Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
Emergency Access Advisory Committee (EAAC)
Meeting Minutes: March 1, 2013
Welcome remarks and the roll call were made by EAAC Co-Chairs David Dzumba and Richard 
Ray.  The attendee list is attached to these minutes as Appendix A.  The Agenda for this meeting 
is attached as Appendix B.  The minutes of the January 11, 2013 were approved, following a 
motion to accept the minutes as proposed made by Laurie Flaherty, and seconded by Bruce 
McFarlane.     
Zenji Nakazawa provided an update on the Text-to-911 rulemaking proceeding, consumer 
outreach efforts, and other Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) activities of 
interest to the EAAC.  Mr. Nakazawa reviewed the comment cycle dates for the text-to-911 
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), and shared details about upcoming webinars.  
Daniel Phythyon with the Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration, guest speaker, presented an overview of a new provision in the 
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 that establishes a nationwide public safety 
broadband network to address emergency and public safety communications.
The subcommittees on Text-to-9-1-1, Media Communication Line Services (MCLS), and TTY 
Transition Issues ask the EAAC to approve their respective final reports for the record in light of 
the March 11 deadline for the comments for the Text-to-911 Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (FNPRM).  Agreement was reached that these reports, once approved, will be 
considered complete and will not be consolidated and duplicated in any future EAAC reports.   
Some unresolved issues, such as timelines, may be addressed in subsequent EAAC reports.  
Subcommittees #1, #3, and #6 then provided overviews of their respective final reports on 
Recommendations on Text Messaging to 9-1-1, MCLS, and TTY Transition Issues.  The reports on 
Text-to 9-1-1 and MCLS were approved.  The TTY Transition Issues report was not adopted 
because consensus could not be reached for Sections 9.3.1 and 9.8, and Recommendation Q, 
and agreement was to discuss these points further during a teleconference by the end of the 
following week and to develop language to reflect the various viewpoints if no consensus is 
reached on these issues, and to submit the revised document for the record by March 11.  
Subcommittee #5 (Identifying Gaps in NENA i3 Compared to EAAC Recommendations) provided 
a status update regarding its committee of fifteen members and its intent to submit its work by 
the end of the charter date.  Subcommittee #7 (Timeline Alignment) indicated its plans to send 
out a proposed report in early March to the EAAC and feedback is requested by end of March.
Since the EAAC charter ends on July 14, 2013, the EAAC will plan to meet once more closer to 
that date, and the date will be announced when secured.   
2On behalf of EAAC, Co-Chair Richard Ray thanked sponsor Avaya Labs for providing breakfast, 
lunch, and refreshments.  
The meeting adjourned at 3:30 pm.  
3Appendix A
EAAC Meeting on Friday, March 1, 2013
Attendance in person and on conference bridge
Bernard Aboba X
Shellie Blakeney X
Brian Daly X
Toni Dunne X
David Dzumba X
Jean-Paul Emard X
Laurie Flaherty X
Mark Fletcher X
Matthew Gerst X
Eric Hagerson X
Gunnar Hellstrom X
Marte Kinder X
Cheryl King X
Rebecca LaDew X
Chris Littlewood X
Bruce McFarlane X
Robert Mather X
Paul Michaelis X
Don Mitchell X
Peter Musgrove X
Zenji Nakazawa X
Donna Platt X
Richard Ray X
Brian Scarpelli X
Susan Sherwood X
Suzy Rosen Singleton X
Alfred Sonnenstrahl X
Karen Peltz Strauss X
Gregg Vanderheiden X
Christian Vogler X
Norm Williams X
Joel Ziev X
Also in attendance was a subject matter expert serving on subcommittee(s): 
Roger Hixson 
4Appendix B
Federal Communications Commission
Emergency Access Advisory Committee (EAAC)
Working Agenda1
March 1, 2013
10:30 a.m. EST Welcome, Introductions and Attendance
EAAC Co-Chairs David Dzumba and Richard Ray
Consider and approve minutes from previous meeting
Report on text-to-911 rulemaking proceeding, consumer outreach efforts, 
and other Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau activities of 
interest to the EAAC (PSHSB, FCC)
Update on the Federal Funding Opportunity under which NTIA will award 
grants for the State and Local Implementation Grant Program (SLIGP)
Approval of subcommittees’ final reports, and/or discussion of drafts  
Subcommittee #1 – Recommendations on Text Messaging to 911 
(Gregg Vanderheiden and Brian Daly)
Subcommittee #3 – Media Communication Line Services 
(Donna Platt and Chris Littlewood)
12:00 p.m. EST Break for lunch
Subcommittee #5 – Identifying Gaps in NENA i3 compared to EAAC 
Recommendations (Christian Vogler)
Subcommittee #6 – TTY Transition Issues 
(Gunnar Hellstrom and Paul Michaelis)  
Subcommittee #7 – Timeline Alignment (Don Mitchell and Kevin Green)
Discuss Next Steps for EAAC Activities 
Call for public comment
3:30 p.m. EST Adjourn meeting
  
1 There may be changes in the order of agenda items as the meeting progresses.