[Hen] NEBSA White Space Letter 10-06-2008

[Johnson, Bill]

Please see letter from the Chair of the NEBSA below. 

Bill 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rejniak, Lynn [mailto:rejniak at admin.usf.edu] 
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 6:28 PM
To: Johnson, Bill
Subject: RE: NEBSA White Space Letter 10-06-2008

Bill:

They can simply e-mail a copy to NEBSA (admin at nebsa.org) and it will be
included as an attachment to the NEBSA filing. They can also send a
request that their institution simply be "listed" as one of the EBS
licensees in support of the proposal.  That may easiest for those who
don't have the time or understanding to generate a letter or comment.
Obviously, the request would need to be from an institutional
representative and/or official authorized to make such a commitment. 

I'll be in your neck of the woods at the end of the month - visiting my
husband's family in and around the Norman/Shawnee area. Keep the
temperatures warm for me!

Lynn 


-----Original Message-----
From: Johnson, Bill [mailto:bjohnson at onenet.net] 
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 5:55 PM
To: chairman at nebsa.org
Subject: RE: NEBSA White Space Letter 10-06-2008

How is the best way for people in Oklahoma to submit supportive comments
for the NEBSA letter? On line, by posted letter? I think I can get
several to support it, but they, as I have never done so and don't know
how to begin.
 
Bill Johnson
Director of Network Operations - OneNet
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
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From: owner-nebsa-list at nebsa.org on behalf of chairman
Sent: Mon 10/6/2008 1:20 PM
To: nebsa-list at nebsa.org
Subject: NEBSA White Space Letter 10-06-2008



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October 6, 2008


Dear Members and EBS Licensees,


As reported to membership, NEBSA filed comments September 22, 2008 and
several options for white space were proposed. We believe that our plan
serves the interests of all EBS license holders and think it is critical
that the NEBSA proposal be strongly supported at the FCC, and I
personally
urge each of you to participate.  It is our intention to file Reply
Comments
and would welcome the opportunity to include EBS licensees in that
filing.
What we need now is an indication whether or not you would like to join
in
our filing.

NEBSA supports a licensing process by which the Commission would first
maximize existing licensees' Geographic Service Areas (GSAs). The
automatic
expansion of the service areas of existing licensees would cover all of
the
white space in the country, except for "pristine" Basic Trading Areas
(BTAs) - certain areas that currently have no licenses in them at all on
particular channels, which would remain available for later application
by
any EBS-eligible entity.  The maximization process would in many cases
provide for a meaningful and instantaneous expansion of the service area
of
EBS licensee station(s). 

Once the GSA maximization process is completed, for all remaining white
spaces (a total of 201 licenses that are specifically identified in the
NEBSA comments), the Commission would accept applications by any
qualified
EBS applicants, on a channel group by channel group, BTA by BTA  basis. 
Thus, EBS licensees would be eligible to participate in filings for
those
channels as well.  Any acceptable "singleton" applications would be
granted,
and in the event of mutually exclusive applications, applicants would be
given an opportunity to settle their mutual exclusivities.  Any
remaining
mutual exclusivities would go to the highest bidder in an auction, as
(unfortunately) required by law.

You may view the NEBSA filing in its entirety on the NEBSA website under
the
Hot Topics section at http://www.nebsa.org or at the FCC's website:
by copying and pasting the following link into your browser
http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?
native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6520170090.


The deadline for submittal is October 22, 2008.  We would appreciate
hearing
from you as soon as possible.  Please respond by e-mail to
admin at nebsa.org
no later than close of business on Tuesday, October 21, 2008.

For questions about the NEBSA proposal and/or the Replay Comment filing,
please contact me or one of the NEBSA Regulatory Committee members:

Patrick Gossman  pastchair02 at nebsa.org
Steve Gorski       secretary at nebsa.org
Todd Gray          tgray at nebsa.org
Dave Moore         dmoore at nebsa.org
John Schwartz      Schwartz at nebsa.org



Regards,
                                                               
Lynn Rejniak
Chair NEBSA    
chairman at nebsa.org


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