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June 14, 2006                                                                      Volume 3 Issue 24 (Re-Printed With Permission) Mentoring Survey We are interested in cultivating the relationships between newer members and those who have been APCO members for a while and in relationship between the chapters and the membership department. We are looking into ways to get members connected to one another and we want your input. One way to integrate new members is to through a member-mentoring program. A mentor could be someone who gives a welcome call to a new member or perhaps an e-mail reminder of an upcoming meeting. What if a more experienced member connected with a first-time conference attendee from your chapter to help show him or her the conference ropes? You could share your expertise with the membership and strengthen the industry on a member-advisory panel. Your professional experience maybe you helped to build a new comm center or were the lead on a CAD-implementation team  could help a colleague. We have ideas about how to strengthen the APCO membership. Click here to answer a few questions about your interests: www.apcointl.org/survey/mentoradvisor.html. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elsevier Public Safety to Publish APCO Magazine APCO announced last week that Elsevier Public Safety will be the official publisher of Public Safety Communications/APCO Bulletin. The agreement between APCO and Elsevier Public Safety is a long-term agreement, in which Elsevier Public Safety will publish, produce, market, promote and sell the publication. APCO will continue to define the editorial vision and content of the publication. The first issue under this partnership will be the September 2006 issue. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 800-MHz Transition Changes The FCC recently announced the extension to the WAVE 1, Stage 2 Mandatory Negotiations. Additionally, the Transition Administrator has announced deadlines for impending Request for Planning Funding (RFPF) for Wave1, Stage 2.  The new deadline is July 17  for Wave 1, NPSPAC channel Requests for Planning Funding. Check out the announcement at http://www.apcointl.org/frequency/documents/TA-Press_Release_W1_S2_Date_Change_Final.pdf  800 ALERT contact information for questions or comments: 800alert@apco911.org. APCO staff liaison: Ron Haraseth   Phone: 888.APCO-911.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Display Your Historical Items The APCO Historical Committee is again hosting the "Once Upon a Time Room" at conference. The committee is looking for members who wish to display APCO historical memorabilia at the Orlando APCO Conference. As in the last two years, the committee has displayed APCO and radio memorabilia for the members' viewing from Monday through Wednesday of the conference. If you have anything of APCO historical value you would like to contribute for display, contact Historical Committee Chair T.G. Mieure at tmieure@earthlink.net or by telephone at (847) 321-1110.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APCO Homeland Security Committee Prepares Homeland Security and Preparedness White Paper Nearly five years after 9/11, there remains substantial vulnerability to the public safety communications infrastructure. In addition, basic Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) for all hazards identified through a candid, localized risk assessment is not in place within every jurisdiction. Read more about this and potential pandemic preparations at http://www.apcointl.org/about/Homeland/homeland.html.  Click on "Pandemic Flu Papers." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APCO's Path to Standards Accreditation Series: What is ANSI? The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) facilitates the development of American National Standards (ANS) by accrediting the procedures of standards developing organizations (SDOs). These groups work cooperatively to develop voluntary national consensus standards. Accreditation by ANSI signifies that the procedures used by the standards body in connection with the development of American National Standards meet the institute's essential requirements for openness, balance, consensus and due process. APCO has completed the first phase of the application process to become an ANSI-accredited standards developer. Phase two is underway, with phase three following. When ANSI accredits a standards developer such as APCO, that developer certifies that it will adhere to the "ANSI Essential Requirements: Due process requirements for American National Standards" for developing standards to become American National Standard (ANS). ANSI does not itself develop standards. The hallmarks of the ANS process include: Consensus by a group or "consensus body" that is open to representatives from all materially affected and interested parties; Broad-based public review and comment on draft standards;  Consideration of and response to comments submitted by voting members of the relevant consensus body as well as by the public; Incorporation of submitted changes that meet the same consensus requirements into a draft standard; and  Availability of an appeal by any participant alleging that these principles were not respected during the standards-development process. Becoming an ANSI Accredited Standards Developer will let our organization further promote our standards process, increase the exposure of our standards and officially be recognized as an accredited standards developer. For more information, e-mail Ricky Marshall, Human Capital & Standards Director, marshallr@apco911.org, or Amanda Byrd, Human Capital & Standards Manager, byrda@apco911.org. Stay tuned for the weekly briefings in each upcoming eBulletin. Did you miss the Introduction to this series? Read it at www.apcointl.org/standards . -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- News from Washington, D.C. The Commerce Committee telecom bill (HR 5252) has been scheduled for floor action next Wednesday by House Majority Leader Boehner (R-Ohio). Title III of the bill contains a VoIP/9-1-1 provision. APCO, along with International Association of Chiefs of Police, International Association of Fire Chiefs, Major Cities Chiefs Association, Major County Sheriffs' Association and National Sheriffs' Association, issued a statement in opposition to Title III of the bill, which could prevent or delay the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from enforcing its rules requiring VoIP service to deliver 9-1-1 call to the correct PSAP through the dedicated 9-1-1 trunk lines. Visit http://www.apcointl.org/government/documents/2nd-Joint-Letter04-25-06.pdf to download the letter. Visit http://www.apcointl.org/government/bills/HR5252.pdf to download the bill text. On June 2, the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau announced that the 800-MHz band reconfiguration process for non-NPSPAC channels will start July 3 in the NPSPAC regions assigned to Wave 4. Visit http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1183A1.pdf for more information. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There's Still Time to Register for Hiring: Against All Odds - Web Seminar  On Wednesday June 21, APCO Institute presents another session in its Supervisor Tool Kit Web Seminar Series. Steve Davidson, director of the Lenexa (Kansas) Police Department Communications Center, will present Hiring: Against All Odds. When it comes to hiring the right person do you feel like you are just playing the state lottery? During the first years of his management career, Steve Davidson dealt with a 45-percent failure rate for newly hired dispatchers. After changing the hiring process, he has enjoyed a full decade with a 95-percent retention rate by following three simple golden rules. The presentation offers one agency's dispatcher recruitment and hiring process as a guide that can pay-out big dividends and give you the house advantage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Classes in the Supervisor Tool Kit Web Seminar Series Join the APCO Institute each Wednesday at 2 p.m. for quality training and fun interaction with your peers. Each Web seminar is an hour long and qualifies for one continuing dispatch education (CDE) credit. Web Seminar tuition is charged per log-in, not per person, at a very economical $59 for APCO members and $79 for non-members. For more information or to register, log onto the APCO Institute Web site at www.apcointl.com/institute/webinars.htm Upcoming sessions include: How to Communicate with Your Supervisor - June 28  Mark Boudreaux, Executive Director, Terrebonne Parish (La.) Communications District/E9-1-1 9-1-1 and the Elderly - July 5 Erica Bell, Boca Raton Police Dept., Fla. Suicide Bombers: The Future of Domestic Terrorism - July 12 Bob Smith, Institute Operations Manager Pandemics and "Bird Flu" - Ready or Not? - July 19 Sandy Campbell, Curriculum Writer, APCO Institute  Myths and Urban Legends of Emergency Medical Dispatch - July 26 Bob Smith, Operations Manager, APCO Institute  Each seminar is one hour long and qualifies for one continuing dispatch education (CDE) credit. Web seminar tuition is charged per log-in, not per person, at a very economical $59 for APCO members and $79 for non-members. More information at http://www.apcointl.com/institute/webinars.htm. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Want to Know More About APCO? Free to members, the next COTM will be held in conjunction with the annual conference on Sunday, August 6, starting at 9 a.m. Pre-registration is a must! Register online using your e-mail address as your user ID and your APCO member number as your password at https://apconetforum.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?WebCode=LoginRequired and click on "upcoming events." If you won't be able to attend the face-to-face class in Orlando, perhaps you can take the next online class, which will start October 4.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- June 2006 Special: APCO Licensing Services In support of public safety, the APCO Licensing Service announces a price break for the month of June 2006 on licensing services for those customers that mention this advertisement. Submissions for required notifications for construction status (Schedule K) and filings of pleadings (request for reconsideration) with regards to the same, will be half price. Schedule K: $50 Pleading: $125 All other licensing services: Apply 20-percent discount Contact: Christine Phelps, Licensing Specialist (386) 944-2463 phelpsc@apco911.org Carol DiCaro, Licensing Assistant, (386) 944-2462 dicaroc@apco911.org You must mention this ad to receive the price breaks. This special applies to requests received June 1-30, 2006, and does not include frequency-coordination fees or FCC filing fees. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2006, APCO International. All rights reserved. The eBULLETIN is protected by the United States copyright and other intellectual property laws and may not be reproduced, rewritten, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast, directly or indirectly, in any medium without the prior written permission of APCO International, Inc.