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Fcba News NOV 03 NOVEMBER 2003 Newsletter of the Federal Communications Bar Association 14th Annual Charity Auction on FCBA Enforcement Thursday, November 20 CLE Seminar in The 14th Annual Charity Auction celebrity guest Senator Conrad Atlanta on will be held on Thursday, November Burns who will open up the live November 17 20, 2003 at the Hamilton Crowne auction bidding. Former CTIA Plaza’s Sphinx Ballroom at the President Tom Wheeler also will The Atlanta FCBA Chapter, in coopera- Almas Temple, 1315 K Street, 14th & highlight his auctioning skills (honed tion with the FCBA’s FCC Enforcement 1 K Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C., during the FCC's spectrum auctions), Committee, is planning a /2 day beginning at 6:30 p.m. The event is and SBC's Dorothy Attwood and Enforcement CLE Seminar on Monday, free and open to the public. AT&T's Bob Quinn will unite on stage November 17, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 as joint auctioneers in the live auction p.m., immediately followed by a cocktail This year’s Charity Auction Committee to raise money for this year's reception. The seminar will be held on has selected the Spanish Education beneficiary,SED. the 53rd floor of the offices of Troutman Development Center (SED) as its Sanders LLP, 600 Peachtree Street, NE, beneficiary of the evening’s proceeds. This year’s GRAND PRIZE for the Bank of America Plaza, Atlanta, Georgia. SED is a non-profit entity that provides raffle is an 80-hour TiVo™ digital An agenda follows this article and a educational programs for Spanish- video recorder, complete with Registration Form is on page 20 of this speaking children to help them service for the lifetime of the recorder. newsletter. Registrations are due by develop the skills essential to their Raffle tickets are currently available Wednesday, November 12. future educational success, and to from numerous FCBA members and develop each child’s fluency in English. will be on sale at various FCBA events. The FCBA is seeking CLE approval in SED also provides child care for pre- If you would like to purchase or sell Georgia and Virginia for approximately school children in order to allow their tickets, please contact Tony Lin 3.5 credit hours. Other states should parents to work or advance their own ([email protected]) or Heidi comply if VA approves. The FCBA education. Kurtz ([email protected]). is already an accredited provider in VA and CA. The Auction Committee is in the This year’s Charity Auction sponsors process of seeking donations of are: Hogan & Hartson, LLP; Hughes products and services to be used as Network Services Inc.; INTELSAT; FCBA Enforcement CLE auction and raffle prizes (See auction Lawler Metzger & Milkman, LLC; Program Agenda donation form on page 19). If you Lockheed Martin Corporation; would like to donate a prize, please Trimble Navigation, Ltd.; Vodafone contact Heidi Kurtz - [email protected]. Americas, Inc.; and Willkie Farr & Monday, November 17 Gallagher LLP. This year's Charity Auction will again 12:30 - 1:00 p.m. feature famed cattle-auctioneer and REGISTRATION 1:00 - 1:15 p.m. WELCOME & PROGRAM INTRODUCTION IN THIS 3 Special Events • Richard Keck,Co-Chair,FCBA Atlanta Chapter 9 Committee and Chapter Events • Alexandra Wilson,FCBA President Issue: 15 Job Bank www.fcba.org CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE DEAR MEMBERS: FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS BAR ASSOCIATION © copyright 2003 In very short order,many of us will be seized by our annual panic attack: what should I get my loved ones this upcoming holiday 1020 19th Street,N.W. season? As my teenage son constantly reminds me, cash is Suite 325 Washington,D.C.20036-6101 always a welcome option. My sentimental response is that a gift Phone: (202) 293-4000 lovingly selected just for him – perhaps tube socks or underwear Fax: (202) 293-4317 – would be a better reminder of the special place he holds in my E-mail: [email protected] heart. Website: http://www.fcba.org OFFICERS All bantering aside, the FCBA and its charitable arm, the FCBA Foundation, are about to get into the holiday spirit. On November 20, the Young Alexandra M.Wilson President Lawyers Committee and the Foundation will co-host the FCBA’s 14h Annual Charity Auction at the Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel. A virtual army of dedicated young (and Harry C. Martin President-Elect not so young) FCBA members has planned an evening of holiday cheer and rampant Michele C. Farquhar spending that will benefit more than one good cause. All of the money raised at the Secretary auction – the ever-welcome “cash”— will be given to this year’s selected charity, the Jennifer A.Warren Spanish Education Development Center. And the FCBA members who so generously Assistant Secretary bid for prizes will walk away with a wide range of neat items (sorry,no tube socks) that Diane J. Cornell they can use for holiday giving or their own personal treats. With U.S. Senator Conrad Treasurer Burns and CTIA’s Tom Wheeler agreeing to serve as our celebrity auctioneers, the James S. Blitz evening promises to be great fun, so I hope you will join us for this worthy cause. Assistant Treasurer Another gift that keeps on giving is your FCBA membership. Last month, FCBA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE members enjoyed the second annual Oktoberfest with the FCC Bureau Chiefs. Rebecca L. Dorch Featuring German drink and food, the reception provided an excellent opportunity for Yaron Dori our members to meet the Bureau and Office Chiefs and some of their senior staff, as Carolyn W.Groves well as to catch up with colleagues. Many thanks to the 46 sponsors, listed in this Selina Y.Khan Byron F.Marchant newsletter, who helped make that event possible. Our first-ever FCBA breakfast, with Mark D. Schneider FCC Chief of Staff Bryan Tramont, also was a great success. Despite the early morning Peter D. Shields hour, Bryan discussed the Commission’s upcoming agenda with an enthusiastic FCBA Bryan N.Tramont audience. We also were extremely fortunate to have Chairman Michael Powell and Sheryl J.Wilkerson former Chairman Bill Kennard participate with other distinguished speakers at the Harry Wingo Christopher G.Wood second annual Career Night for law students and young lawyers on October 23. CHAPTER These, of course, are just some of the FCBA’s “signature events” for the fall of 2003. We REPRESENTATIVES are looking forward to this month’s luncheon with FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein on November 5. On December 4, we will hold the FCBA’s holiday season Ellen S.Agress Suzanne K.Toller highlight,the 17th Annual Chairman’s Dinner with FCC Chairman Michael Powell. And by the end of December, the FCBA will have hosted four other CLE events and a half- DELEGATE TO AMERICAN day enforcement seminar in Atlanta, co-sponsored the 21st Telecommunications BAR ASSOCIATION Institute with PLI, and held numerous other committee brown bag lunches and activities. R. Clark Wadlow EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR As you avail yourselves of these opportunities, I hope you will take some time to tell Stanley D. Zenor others about the benefits of participating in the FCBA. Over the past few weeks, the FCBA’s Membership and Marketing Committee has launched a membership drive DEPUTY DIRECTOR aimed at spreading the word about the FCBA to communications professionals of all Heidi M.Kurtz kinds. You may be contacted “officially”to participate in this effort. But even if you are Editor - Heidi M.Kurtz not formally approached, you can lend support by sharing information about the Photographer - Mark Van Bergh association and encouraging your colleagues to join. New members broaden our horizons and strengthen our professional community. With new ideas, new contacts and new enthusiasm, they help us stay relevant to the communications bar we serve. Password as of November 10,2003:599 CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 FCBA NEWS 2 NOVEMBER 2003 SPECIAL EVENTS law students. Sponsors will receive the House Commerce Committee. FCBA Chairman’s recognition in the FCBA News, the din- Hewitt Pate, Assistant Attorney General, Dinner – December ner program, and a slide show at the Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, event. will be the featured luncheon speaker on 4, 2003 December 4. Other highlights include The Chairman’s Dinner sells out each four panel discussions dealing with wire- The 17th Annual FCBA Chairman’s year, so be sure to order your tickets line telephone, wireless telecommunica- Dinner, where FCC Chairman, Michael early. Ticket orders and payment must be tions, the Internet and the telecommuni- K. Powell will give remarks, will be held received no later than Friday, cations future. Additionally, the Institute on Thursday, November 14, 2003. Seating is will feature tutorials by key FCC staff offi- December 4, reserved and tickets to the dinner will be cials: William Maher, Chief of the 2003, at the mailed on Monday, November 24th. Wireline Competition Bureau; John Washington Hilton Table assignments will not be made until Muleta, Chief, Wireless & Towers. This is payment is received. Please use the Telecommunications Bureau; David the premiere, annu- registration form on page 17 to order Solomon, Chief, Enforcement Bureau; al FCBA event you tickets to the dinner. and General Counsel John Rogovin. can’t afford to Donald Abelson, Chief of the FCC’s miss. International Bureau, and Janice Obuchowski, Ambassador to WRC, also The deadline for December 4-5, 2003: Powell will provide a discussion on international ordering tickets is Annual issues. Friday, November 14, 2003. Individual tickets are priced at $160 for Telecommunications Once again, the conference agenda will members, $225 for non-members, and Conference include a debate – this year, on “The Role $100 for government/academic attor- of Federal vs State Regulation”, with neys.
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