RE: FCC Invitation

["Hayes, Vic (Vic)" <vichayes@agere.com>]

Pat,

Thanks for your input. But, yes, we talked to the lawyer of the FCC General
Counsel Office. He in fact is the person that is the specialist to the
ethical part of the business. He told us that our invitation will be
reviewed by the GCO and, depending on the subject matter and funding method,
either approved or rejected.

I have attached the e-mail I sent to Julie this morning. Roger has done the
part about the funding directly.

Regards 
---------------
Vic Hayes
Agere Systems Nederland B.V., formerly Lucent Technologies 
Zadelstede 1-10
3431 JZ  Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
Phone: +31 30 609 7528 (Time Zone UTC + 1)
FAX: +31 30 609 7556
e-mail: vichayes@agere.com
http://www.orinocowireless.com/

> ----------
> From: 	pat_thaler@agilent.com[SMTP:pat_thaler@agilent.com]
> Sent: 	27 February 2001 18:42 PM
> To: 	Everett.Rigsbee@PSS.Boeing.com; everett.o.rigsbee@boeing.com;
> bob.grow@intel.com; Stuart.Kerry@philips.com; dawns@facetoface-events.com;
> bheile@ieee.org; marks@boulder.nist.gov; jcarlo@ti.com
> Cc: 	vichayes@lucent.com; stds-802-sec@ieee.org
> Subject: 	RE: FCC Invitation
> 
> 
> Jim,
> 
> Agilent's standards of business conduct makes a very clear statement that
> the US Procument Integrity Act and related regulations prohibit providing
> travel or meals for government employees. Has the "this appears OK with
> the
> FCC" been checked with an FCC lawyer and have you or Vic checked it with
> one
> of your corporate lawyers or an IEEE lawyer? It seems that you are getting
> into a questionable area here.
> 
> Regards,
> Pat
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> > From: 	Jim Carlo[SMTP:jcarlo@ti.com]
> > Reply To: 	jcarlo@ti.com
> > Sent: 	Thursday, February 22, 2001 6:52 AM
> > To: 	Buzz Rigsbee; Bob Grow; Stuart J. Kerry; Dawn Slykhouse; Bob
> Heile;
> Roger B. Marks
> > Cc: 	Vic Hayes
> > Subject: 	FCC Invitation
> > Importance: 	High
> > 
> > Vic and I discussed how to invite the FCC person with Patrick Carney,
> FCC
> > legal. There is sentiment that a number of individuals would support the
> > travel expenses and this appears OK with the FCC.  However, we need a
> > methodology for collecting funds and paying expenses.
> > One option is to ask Classic to handle as a separate account. 
> > Another option is to set up an 802 reserve for this purpose.
> > 1) Brief solicitation of 802.11 for contributions via email. My proposal
> is
> > ask for $500 for each contribution.  These would be above and separate
> from
> > the normal meeting fee. Note that letter to FCC would include the names
> of
> > the contributors (company name or individual) who donated the $500.
> > 2) These contributions would be collected by Classic by credit card or
> check.
> > 4) Classic would handle payment of airfare, rental car, and hotel room
> for
> the FCC person.
> > 5) Classic would add a ??% service fee for doing this.
> > 6) Excess money would go to provide for invitation to May interim
> meeting.
> > Can we do this?
> > Vic and I would personally guarantee that there is no loss on this
> program.
> > Jim Carlo(jcarlo@ti.com) Cellular:1-214-693-1776
> Voice&Fax:1-214-853-5274
> > TI Fellow, Networking Standards at Texas Instruments
> > Vice Chair, IEEE-SA Standards Board
> > Chair, IEEE802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee
> > 
>

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