[STDS-802-16] Roger said March meeting is the time for presenting the gifts

[Lei Wang <LWang@CYGNUSCOM.COM>]

For whoever may be interested in.

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger B. Marks [mailto:r.b.marks@ieee.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 12:01 PM
To: Lei Wang
Cc: brian.kiernan@interdigital.com; ron@murias.ca
Subject: RE: [STDS-802-16] ***Going Mobile: IEEE 802.16e is Approved by IEEE-SA***

Lei,

I don't expect either one of them in India. Maybe 
we can get them to Denver in March. At that time, 
we can give them a plaque, a shirt, and whatever 
else anyone can come up with.

Roger

>Very good news. Thanks, Roger, for sharing with 
>us (all hard working 16e-ers) timely, a good 
>Christmas gift to the group!
>
>Yes, great appreciations shall go to both Brian 
>Kiernan and Ron Murias! They both deserve 
>memorable gifts in addition to what Roger may 
>prepare. There is a plan. Roger, please let us 
>know when you are going to present your official 
>gifts. I would like to request an additional 
>5min slot to present ours (unofficial one J).
>
>Oh, of cause, congratulations to all of you! 
>Great job done! Wish you all have a very Merry 
>Christmas!
>
>Lei
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Roger B. Marks [mailto:r.b.marks@ieee.org]
>Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:45 AM
>To: STDS-802-16@listserv.ieee.org
>Subject: [STDS-802-16] ***Going Mobile: IEEE 802.16e is Approved by IEEE-SA***
>
>Dear 802.16 Friends and Family,
>
>I have received word that IEEE Std 802.16e (Draft
>12) was approved this morning by the IEEE-SA
>Standards Board, following yesterday's unanimous
>recommendation by the Board's Standards Review
>Committee (RevCom). The operative version of IEEE
>Std 802.16 is now IEEE Std 802.16-2004, as
>modified by the corrigendum IEEE 802.16-2004/Cor1
>and amended by IEEE Stds 802.16e and 802.16f. The
>WirelessMAN standard has gone mobile!
>
>This action brings to a close the work of Task
>Group e and its project that began with the
>approval of the original 802.16e PAR in December
>2002, following its development by the Mobile
>WirelessMAN Study Group beginning in July 2002.
>Throughout that time, the work was ably led by
>the steady hand of Brian Kiernan. I salute him
>for his heroic efforts. The 802.16e Editor, Ron
>Murias, deserves a separate special salute.
>Please take the opportunity to send them both
>your appreciations.
>
>Looking back on the original PAR from 2002, we
>projected completion in about 18 months. Actual
>development took about twice that long. Though we
>all would have preferred to stick closer to
>schedule, the reality is that the Working Group
>changed dramatically during those years, growing
>from 82 Members at PAR approval to 310 now. The
>influx of new participants, from many regions of
>the world and with a variety of applications in
>mind, brought in a wide range of views. I'm proud
>of the fact that we addressed all of the
>resulting needs, continuing to harmonize and
>build consensus to ensure a result with broad
>support and broad applicability. After 12
>official drafts, over 6000 comments (from members
>and nonmembers alike), and over 900 contributed
>documents (over 1600 if you count revisions), we
>ended up with a 684 page standard with 99%
>approval and far more than 99% of the comments
>fully resolved. That's impressive!
>
>To all the 802.16 Working Group participants,
>past and present, I send congratulations on
>adding the IEEE seal of approval to the 802.16e
>deliverable. I'd like you to pause and reflect on
>what this means. IEEE standards are not
>mandatory, and the IEEE logo is not by itself
>going to convince anyone to adopt our standards
>and put them to use. What WILL make a difference
>is an IEEE logo earned the hard way, based on a
>diligent and largely successful effort to recruit
>the participation of the world's interested
>parties, coupled with the dedication to building
>a team and driving a consensus. THAT is what
>gives 802.16 the opportunity to be a success, not
>just here or there but, as we say in dot16,
>"AOE": Anywhere On Earth!
>
>So, wherever on Earth you are, please join me in
>raising a glass and sending out a virtual toast
>to the 802.16 family. Konbe! Ganbei! Kampai!
>L'Chaim! Belsalamati! Kippis! Skĺl! Santé!
>Sláinte! Salute! Salud! Prost! Proost! Cheers!
>
>Roger
>
>Dr. Roger B. Marks  <mailto:r.b.marks@ieee.org> +1 303 497 7837
>Chair, IEEE 802.16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access
>         <http://WirelessMAN.org>
>
>P.S. IEEE 802.16f-2005 was published on 1 Dec
>2005. IEEE-SA staff are currently merging
>802.16-2004/Cor1 and 802.16e into a single
>document, to be entitled IEEE 802.16e-2005. The
>plan is to publish this before the year's end.
>Unapproved drafts are available for sale through
>the IEEE Store. However, approved drafts are
>removed from the catalog. Therefore, if you wish
>to buy the document, I suggest you act quickly
>before it is deleted. For details, see:
>       http://ieee802.org/16/pubs/P80216e.html
>
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