*Pages 1--1 from Microsoft Word - 10714.doc* PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S. W. Washington, D. C. 20554 DA 01- 1874 August 6, 2001 WIRELESS TELECOM ACTION REGION 10 (GEORGIA) 700 MHz PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES FIRST MEETING The Region 10 (Georgia) 700 MHz Public Safety Planning Committee announces that its first meeting will be held on Friday, October 12, 2001 at 10: 00 a. m. in the auditorium of the Georgia Public Safety Training Center, Exit 188, I- 75, Forsyth, Georgia. The purpose of the meeting is to: 1. Establish a regional review plan committee, 2. Elect a chairman, 3. Establish procedural rules, 4. Review plan elements, 5. Determine regional boundaries, 6. Review NCC progress, and 7. Form work groups to develop the regional plan. The Region 10 700 MHz Public Safety Planning Committee meeting is open to the public. All eligible public safety providers in Georgia may utilize these frequencies. It is essential that participants be representatives of all eligible public safety providers in order to ensure that your agencies’ future spectrum needs are considered in the allocation process. Administrators who are not oriented in the communications field should delegate someone with this knowledge to attend, participate and represent your agency’s needs. All interested parties wishing to participate in the planning for the use of new public safety spectrum in the 700 MHz band within Region 10 should plan to attend. For further information, please contact: Wray Hall, Convener Region 10, 700 MHz Public Safety Planning Committee 200 Piedmont Avenue, 1402 West Atlanta, Georgia 30334- 9010 (404) 656- 2042 (voice) (404) 657- 0320 (fax) email: whall@ doas. state. ga. us – FCC – News media information 202 / 418- 0500 Fax- On- Demand 202 / 418- 2830 TTY 202 / 418- 2555 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov ftp. fcc. gov 1