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 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). 
 November  28,  2003 
 FCC  CALENDAR  OF  EVENTS 
 Monday,  December  1 
 FCC  Voice  over  IP  (VoIP)  Forum  will  be  held  at  FCC  Headquarters,  445  12  th  St.,  SW,  Commission  Meeting  Room,  TW-  C305,  Washington,  D.  C., 
 10:  30AM  –  3:  00PM. 
 Tuesday,  December  2 
 The  Region  30  (New  York  –  Albany)  700  MHz  Public  Safety  Regional  Planning  Committee  will  meet  at  the  Auditorium  of  New  York  State  Nurses’  Association,  Latham, 
 NY. 
 Wednesday,  December  3 
 Rick  Chessen,  Chair  of  the  DTV  Task  Force,  will  participate  on  a  panel  entitled  "Dawn  of  the  Digital  Age:  The  FCC’s  View  on  Digital  Transition"  at  the  Western  Cable 


 Show  at  the  Anaheim  Convention  Center  in  California,  2:  30pm  -  3:  45pm. 
 Friday,  December  5 
 The  Network  Reliability  and  Interoperability  Council  will  meet  at  the  FCC,  445  12  th  Street,  SW,  Commission  Meeting  Room,  TW-  C305,  Washington,  DC, 
 10:  00  am  –  1:  00  pm. 
 Tuesday,  December  9 
 The  New  England  (Region  19)  700  MHz  Public  Safety  Planning  Committee  will  meet  at  the  New  Hampshire  Department  of  Safety,  Concord,  NH,  10:  00  am. 


 Wednesday,  December  10 
 The  Region  35  (Oregon)  700  MHz  Public  Safety  Planning  Committee  will  meet  at  the  Best  Western  Agate  Beach,  Newport  OR,  10:  00  am  –  12:  00  pm. 


 The  Region  2  (Alaska)  700  MHz  Public  Safety  Regional  Planning  Committee  will  meet  at  National  Law  Enforcement  and  Corrections  Technology  Center  Facility, 
 Anchorage,  AK,  9:  30  am. 
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 Monday,  December  15 
 W.  Kenneth  Ferree,  Chief,  Media  Bureau  will  participate  in  a  Media  Ownership  Debate  hosted  by  the  Economist,  The  Nation  and  WNYC  Radio  at  the  Roone  Arledge 
 auditorium,  Columbia  University,  New  York,  NY,  7:  00  pm  –  9:  00  pm. 
 Wednesday,  December  17 
 The  FCC  will  hold  an  Open  Commission  Meeting  at  the  FCC,  445  12  th  Street,  SW,  Room  TW-  C305  (Commission  Meeting  Room),  Washington,  DC,  9:  30  am. 


 Thursday,  December  25 
 The  FCC  will  be  closed  in  observance  of  Christmas  Day. 
 Tuesday,  December  30 
 The  Region  49  (Central  Texas)  Regional  Planning  Committee  for  Public  Safety  700  MHz  Band  will  meet  at  the  Texas  Criminal  Law  Enforcement  Auditorium,  Austin, 
 TX,  9:  00  am. 
 The  Region  49  (Central  Texas)  Regional  Planning  Committee  for  Public  Safety  800  MHz  Band  (NPSPAC)  will  meet  at  the  Texas  Criminal  Law  Enforcement 
 Auditorium,  Austin,  TX,  3:  00  pm. 
 Thursday,  January  1 
 The  FCC  will  be  closed  in  observance  of  New  Year’s  Day. 


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