Iowa Statewide Interoperable Communications System Board
USER GROUP COMMITTEE
October 2016 Minutes
Called to order at 1002
Chair Buffington unavailable today
Meeting facilitated by Vice Chair Dehnert
Roll Call
Shawn Olson
Brian Blodgett
Terry McClannahan
Dave Lockard
Melvin Mercado
Steven Rodriquez
Helen Troyanovich
Larry Smith
Rob Dehnert
RIC Meetings
Region 1
No meeting due to Optimization DDR
Region 2-Brian
In-person meeting for region
November 22
1000-1400
Mason City
Region 3-Shawn
Glen held Tuesday
Conference call with only 3 individuals
Very short
Region 4
Nobody on call
Region 5-Larry
Very short meeting
Re-organizational phase
Region 6
Nobody on call
FirstNet Update
Evaluation of RFPs phase
On vendor may have been dropped
Chair Lumbard
Boulder, CO
Band 14 device testing
LTE smartphones and tablets
Presentation on ISICS website
Proposals due early 2017
90 days to evaluate
Regardless of any vendor appeals
Decision to opt-in or opt-out
Default decision is to opt-in
ISICS LMR
No applications
Review process
Does form need updated?
Website platform changing soon
Drupal, Google Apps, Adobe fillable form?
Matrix was never meant for distribution to applicant
Need to re-make into a fillable PDF
What criteria do we use to evaluate applicants?
Melvin from Motorola is on group to help interpret applicants impact on platform
Application review interview
Sub-committee of the user group
Recommendation to full UGC with Motorola concurrence
Casual conversation
What is applicant seeking???
Timeline?
Address applicants as they come
Establish 'Applicant Interview Panel' sub-committee UGC
Motorola vendor rep
Technical Committee member
Operations Committee member
RIC Chair from applicant's region
UGC Chair is backup, because he was sick today
SWIC
Deputy SWIC alternate
Motion by Blogett, second L. Smith
Unanimous approval
Optimization DDR review
Docs being formalized for socialization
Fleetmap
Interoperable talkgroups
ISICSB policy
Documentation being updated from "should' to "shall"
Inclusion of statewide direct/simplex/conventional talkaround channels
Pending RPC approval
Stephen
Russ Fleming from DOJ has asked for MOA
Adjourned at 1102 CDT
Motion by Shawn; second by Brian