MINUTES

The General Membership Meeting of INENA was called to order by Vice PresidentRichard Jones, at 10:31 A.M., at the Bloomington Library in Bloomington, IL.

Officers Present: Richard Jones (Vice President), Michael Midiri, Jr.(Treasurer) Vickie Leibach (Secretary), Douglas Edmonds (Region 1, VicePresident), Jerry Bleck (Region 2, Vice President), Sandy Beitel (Region 3, VicePresident), David Tuttle (Region 4, Vice President), Kathy Monken (Region 6,Vice President), Scott Sylvester (Region 7, Vice President) and Jeff Rodrigues(Region 8, Vice President).

Officers Absent: David C. Whipple (President), and David Thomas(Region 5, Vice President).

Approval of INENA Minutes: The motion for approval of the INENAGeneral Membership minutes dated May 6, 1999 was made by Kathy Monken andseconded by Richard Tuma. The motion passed unanimously.

Approval of INENA Treasurer’s Report: Michael Midiri, Jr., informedthe membership of the following account balances; INENA General Fund -$14,737.09 and the INENA Educational Fund – $7,669.16. Mike Midiri reported$22,000.00 was invested into two Certificate of Deposits on June 29, 1999. OneCD term is for six months and the second CD term is for twelve months. Themotion for approval of the treasurer’s report was made by Richard Tuma andseconded by Richard Gragert. The motion passed unanimously.

President’s Report (David Whipple): Absent

Vice President (Richard Jones): None

NENA 2^nd Vice President (Norm Forshee): None

Secretary’s Report: None

Region 1 (Doug Edmonds) No Report

Region 2 (Jerry Bleck) No Report

Region 4 (David Tuttle) No Report

Region 5 (David Thomas) Absent

Region 6 (Kathy Monken) Region 6 held a meeting on May 19^th at theBelleville Area College concerning Wireless issues and Phase 2.

Region 7 (Scott Sylvester) No Report

Region 8 ( Jeff Rodrigues) No Report

Technologies (Richard Jones): Richard Jones advised public safetyagencies in the 630 area code should register with IVR. This area will beginnumber pooling on July 15, 1999. It is important for anyone in a competitiveporting area to register. The number of registered 9-1-1 systems and publicsafety agencies help present evidence on the regional and national level forassistance in future funding and expansion. The following area codes and datesare scheduled for number pooling implementation:

Area Code 312 – August 16, 1999

Area Code 773 – October 1, 1999

Area Code 708 – Sometime after January 1, 2000, when Y2K stabilizes.

Number pooling will begin expanding across the county due to a report thatarea codes could be exhausted in 2006.

Registration with IVR via the Internet is at http://www.numberpool.com

Conference Committee (Kathy Monken): Kathy Monken reported theConference dates are set for October 24 – 27, 1999 in Decatur, Illinois.Conference booklets will be mailed out within the next week. It is important toget your hotel reservations in early. Greg Riddle advised there were still acouple of breakout sessions and one larger session open for speakers. Twenty-sixvendors have signed up to this point. Anyone interested in helping with salesshould contact Scott Sylvester, with registration contact Tammy Peterson, andwith security contact Jeff Rrodrigues.

Awards Committee (Jerry Bleck): Jerry Bleck advised awardapplications were included in your minutes. Fax them to him as early as possibleto 630-262-1911.

Historical Committee (Mike Moos): No Report

Nomination Committee (Norm Forshee): Norm Forshee reportednominations for all Illinois NENA positions will be accepted. The Regional VicePresident position in Region 5 is vacant. Vice President Richard Jones openedthe floor for nominations. Norm Forshee asked for any nominations from thefloor. Kelly Gieker of Hancock County was nominated for Region 5. A motion toclose the nominations was made by Richard Tuma and seconded by Richard Gragert.The motion passed unanimously. Norm Forshee advised the current nominations;President – David Whipple, Vice President – Richard Jones, Secretary –Vickie Leibach, Treasurer – Mike Midiri, Region 1 – Douglas Edmonds, Region2 – Jerry Bleck, Region 3 – Sandy Beitel, Region 4 – David Tuttle, Region5 – Kelly Gieker, Region 6 – Kathy Monken, Region 7 – Scott Sylvester,Region 8 – Jeff Rodrigues.

Illinois Telecommunications Association (Carol Wagner): Carol Wagnerhas contacted Todd Maisch from the Illinois Chamber of Commerce to be a speakerat the Conference to address Senate Bill 149 issues. The ITA will also behosting a breakout session on Basic Course 101 for 9-1-1.

Law Enforcement Standards Board (Mike Moos): No Report

Local Number Portability (Richard Jones): Richard Jones reported theMidwest Region Steering Committee which led the Nation and Canada on localnumber of portability and setting standards, has asked the industry to submit ageographic portability issue papers at it’s July 22^nd meeting. Itis Mr. Jones intent to submit an issue paper stating the 9-1-1 network (such asSS7) should not allow ANI failures. And, if there is a way to do 9-1-1 databaseupdates within a 15-minute time range of dial tone, as the local numberportability database does, geographic portability is possible without harmingenhanced 9-1-1 service.

Part 725 Reopening (Marci Schroll): Marci Schroll advised Part 725reopening has been put on hold until a new director is hired.

APCO Training (Richard Tuma): Richard Tuma stated APCO is hostingtraining courses in September at the Chicago 9-1-1 center on FCC radio licensingforms and Tony Harrison from Oklahoma will be speaking on bombings andtornadoes. APCO will co-host training courses with a 9-1-1 system or agency.APCO also has a Technical Assistance Program available. Agencies looking fortechnical assistance can apply; a group of volunteers with backgrounds on thematter would be formed to offer assistance. Forms can be obtained from RichardTuma.

PROGRAM: “Wireless 9-1-1, Interpretation of Illinois Wireless9-1-1 Legislation” by Norm Forshee.

ADJOURNMENT: The motion to adjourn was made by Richard Tuma andseconded by Stacy Deporter. The motion passed unanimously and the meetingadjourned at 12:45 P.M.

The next INENA General Membership Meeting is scheduled for Thursday,September 2, 1999 at 10:30 A.M., at the McLean County Law and Justice Center,104 West Front Street, Bloomington, Illinois.

INENA Minutes are on the INTERNET at the following address: http://www.nena9-1-1.org/inena