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ACTA Report to SDO TR41.9 – Costa Mesa
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 4th
September, 2008 Face-to-Face meeting and accompanying and subsequent ACTA activities.
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Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments
NOTE: There are no new Public Notices.
ACTA Public Meeting(s):
Recent Meeting:
4th September, 2008 (Face-to-Face Meeting)
At the September meeting of the ACTA:
Meeting Report Summary
1. Chair: Jim Haynes, Uniden
The following ACTA Industry Segment Representatives and general public were present,
either in person or on the telephone.
Name
Jim Haynes
Roger Hunt
Ken Biholar
John Bipes
Milton Bush
Trone Bishop
James Salinas
Sharon Hoffman
Scott Lambert
Christopher Brearley
Jean-Paul Emard
Ed Mikoski
Paul Anderson
Mark Cassarino
Meisha Goodhue
Scott Roleson
Hazim Dawood
Claude Beaudoin
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Company/Organization
Uniden
Thomson
Alcatel Lucent
Mobile Engineering
The M Companies
Verizon
AT&T
Timco Engineering, INC
Intertek Testing Laboratories
Curtis-Strauss, LLC
ATIS
TIA
ATIS
ATIS
ATIS
HP San Diego
Industry Canada
Industry Canada
Representing
ACTA Chair
Manufacturer Segment
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
Telecommunications Industry Association
James Reed
Claude Arpin
MET Laboratories
Sittelle Technologies
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Public
Public
Reviewed Action Items from Last Meeting
Trone Bishop will chair an Ad Hoc group to form a proposal to the ACTA regarding
connector attestation.
NOTE: In my Report to TR41.9 – Halifax – I reported “This is an action item with
which we on the ACTA are desiring help from TR41.9 (and a WG of which – as of
TR41.9’s meeting on 5th August – Halifax – I’ve agreed to chair along with Matt
Mulvihill, Industry Canada and Tim Lawler, Cisco.” Nothing happened, however,
until late October when Trone Bishop and I had a brief e-mail exchange re. the
WG wherein I reported that ACTA members Roger Hunt, Jimmy Salinas, Milt
Bush, Scott Lambert and I…and ACTA Secretariat’s Mark Cassarino…expressed
an interest in participating.
On 30th October I began drafting a straw-man attestation, requesting input from an
occasional client which imports tons of RJ-type connectors and does some of the
ANSI/TIA-1096-A compliance testing in-house. (But presumably not Section 5,
5.5.1 items 1, 2, 4 and 5 I'm suspecting? Similarly, Section 6, 5.1.2 items 1 and
2.)
For reference, following is a link to the Administrative Council's Website for the
document: http://www.part68.org/documents/Techdocs/TIA-1096-AFinal.pdf Note
that revision –A becomes effective next week, 6th November, 2008.
The ACTA Secretariat published a new version of the ACTA OPP which includes
periodic clean-up and the changes suggested in ACTA-08-009.
The ACTA Secretariat has sent a letter of invitation to the FCC, Industry Canada,
and Comision Federal de Telecomunicaciones for ongoing participation with the
ACTA.
ACTA Secretariat Update

Changes to the ACTA Contribution Template
Changes were made to the ACTA Contribution Template, now posted to the ACTA
Website’s Main page.

ACTA Contribution Numbering System effectiveness
It was noted that the new ACTA Contribution Numbering System is working well.
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Updates from Attending Representatives (Contribution Discussion)

ACTA-08-014: Draft Proposed Notice of TIA Part 68 Test
Generator Tool
Trone Bishop introduced and made a verbal review of ACTA-08-014, an item which
is is still being updated and tested. Participants discussed options for posting the
testing tool to the ACTA website.
It was decided that the ACTA’s action on the Test Generator Tool should be
deferred to the December, 2008, meeting of the ACTA by which time the Tool may
have been completed. Meanwhile, it’s forwarded to ATIS’ Legal for preemptive
review to expedite the ACTA’s December disposition on the issue once it’s been
completed and released.

ATIS Legal Updates Regarding Changes to Agent for Service
Filings and ACTA-08-017 and the Complaint Forwarding Letter
template generated by ATIS Legal
Firstly, Tom Goode, ATIS General Counsel, was present to offer an explanation of
the recent changes to Part 68 on the Agent of Service issue.
It was decided that Tom Goode and ACTA members Jim Haynes, Roger Hunt,
Jimmy Salinas, and ACTA Secretariat Mark Cassarino will work to pursue a path
forward in seeking clarification from the FCC regarding agent of service and
responsible party filing information.
Secondly, with Tom Goode present the ACTA meeting participants reviewed the
industry complaint cover letter submitted by ATIS Legal.
The action decided upon by the ACTA that this is an issue which requires some
education – perhaps via an upcoming ACTA Educational Seminar in 2009 and by
the FCC; that the ACTA Secretariat should establish an FCC contact re.
complaints, It was noted that the FCC has been receptive to revisions and
clarifications on its website in the past. It was noted that the industry may not be
educated in that Part 68 is a requirement, and from Sittelle Technologies
experience with customers, it is not clear that Part 68 is a requirement.
It was noted that the DA03.1061 was issued in response to an Ex Parte with the
ACTA, and it may be beneficial for the FCC to issue a public notice educating the
industry regarding Part 68 responsibilities.
It was also decided that Tom Goode, by the end of September, should approach
the FCC with the Sittelle letter (ACTA-08-015) and pursue a path forward from the
FCC as to what they would like us to do with complaints such as Mr. Arpin’s.
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Lastly it was decided that participants may want to individually look at the FCC’s
website, and identify specific website problems and problems experienced across
the board and report any complications to the ACTA Secretariat’s Paul Anderson.

ACTA-08-018: Additions to the ACTA OP&P Regarding Executive
Sessions
ACTA Secretariat’s Jean-Paul Emard, ATIS Liaison to ACTA, reviewed suggested
changes to the OP&P. Members of the ACTA discussed the definition of “seated” as
it is defined in the contribution and how it is commonly used, and changed some of
the text (in Section 4). Jean-Paul Emard will be submitting a new contribution for
Section 4.2 to review the definition of “seated.”
The ACTA Secretariat Administrator will make updates to the ACTA OPP bearing
changes suggested in ACTA-08-018. This will be ACTA Operating Principals and
Procedures revision 2.2.

ACTA-08-019: TIA TR41 (Predominantly SDO TR41.9) Liaison
Report
I made a verbal review of his liaison report, highlighting items of note, for details see
ACTA-08-019.

ACTA-08-020: ANSI-ACP-FR-026
I made a verbal review of this ANSI Checklist contribution and provided background
to the issue. Under cover of my contribution ACTA-08-020, ANSI-ACP-FR-026 was
forwarded to ANSI.
Old/New Business

Updates to the Submission Guidelines and Procedures Rev 3.1
Administrative updates have been made to the Submission Guidelines and
Procedures Rev 3.1.

TCB Council Workshop in October 7-9, 2008
Jim Haynes, ACTA Chair, was to be attending the Workshop on behalf of the ACTA.
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Updates to the AOF Filing System
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It was noted that updates are being made to the AOF Filing System and should be
completed in time for the 11th December, 2008 meeting.
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.
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ACTA Educational Seminar
An Ad Hoc group will be formed to plan an ACTA educational seminar, which
will include ACTA members Jimmy Salinas, Roger Hunt, Trone Bishop and
John Bipes; also the ACTA Secretariat’s Jean-Paul Emard, Mark Cassarino,
Paul Anderson and Meisha Goodhue, and TIA’s Ed Mikoski.

Request from Hazim Dawood, Industry Canada
It was requested by Industry Canada that the ACTA provide a link on the Part
68 website regarding procedures for manufacturers in the United States
bringing equipment into Canada. Mr. Daoud, Industry Canada, provided the
link to be provided as: http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/smtgst.nsf/en/sf01590e.html
This issue will be taken up at an ACTA Executive Session meeting where it
could be considered and a response formed.

Special Thanks
1. Trone Bishop thanked ATIS Administrators for the excellent work being provided
for the ACTA.
2. Participants thanked Mr. Claude Arpin, Sittelle Technologies, for his attendance
and participation with the ACTA.
ACTA Leadership:
Chair
Jim Haynes, (formerly of Uniden)
Tel: 843-374-3852
Email: jhaynes@uniden.com
(A) Service Provider Segment (“SP”) – four voting members (1 primary +
alternate vacant)
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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 (2 primary +
alternate vacant)
Primary: Roger Hunt, ATLINKS
Tel: 317-587-3095
E-mail: huntr@atlinks.com
Primary: Ken Biholar, Alcatel-Lucent
Tel: 972-477-9148
Email: ken.biholar@alcatel-lucent.com
Primary: Vacant
Tel:
Email:
Primary: Vacant
Tel:
Email:
Alternate: Vacant
(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
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(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:
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, 11th December, 2008, 2PM-4PM EST: Virtual Meeting. We
encourage any/all to participate via teleconference and Web-based
video-conference in the meeting!
General Meetings of the Council are open to the public. Contributions to the meetings may be
made by any person or organization by the procedure described in the ACTA Operating
Principles and Procedures. Contributions should be submitted through the Contribution Template
available for download at the ACTA website and transmitted by electronic mail to the ACTA
Secretariat at acta@atis.org.
Unless otherwise announced, Face-to-Face meetings take place at the ATIS Conference Center
in Washington, DC, but will be simultaneously hosted by virtual meeting. Those wishing to attend
these meetings in-person are asked to RSVP to the ACTA Secretariat prior to the meeting date.
Information on in-person meeting attendance can be found on the ATIS website at
http://www.atis.org/directions.shtml. Information for attending the virtual meetings will be
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announced prior to each meeting date by the ACTA email exploder lists.
Questions and comments about this notice should be submitted to the ACTA Secretariat via email
at acta@atis.org, or by phone at +1.202.628.6380.
2009 Meetings
Paul Anderson, ACTA Secretariat Administrator, proposed 2009 dates for
meetings of the ACTA General Session as:
March 5 (Face-to-Face Meeting in Washington),
June 4 (Virtual Meeting),
September 3 (Face-to-Face Meeting in Washington, D.C.), and
December 3 (Virtual Meeting).
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