Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
Emergency Access Advisory Committee (EAAC)
Minutes
August 12, 2011
Welcome and introductions were made and called for by EAAC Co-Chair David Dzumba and 
Cheryl King.  A list of the attendees is attached to these minutes as APPENDIX A.  The Agenda 
for this meeting is attached as APPENDIX B.  The minutes of the July 8, 2011 meeting were 
approved as revised.  Karen Strauss gave an update on Twenty-First Century Communications 
and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) and other activities of interest to the EAAC at the FCC.  
Karen reported on ongoing rulemakings of possible interest to advocates and consumers with 
disabilities as well as industry partners. Karen reported that FCC staff is continuing to work on 
all of the other proceedings that are required by the CVAA, including the advanced 
communication services, contributions to the TRS and the video description proceedings.  Gregory 
Cooke of the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau presented an overview of the 
national test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) that will be conducted nationwide on 
November 9, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. EST.  
Greg Fields (RIM) reported on an exercise conducted to determine differences and preferences 
between Real-Time Text (RTT) and Instant Messaging (IM).  The PowerPoint presentation is 
available at www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/EAAC.  
Paulette Aniskoff, FEMA, Campaign Specialist, presented information about National 
Preparedness Month (September 2011) and activities that are being conducted nationwide.  The 
EAAC recessed for lunch.  
Reconvening after the lunch break, the EAAC heard a presentation by Chris Pearson 
(4GAmericas) on a working paper just released on the Evaluation of Short-Term Interim 
Techniques for Multimedia Emergency Services, which examined the potential interim techniques 
that could be utilized through the use of existing technologies and PSAPs to provide non-voice 
emergency services.  Questions were taken from the membership in person and on the conference 
bridge.  The presentation and paper are available at www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/EAAC.  
Public comment was called for but no one rose to speak.  
An afternoon working meeting followed, in which the EAAC addressed the assignments of the 
Policy Subcommittee and then turned to the assignments of the Technical Subcommittee.  
Subcommittee assignments were made based on the current draft outline for the 
Recommendations and Report, and due dates for each section were also assigned.  Sections 1-IV 
are assigned to the Coordination Group and are due 09/09/11; Section V is assigned to the Policy 
Subcommittee and is due 08/29/11; Section VI is assigned to the Technical Subcommittee and is 
due 08/22/11; Section VII is assigned to the Policy Subcommittee and is due 08/29/11; Section VIII 
is assigned to the Technical Subcommittee and is due 08/29/11; Section IX is assigned to the Co-
Chairs’ Group and is due 09/19/11; Section X is assigned to the Technical Subcommittee and is 
due 08/29/11; Section XI is assigned to the Policy Subcommittee and is due 08/29/11; Section XII.A 
is assigned to the Policy Subcommittee and is due 10/14/11; Section XII.B is assigned to the 
Technical Subcommittee and is due 10/14/11; Section XII.C is assigned to the Policy Subcommittee 
and is due 10/14/11.  
The meeting was adjourned.  
Appendix A
EAAC Meeting
Friday, August 12, 2011
Attendance in person and on conference bridge
Bernard Aboba X
Angel Arocho X
Ronnie Cotton X
Brian Daly X
Patrick Donovan X
David Dzumba X
Toni Dunne X
Sheri A. Farinha X
Greg Fields X
Mark Fletcher X
Daniel Fok X
Matthew Gerst X
Kevin Green X
Eliot Greenwald X
Gunnar Hellstrom X
Brad Hodges X
Brendan Kasper X
Marte Kinder X
Cheryl King X
Rebecca Ladew X
Chris Littlewood X
Robert Mather X
Bruce McFarlane X
Paul Michaelis X
Don Mitchell X
Peter Musgrove X
Jim Nixon X
Donna Platt X
Richard Ray X
Marcie Roth X
Gregory Schumacher X
Dwayne Sennett X
Susan Sherwood X
John Snapp X
Alfred Sonnenstrahl X
Karen Strauss X
Mark Stern X
Gregg Vanderheiden X
Arnoud Van Wijk X
Christian Vogler X
Norm Williams X
Joel Ziev X
Appendix B
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
Emergency Access Advisory Committee (EAAC)
Working Agenda
August 12, 2011
10: 30 – 10:45 a.m. Welcome and Introductions 
EAAC Co-Chairs David Dzumba and Richard Ray 
10: 45 – 10:55 a.m. Review and approval of minutes of 
July 8, 2011 meeting
10:55 – 11:05 a.m. Update on FCC activities (10 minutes) 
11:05 – 11:20 a.m. Presentation by FEMA, Campaign Specialist, National 
Preparedness Month (September 2011)
11:25 – 12:00 noon Presentation on RTT vs IM– Greg Fields (RIM)
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Break for lunch
1: 00 – 1:30 p.m. Presentation:  Evaluation of Short-Term Interim 
Techniques for Multimedia Emergency Services.  
Mr. Chris Pearson, President of 4G Americas, will 
present/submit the results of a soon to be published 4G 
Americas technical white paper that examined the potential 
interim techniques that could be utilized through the use of 
existing technologies and PSAPs to provide non-voice 
emergency services. 
1:30 – 1:45 p.m. Public Comment period (open mike)
1:45 – 3:10 p.m. Work sessions for recommendations 
subcommittees (technical and Policy) 
1:45 – 2:25 p.m. Policy Subcommittee-led discussion
2:30 – 3:10 p.m. Technical Subcommittee-led discussion
3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Reconvene in plenary to report on breakout sessions 
and plan for the next month of activities