[Ground-station] Technological Advisory Committee meeting 8 December 2022 - ORI participation, call for 2023

[david davidsiddall-law.com]

Michelle,

Very nice message.  I especially like "This is much more involved than filing a comment
or complaining on social media. It is a significant commitment of time and effort."  
Until you've done it, you can have no idea....  Regulation that fosters technology
Is extremely difficult, and all the more so because of all the various interests
Involved.  It only seems simple from the outside.

Is Karen Rucker involved with ORI?  I'm not sure what her service to the FCC
Is, she isn't employed there is she?  

Lastly, are you applying for re-appointment on the next TAC?

Regards,

Dave



On 11/29/22, 11:48 AM, "Michelle Thompson" <mountain.michelle at gmail.com> wrote:

    Greetings all,

    The final Technological Advisory Committee Meeting of 2022 for the
    Federal Communications Commission will be held 8 December.

    ORI was a member of the TAC for 2022, contributed to several reports,
    and will be represented in person at the closing meeting.

    I've represented Open Source and Amateur Radio concerns over the past
    year on the Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) working
    group of TAC. I co-chaired the sub-working group about "Safe Uses of
    AI/ML" with Paul Steinberg of Motorola, invited and organized a
    variety of speakers to present to the working groups, and had the
    opportunity to work on "how AI/ML is affecting bandwidth and
    throughput" paper with excellent FCC staffers. The amateur radio
    service is highlighted in this report.

    The work consisted of two meetings a week and a lot of time in between
    to prepare, organize speakers, and manage deliberative discussions.

    The final meeting in DC summarizes work for the year and sets out an
    agenda for next year. This year was a very difficult "rebuilding" year
    for TAC, as it had been shut down at the beginning of COVID. I am
    honored to be a part of getting TAC back up and running.

    Thank you to everyone that has supported ORI participating at this
    level of US government. It's been very successful.

    Karen Rucker was instrumental in the application process, and I'd like
    to recognize her service to ORI and the FCC.

    Paul Williamson, with experience on standards committees, has been
    invaluable in terms of providing advice for deliberations and
    decisions.

    A special thanks to Marty Woll of YASME Foundation for his guidance
    and advice, and to ARRL counsel for coordinating and cooperating with
    ORI on a wide variety of issues we've taken to the FCC over the past
    year. ARRL is ably represented at FCC TAC by Greg Lapin.

    If you are interested in "sticking up for amateur radio and open
    source at the FCC", then you can make a positive difference in the US
    regulatory process. This is much more involved than filing a comment
    or complaining on social media. It is a significant commitment of time
    and effort.

    Please get in touch and I will do all I can to support your
    application to groups like the FCC TAC. There are many ways to
    participate, and all of them affect the future success of open source
    and the amateur radio services that we care so much about.

    -Michelle Thompson