*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 22240.doc* NEWS News media Information 202 / 418- 0500 TTY 202 / 418- 2555 Fax- On- Demand 202 / 418- 2830 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov ftp. fcc. gov Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th Street, S. W. Washington, D. C. 20554 This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action. Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action. See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D. C. Circ 1974). October 18, 2002 FCC CALENDAR OF EVENTS Friday, October 18 Commissioner Kevin Martin will address the CTIA Board members’ breakfast in the Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, 9: 00 am. Monday, October 21 Commissioner Martin will address the Iowa Telecommunications Association’s 106 th Annual Convention at the Des Moines Downtown Marriott, Des Moines, IA. Tuesday, October 22 The WRC- 03 Advisory Committee Informal Working Group 1: IMT- 2000 and Terrestrial Wireless Interactive Multimedia will meet at the FCC, 445 12 th Street, SW, Room 6- B516 (6 th Floor South Conference Room), Washington, DC, 2: 00 pm – 4: 00 pm. Thursday, October 31 The WRC- 03 Advisory Committee Twelfth Meeting for the 2003 World Radiocommunication Conference will be held at the FCC, 445 12 th Street, SW, Room TW- C305 (Commission Meeting Room), Washington, DC, 2: 30 pm – 4: 30 pm. Wednesday, November 6 The Media Security and Reliability Council will meet at the FCC, 445 12 th Street, SW, Room TW- C305 (Commission Meeting Room), Washington, DC, 10: 00 am – 11: 30 am. The Region 13 (Illinois) Public Safety Planning Committees 800 MHz NPSPAC will meet at the Illinois State Police, Communications Services Bureau, Springfield, IL, 10: 00 am. Friday, November 8 The Consumer/ Disability Telecommunications Advisory Committee will meet at the FCC, 445 12 th Street, SW, Room TW- C305 (Commission Meeting Room), Washington, DC, 9: 00 am – 4: 45 pm. 1 -2- Sunday, November 10 thru Wednesday, November 13 Commissioner Martin will attend and participate in NARUC’s 114 th Annual Convention at the Des Moines Downtown Marriott, Des Moines, IA. Monday, November 11 The FCC will be closed in observance of Veteran’s Day. Thursday, November 28 The FCC will be closed in observance of Thanksgiving Day. Friday, December 6 Commissioner Martin will address a Telecommunications Symposium sponsored by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, co- sponsored by the North Carolina Press Association, The North Carolina Association of Broadcasters, and the Electronic News Association of the Carolinas and BellSouth at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 2: 00 pm. Thursday, December 12 Commissioner Martin will deliver keynote address at the 20 th Annual PLI/ FCBA Telecommunications Policy and Regulation Conference at the Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, DC, 12: 15 pm. Wednesday, December 25 The FCC will be closed in observance of Christmas Day. -FCC- 2