May 28, 1998 Minutes

Board of Directors Meeting

A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) was held via conference call on the above date. The meeting was called to order at 11:00 A. M. EDST by Lisa Rosenblum, Chair. Edward English, Secretary and Treasurer called the roll.

1. Ms. Rosenblum welcomed the Board and took this opportunity to welcome Ms. Cheryl Parrino as the CEO of USAC effective June 1, 1998. The announced purpose of the meeting was to determine a course of action to respond with a plan of reorganization for USAC, SLC and RHCC requested by the Report in Response to Senate Bill 1768 and Conference Report on H.R. 3579.
   
   
2. Mr. Levy briefed the Board on the May 8 Report to Congress by the FCC and the subsequent May 15 request of A. Richard Metzger, Jr., Chief, Common Bureau. USAC has been requested to respond by July 1 with a plan of reorganization which would combine USAC, SLC and RHCC effective January 1, 1999. The new organization would become the permanent administrator of the federal universal service programs. Subsequent to January 1, 1999, the new organization would divest from NECA, but still be permitted to contract with NECA for on-going services.
   
   
3. Mr. Eichler, as Chair of the Long Range Planning Committee, addressed the need to create a subset of the Board to work closely with Ms. Parrino to respond to the FCC in a timely fashion. Towards this end, the following Board members were appointed: Ed Eichler, Lisa Rosenblum, Jim Jackson, Dr. Henry Marockie, John Anthony Butler, K.G. Ouye, Dr. Jay Sanders and/or Kevin Hess.
   
   
4. Ms. Parrino set the end of the following week to have an outline of the significant issues and a working time line. She will be meeting personally with Ira Fishman, CEO of SLC, and Lee Bailey, President of RHCC as well as various stakeholders in government and industry. She welcomed participation by interested Board members in the meetings she was scheduling in Washington. A tentative plan to have an in-person USAC Board meeting the week of June 22-26 was established. Mr. English was asked to canvass the Board for the best date.
   

There being no further business to attend to, on a motion duly made and seconded, the meeting was adjourned.

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Edward R. English
Secretary

May 28, 1998
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