Today's Agenda & Important Info

Published: Fri, 02/25/22

We're back with the agenda for today's call...and it's going to be another great one. Below you will find the agenda and some additional information you'll need for what will be covered. See you there!

Information for what Mary Bauer will be speaking on today:

Mark Bayliss, a member of the FCC's newly formed Technological Advisory Council (TAC) who made some factually incorrect statements on this week's NTIA call claiming that "wireless broadband is completely safe" and pointed out that at least 2 people who previously spoke from our movement were wrong when they claimed that it is unsafe and therefore should be precluded from receiving capacity grant monies for broadband.

The TAC's first meeting will be on Feb. 28th and is webcast and the public can access it via livestream. See here: https://www.fcc.gov/general/technological-advisory-council . We need people to attend and submit comments if it is permitted.

There appears to be a gigantic conflict of interest in the TAC team where their job is to set national policy for innovation and job development while they are permitted to own wireless companies and double dip. Strategies to intervene should be part of the discussion on today.

This link below shows the TAC's formation and Public Notice announcement and membership list from Jan 19, 2022 (basically the national who's who of IT and broadband technology): https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-22-56A1.pdf

This link shows the TAC's charter. and purpose: "The TAC is comprised of a diverse array of leading experts that helps the FCC identify important areas of innovation and develop informed technology policies supporting America’s competitiveness and job creation in the global economy.":

https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/fcc-tac-wrkgrp-charter.pdf

Link for Richard Frank of Niacom (listed above): https://www.niacom.us/

Link for Senators aiming to refine rules for $2B ReConnect program to better target rural areas (listed above): https://www.fiercetelecom.com/broadband/senators-aim-refine-rules-2b-reconnect-program-better-target-rural-areas?mc_cid=97e924c169&mc_eid=2efb1d5818

Here is a preliminary list of possible names for our group based on what has been submitted to us (below). We will be discussing this further and next steps today.

Advocates for Wired Tech

Alliance for Wired Choice

Alliance for Wired Internet

Digital Tech Consent Alliance

Coalition for Advanced Technology

Coalition for Safer Technology

National Alliance for Advanced Connectivity

National Alliance for Advanced Technology

National Alliance for Broadband Choice

National Alliance for Responsible Technology

National Alliance for Wired Connectivity

National Call for Safe Technology

National Coalition for Safe Technology

National Coalition for Wired Technology

Safer Technology Alliance

Safe Technology Alliance of America

Safe Technology of America

If you haven't registered for today's call, you can do so here:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvcOiqrDgoHtVDvxD6ImKLuxOcButfY4WM

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We hope to see you soon!

Sincerely,

Jenny DeMarco

Virginians for Safe Technology

VirginiansforSafeTech@protonmail.com

www.VirginiansforSafeTech.org

Odette Wilkens

Wired Broadband, Inc.