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    PEG 2000 GENERAL MEETING AGENDA
APRIL 11-14, 2000
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON
HOSTED BY: NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES

"Multi Provider/Multi Service Protection Challenges "
TUESDAY, April 11, 2000    
TIME
TOPIC 
 SPEAKER COMPANY
1300 Greetings, Introductions & Housekeeping Bruce Melton BellSouth Tel.
1315 PEG BUSINESS    
  Advisory Board George Nilsen Sprint LTD
  ATIS Update (48K) Steve Barclay ATIS
  PEG Hospitality/ Reception (After Meeting) Steve Barclay ATIS
1345 Fault Protection Requirements for Network Powered Broadband Equipment, per NEC, Article 830 (395K) Ferd DeVoss UL
1445 BREAK (15 MIN)  
1500 NEC Update & Other Issues (41K) Ernie Gallo (for M.Hoque) Telcordia
1600 DSL (Digital Subscriber Technology) Tutorial (855K) Ernie Gallo Telcordia
1700 ADJOURN  

WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2000    
TIME
TOPIC 
 SPEAKER COMPANY
0800 Power, Bonding & Grounding for CLECs from an ILEC's perspective - critical issue (62K) Bruce Fountain Sprint Nat'l
0930 BREAK (15 MIN)  
0945 Power, Bonding & Grounding for CLECs from a CLEC's perspective - critical issue (3.30M)

Bob Graham

New Edge Networks

1045 Broadband Communications NID Requirements (UL "DUZO") (128K) Ferd DeVoss UL
1145 LUNCH  
1300 TVSS Performance (584K) Pat Reed Northern Technologies
1400 New Protector Technology (61K) Ernie Gallo Telcordia
1500 BREAK (15MIN)    
1515 Comparison of International & U.S. Specifications for A.C. Surge Protection (1.78M) Richard Chadwick Dehn, Inc.
1600 Arc-Fault Circuit Breakers (951K) Mike Parker Hendry

THURSDAY, April 13, 2000        
TIME
TOPIC 
 SPEAKER COMPANY
0800  Performing Site Audits (658K) Pat Reed Northern Technologies
900 Concrete Based Counterpoise Ground System Clayton Hallmark Earthlink
1000 BREAK (15 MIN)    
1015 Bonding & Grounding (presentation not available) Allen Rebeck REO Associates
1145 LUNCH  
1300 Protection Considerations for Central Office Adjacent to Power Substation (497K) (Open Discussion)

George Nilsen

Bruce Melton

Sprint

BellSouth Tel.
1400 Bonding & Grounding at Point of Entrance for Communications Services (309K) Steve Johnson Time Warner Cable
1500 BREAK (15MIN)  
1515 Grounding & Bonding Advances in the Telecommunications Environment Ralph Trefney Cisco Systems
1600 OPEN FORUM DISCUSSIONS:    
  Grounding Electrodes (421K) David Kerr Lucent Tech.
  Whole House Protection & Fusing Coordination Richard Chadwick Dehn, Inc.
  Improper applications of 'RF' protectors Tom Croda Sprint LDD
  Mixed services with common protection Bob Graham New Edge Networks
  PCS protection hazards in C.O. environments (1.16M) George Nilsen Sprint

FRIDAY, April 14, 2000                 
TIME
TOPIC 
 SPEAKER COMPANY
0800 Protection for Undersea Cables (55K) Tom Croda Sprint LDD
0900 OPEN FORUM DISCUSSIONS: Bruce Melton BellSouth Tel.
  Protection Philosophy (21K) Eric Chantigny Bell Canada
0930 BREAK (30 MIN - ADDITIONAL TIME FOR CHECKOUT))    
1000 OPEN FORUM DISCUSSIONS: (CONTINUED) Bruce Melton BellSouth Tel.
1100 WRAP-UP & ADJOURN MEETING