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ACTA Report to SDO TR41.9 – Savannah
John Bipes, ACTA OIP-Primary and ACTA SDO Representative to
TR41.9
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John Bipes, ACTA OIP-Primary
MOBILE ENGINEERING
906 Adams St.
Mankato, MN 56001 U.S.A.
Phone: 507-345-7169
Fax: 507-345-8626
Email: mobeng@hickorytech.net
TR-41.9
For Information
The document to which this cover statement is attached is submitted to a Formulating Group or
sub-element thereof of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 6.4.1–6.4.6 inclusive of the TIA Engineering Manual dated March 2005, all of
which provisions are hereby incorporated by reference.
Abstract
ACTA activities since the last meeting of TR41.9 – ACTA Representative to SDO. Report on ACTA’s 11th
December, 2008 Virtual meeting and accompanying and subsequent ACTA activities.
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Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments
PN 09-01
PUBLIC NOTICE
ACTA Announces Dates for
2009 ACTA General Meetings
January 5, 2009
Washington, D.C. – The Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments (ACTA) herein
issues notice of 2009 ACTA General Meeting dates. The ACTA establishes its meeting schedule
based upon need but in no event meets less than four times per year. The meeting schedule for
2009 is posted at http://www.part68.org.
The 2009 General Meeting dates are:
th
Thursday March 5 ,
Face-to-Face Meeting
th
Thursday June 4 ,
Virtual Meeting
th
Thursday September 10 ,
rd
Thursday December 3 ,
Face-to-Face Meeting
Virtual Meeting
General Meetings of the ACTA are open to the public. Contributions to meetings may be made
by any person or organization by the procedure described in the ACTA Operating Principles and
Procedures. Contributions should be submitted on the Contribution Template available on the
ACTA Web site and transmitted via email to the ACTA Secretariat at acta@atis.org.
Unless otherwise announced, face to face meetings will take place at the offices of the Alliance
for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) and will simultaneously be hosted by virtual
meeting. Those wishing to attend meetings in person are asked to RSVP to the ACTA Secretariat
prior to the meeting date. Information for attending virtual meetings will be announced prior to
each meeting date by the ACTA email exploder lists.
At the Recent Meeting: 11th December, 2008 (Virtual Meeting)
meeting of the ACTA:
Meeting Report Summary
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The following ACTA Industry Segment Representatives and general public were present,
either in person or on the telephone.
Name
Jim Haynes
Ken Biholar
John Bipes
Company/Organization
Uniden
Alcatel Lucent
Mobile Engineering
Milton Bush
The M Companies
Trone Bishop
James Salinas
Sharon Hoffman
Scott Lambert
Christopher Brearley
Jean-Paul Emard
Ed Mikoski
Paul Anderson
Verizon
AT&T
Timco Engineering, INC
Intertek Testing Laboratories
Curtis-Strauss, LLC
ATIS
TIA
ATIS
Mark Cassarino
Meisha Goodhue
ATIS
ATIS
Scott Roleson
James Reed
Randy Ivans
Amy Oke
Efrain Guevara
Jennifer Warnell
Steve Whitesell
HP San Diego
MET Laboratories
Underwriter Labs
Industry Canada
Industry Canada
MET Laboratories
VTech Communications
Representing
ACTA Chair
Manufacturer Segment
Other Interested Party
Segment
Other Interested Party
Segment
Service Provider Segment
Service Provider Segment
Testing Labs Segment
Testing Labs Segment
Testing Labs Segment (alt)
ATIS Liaison to ACTA
TIA Liaison to ACTA
ACTA Secretariat
Administrator
ACTA Database Manager
ACTA Administrative
Assistant
Public
Public
Public
Public
Public
Public
Public
Secretariat Update

Web site updates
Part68.org was reviewed and updates were made to remove dead links and outdated
information.

ACTA-08-026 Unavailability of modem User Manual statements
ACTA Secretariat’s Jean-Paul Emard, ATIS, who noted that ACTA-08-026
Unavailability of modem user manual statements is a dissemination of a phone call
received from Brian Slowik, the contents of which was submitted in writing in order to
review his technical input as a Council.
It was suggested that a review of ACTA documents be performed
in order to clarify modem user manual statement compliance
concerns.
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Trone Bishop is reviewing ACTA documents in order to update
document references and clarify compliance concerns expressed
in ACTA-08-025.
The ACTA Secretariat will notify Mr. Slowik that ACTA has
undertaken a review of documents in order to explore possible
remedies to these concerns.

FCC Enforcement Issues (Complaints to the ACTA)
The ACTA Secretariat generated a template to be submitted with complaints of noncompliant TE which have, of late, been coming to the ACTA. While the ACTA has not
invited such complaints and does not wish to (nor is the ACTA created or
commissioned to) facilitate complaints or requests for FCC enforcement other than
those which originate with the ACTA itself and have been encouraged by the
Commission, those outside complaints which have come the way of the ACTA have
been forwarded to the Commission.
The ACTA Secretariat has, in the past, forwarded complaints
submitted to the ACTA (ACTA-08-010) to the FCC under the draft
cover letter.
Information has been included on the opening page of the ACTA
Website that the ACTA does not handle enforcement, that the
FCC solely receives complaints of noncompliant TE, and that
requests for enforcement should be directed by the complainant to
the Commission. That the ACTA Web page provides a direct
clickable link to http://www.fcc.gov/eb/.

ACTA Sponsorship
The ACTA decided to select ATIS and TIA as joint sponsors for the ACTA from
February 2009 – February 2013…for the next 4 years.

Work on the Connector Attestation Project
The WG headed by Trone Bishop shared the draft Connector Attestation ACTA-08-023
– the product of the WG efforts in October and November, 2008. The draft is being
reviewed by ACTA Secretariat’s legal counsel and – with their inputs and depending on
discussions and ACTA consensus – will be considered at the 5th March, 2009 meeting of
the ACTA for formal adoption.
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Meanwhile, the Connector Attestation Ad Hoc group is compiling a
list of connector manufacturers for distribution of notification, and
will;
continue to develop a process for the filing of connector
attestations while the draft is under Legal review when and if the
proposed connector attestation requirements are approved.

Updates to the Submission Guidelines and Procedures Rev 3.1
ACTA-08-024 was accepted which resulted in administrative updates made to the
Submission Guidelines and Procedures Rev 3.1. TTE Submission Form Version 1.07
(Revised December 2008)

Updates to the AOF Filing System
It was noted that updates are being made to the AOF Filing System were completed.
Guidelines & Procedures Rev. 3.2 (Revised December 2008)
Several features were added to guide new filers moving through
the system, and the educational aspect is built in.
A Public Notice may be made at the time the changes to the
system are made live.

ACTA Educational Seminar
The Ad Hoc group which volunteered to plan an ACTA educational seminar in
mid-2009 is being activated for teleconferenced discussions. Volunteers
include ACTA members Jimmy Salinas, Trone Bishop and John Bipes; the
ACTA Secretariat’s Jean-Paul Emard, Mark Cassarino, Paul Anderson,
Secretariat Administrator, and Meisha Goodhue, and TIA’s Ed Mikoski.
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ACTA Leadership:
Chair
Jim Haynes, (formerly of Uniden)
Tel: 843-374-3852
Email:
(A) Service Provider Segment (“SP”) – four voting members (1 primary +
alternate vacant)
Primary: Trone Bishop, Verizon
Tel: 301-236-3754
Email: trone.t.bishop.jr@verizon.com
Primary: Jimmy Salinas, AT&T
Tel: 713-567-8095
Email: js5906@att.com
Primary: Amar Ray, Embarq
Tel: 913-339-5197
Email: amar.ray@embarq.com
Primary:
Tel:
Email:
Alternate: Vacant
(B) Manufacturer Segment (“MS”) – four voting members (3 primary +
alternate vacant)
Primary: Ken Biholar, Alcatel-Lucent
Tel: 972-477-9148
E-mail: ken.biholar@alcatel-lucent.com
Primary: Vacant
Tel:
Email:
Primary: Vacant
Tel:
Email:
Primary: Vacant
Tel:
Email:
Alternate: Vacant
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(C) Testing Laboratories Segment (“LAB”) – two voting members (full)
Primary: Mr. Scott Lambert, Intertek Testing Services NA Inc.
Tel:
Email: scott.lambert@intertek.com
Primary: Sharon Hoffman, Timco Engineering, INC.
Tel: 352-472-5500
Email: shoffman@timcoengr.com
Alternate: Christopher Brearley, Curtis-Straus, LLC
Tel:
Email: christopher.brearley@us.bureauveritas.com
(D) Other Interested Parties Segment (e.g., consumer groups and
associations representing individuals with disabilities) (“OIP”) – two voting
members (alternate vacant).
Primary: Mr. Milton Bush, The M Companies
Tel: 703-533-9539
Email: themcos@aol.com
Primary: Mr. John Bipes, Mobile Engineering
Tel: 507-345-7169
Email: mobeng@hickorytech.net
Alternate: Vacant
ACTA Secretariat Administrator:
Paul Anderson
panderson@atis.org
202-662-8654
ACTA Manager for Database Maintenance and Support:
Mark Cassarino
Mark Cassarino <mcassarino@atis.org>
ACTA Online Filing Administrator:
Meisha Goodhue
mgoodhue@atis.org
202-434-8859
ATIS Liaison to the ACTA:
Jean-Paul Emard
JPEmard@atis.org
202-434-8824
The next General Meeting for the ACTA is:
Thursday, 5th March, 2009, 10AM – 4PM EST: Face-to-Face Meeting.
We encourage any/all to participate in person if possible at the ATIS
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Conference Room, 12th & G Sts., Washington, D.C.; or via
teleconference and Web-based video-conference.
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