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eNATOA

eNATOA seminars are offered via teleconference and supplemented with electronic learning booklets that are distributed to participants in advance. eNATOA is designed to offer a high-quality learning experience to NATOA members and supporters, including those with limited technology access. All sessions last one hour and are offered at 2:00 pm eastern/ 11:00 am pacific time. Registration for each session closes at 12:00 pm EDT on the Thursday prior to the session.

The cost for each one-hour seminar is $45 for members, $80 for non-members. Register for multiple sessions and save! The more sessions the greater the discount.:

• Three seminars: $130 (members) $230 (non-members)
• Five seminars: $200 (members) $360 (non-members)
• Nine seminars: $345 (members) $615 (non-members)
• Twelve seminars: $430 (members) $770 (non-members)

Package prices only apply at the time of purchase.

For questions regarding registration and payment, please contact NATOA Headquarters at jharman@natoa.org or (703) 519-8035.

Upcoming Teleconferences

eNATOA 2010
Date	Topic
April 12,2010	Review of the FCC's National Broadband Plan What does the future of broadband in the United States look like? Hear from speakers who were at the forefront and led the development of the national broadband plan to be delivered to Congress in February, 2010.
May 10,2010	Myths of Municipal Network Failures Despite the much publicized failures of private sector "muni" initiatives in San Francisco, Philadelphia and Chicago, local government fiber and wireless networks are alive and well. Communities have just gotten smarter about how they collaborate with carriers and technology providers, and in how they invest in infrastructure when collaboration fails. And they are focusing on applications that save government money and expand services to constituents, effectively paying for themselves and the new infrastructure needed to deliver them.
June 14,2010	Maintaining I-Net or PEG in a New Regulatory Environment: How Do We Maintain Use and Funding? Negotiating new and renewed franchise agreements is becoming more challenging, especially in states where new laws limit negotiation options and timeframes, and the companies on the other side of the table are becoming larger and more influential. What are the prospects for negotiating existing I-Net and PEG commitments in this new era?
July 12,2010	Forecasting and Planning for Wireless Communications Demands while making Revenue for your Municipality Look at your municipal property as a way of generating revenue. Wireless infrastructure can help in these hard economic times when you manage water towers, tall buildings, and municipal property with wireless in mind while enhancing network coverage for your community! Hear more about antennas and infrastructure, camouflage opportunities, negotiating terms, determining collocation charges, as well as how planning and zoning can help. Your municipality could be a goldmine of opportunity! Whether you need to look at new rate structures of existing leases or you are looking to venture into agreements, this session will address all aspects of forecasting and planning.
August 9,2010	Broadband Public Safety Updates 700 Mhz-narrowband and broadband systems: what they can do, what they cost, and what's needed to get licensed 700 Mhz Policy: prospects for D Block and waivers of broadband restrictions
September 13,2010	Communications Technology Ascertainment: Best Practices What communications technology does your community need for everyone to equitably participate in civic, social, cultural and economic life? Learn how to do an effective communications technology ascertainment. A community ascertainment is vital whether you are looking to renew a cable franchise, have an interest in pursuing community broadband or want to identify public, education and government access needs in your community. Communications technology ascertainment initiatives provide key information about the needs, desires and future vision of all facets of your community's communications needs: education, community media, healthcare, economic development, public safety and citizen access to technology.
October 18,2010	What's the Future of Cable Television? What does the future of video programming look like? With the growth of IPTV and "Over the Top" video services, more and more Americans are accessing video over a data platform rather than a traditional "cable" video platform. Are we witnessing the total transformation of video services? And what does this mean for local governments with respect to PEG, franchising, and revenues?
November 8,2010	Small, Medium and Large Communities: Social Media Practices Ever thought of utilizing Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube for communicating to your citizens, customers, constituents and general public? It's time you should! Aside from the legal issues of social media: hear from small, medium and large communities about what works and what doesn't when it comes to making use of various social media tools. Evaluate your effectiveness with enhanced technology pipes by tracking statistics and using surveys to make these tools even better.
December 13,2010	2010 Retrospective: 2011 Preview: Hot issues in Communications As local governments around the country look back on 2010 and prepare for the upcoming year, our panel of experts will assess how 2010 affected policy and practice on key communications issues (including franchising, community broadband, spectrum allocation, and national broadband planning) and will provide their views of what may be coming in 2011 - and how local governments can prepare.