Receivable Accounts Receivable Total Accounts Receivable Other Current Assets Northside Community Bank CD #1 7, Northside Community Bank CD #2 6, Total Other Current Assets 14, Total Current Assets 101, Fixed Assets 300 Equipment 4, Accumulated Depreciation -2, Total Fixed Assets 1, TOTAL ASSETS 103, LIABILITIES & EQUITY-Equity Opening Bal Equity 121, Retained Earnings -5, Net Income -12, Total Equity 103, TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 103, Secretary Ed Milam Membership report 595 Chapter members versus 542 at this time last year (53 above last year s levels) 71 Associate members 47 Commercial members 477 Full members (100 are group members) 605 persons are currently signed up for our PS-Connect Community for the Illinois Chapter BOARD MEMBERS REPORTS: Director Sherrill Ornberg- No report Illinois APCO Chapter Meeting Minutes October 21,

4 Director Steve Rauter- No report Director Jeanine Chiappano- No report Director Mike Midiri No report Al Marquardt No report APCO Past President Gregg Riddle Emerging technologies conference in the spring will be an opportunity to cover technologies such as LTE,etc. Group membership can save agencies money and give your employees access to the electronic versions of APCO media. Hopefully hitting 20,000 will make us the largest public safety organization above the police chiefs. New Executive Director Derek Poarch and Special Counsel Jeff Cohen have been very positive additions to APCO. Broadband and LTE is a huge thing along with FirstNet announced by the Acting Commerce Secretary at APCO The Broadband advisory board has 4 direct public safety members are part of the FirstNet board. Riddle expressed regret on the loss of the T-band frequencies. Public Safety alliance is working on the T-band problem and hopes to resolve the issue. Frequency Advisor Bill Carter A survey has been circulated by ILEAS on Narrowbanding and you should participate. Frequency Advisor Chris Kindelspire- No report Commercial Advisory Dennis Stillwagon- No report Old Business Kern mentioned and thanked John Ferraro for his work to obtained for the IDPH Site code for the IPSTA Conference Past President Marquardt reviewed the requirements for Illinois APCO Chapter Elections for terms followed by nominations for the open positions: o Position: President Candidate submission received from Mike O Connor o Motion to closed nominations from the floor: Brent Reynolds o 2 nd by Chris Kindelspire, Motion carried by voice vote o Motion by Jeanine Chiappano to Elect Mike O Connor as Chapter President, 2 nd by Chris Kindelspire. Motion carried on voice vote. o Position: 1 st Vice President- Candidate submission received from Jeanine Chiappano o Motion to closed nominations from the floor: Mike Midiri,2 nd by Chris Kindelspire, Motion carried by voice vote o Motion by Mike Midiri to Elect Jeanine Chiappano as 1 st Vice President, 2 nd by Brent Reynolds. Motion carried on voice vote. o Position: 2nd Vice President- Candidate submission received from Brent Reynolds Illinois APCO Chapter Meeting Minutes October 21,

5 o Motion to closed nominations from the floor: T.G. Mieure,2nd by Mike O Connor, Motion carried by voice vote o Nomination by Chris Kindlespire To Elect Brent Reynolds as 2 nd Vice President, 2nd by Jeanine Chiappano. Motion carried on voice vote. o Position: Executive Council Representative - Candidate submission received from Jason Kern o Motion to closed nominations from the floor: Steve Rauter,2nd by T.G. Mieure, Motion carried by voice vote o Motion by Chris Kindelspire to Elect Jason Kern as Representative Council Representative, 2nd by Cindy Barbara Brelle. Motion carried on voice vote. o Position: 2 Directors positions open. Candidate submission received from Steve Rauter. o Nomination for Sherrill Ornberg by Jeanine Chiappano, 2 nd by Brent Reynolds. Nomination carried by voice vote. o Motion to closed nominations from the floor: Mike O Connor, 2nd by T.G. Mieure, Motion carried by voice vote o Motion by Brent Reynolds to Elect Steve Rauter as Director, 2nd by Chris Kindelspire. Motion carried on voice vote o Motion by Jeanine Chiappano to Elect Sherrill Ornberg as Director, 2nd by John Mostaccio. Motion carried on voice vote Riddle The last National APCO election was held in Riddle would like to challenge the Illinois Chapter to make certain that ALL members vote in the National elections. We were not in the top 4 in the 2012 election. Training standards Brian Tegtmeyer will hold an IPSTA session update at conference. Legislative Ralph Caldwell reminded members of the IPSTA session and reported negotiations continuing and trying to work with ICC for support. TIA continues to oppose. Caldwell is hopeful. Sunset clause will go forward before it expires in April Kern expressed his complete frustration with this process in 2012 but the ICC has been helpful but the TIA continues to be a problem. Many members have called to get information we are doing our best. We need to improve on our presence for events like Goes to Springfield. Dec 20 th Holiday Luncheon Terrace Room, William Tell Holiday Inn CISM Chiappano updated membership on CISM for dispatchers. Jeanine reviewed the recent class and highlighted ILAPCO support on this issue. 10 dispatch personnel were added to the team through this class. Extensive discussion. Rauter State narrowband deadline is approaching and we ve done our best with trying to get information out. ILEAS has been sending out surveys for agencies and MABAS has been doing spot visits by regional representatives. IDPH is also checking on MERCI. We are also still seeing digital formats at times on license modifications. Also some power issues in Fireground frequencies. ISPERN Conversion is still awaiting equipment. Thank you for your patience. Illinois APCO Chapter Meeting Minutes October 21,

6 New Business New website Milam, Kern and O Connor have been working on the new website through Civic Plus which we hope to unveil in December. 700 MHZ interop Rauter spoke on the organization of 700 Mhz interop channels, SIEC is meeting next month in Springfield and ideas are welcomed. With so many people going to STARCOM these could be used for backup when it goes down. Bill Carter stated the SIEC is the local authority by rule and therefore has jurisdiction on this issue regarding deployments and operations. Kern Introduced the ILAPCO Challenge coin and recognizing past international presidents from the Illinois Chapter. Motion to adjourn the meeting by Brent Reynolds, 2 nd by Chris Kindelspire. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 1634 hours Respectfully submitted Ed Milam Ed Milam Chapter Secretary Illinois Chapter of APCO International Illinois APCO Chapter Meeting Minutes October 21,