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All, we now have a very good idea of which
companies are lining up on which sides of the motions that have been forwarded,
but not voted on, or not passed. I strongly encourage each of you that has
a strong position on these motions to work together with those opposed to your
point of view, for the purpose of reviewing the motions, removing implementation
dependent portions of them, and then finding wording that we all can work
toward. Although there will still be some unsettled issues, we can
eliminate most of the controversy on objectives if there is significant
one-on-one discussions directly between companies prior to the July
meeting. As you each do your own "gap analysis" of the areas of the
standard still not addressed by proposed objectives, think through the
objectives that are needed and work with the companies you believe will most
likely oppose your position. Many of these new areas should be resolved
before we arrive in Portland.
There is a huge amount of work to do to create the
802.17 standard. We cannot afford to have the July meeting consumed with
sorting through objectives. That meeting needs to be devoted to quick
approval of most of the new and now reworded objectives, discussion and voting
on the remaining few, and then reviewing and discussiong contributions for
straw-men sections of the standard. Some of those straw-men will be
just the skeleton. Others will include substantial meat on the
bones.
There will likely be some new presentations
and new ideas presented at the July meeting. There may be trechnical
analysis presented to help choose between competing approaches. These
presentations are welcome and are needed. I expect that these
presentations will come without the need for undue persuasion.
However, if you want to make a real contribution
to moving the standard forward, start writing the standard! Write whatever
section you have the skills and interest to contribute to, and announce to the
reflector that you are doing so. I have focused my remarks on the
task of drafting sections of the standard, because that is the easiest job to
get lost in the flurry of presentations that back one position or another.
Let's make the Portland meeting a huge
success. Start preparing for it now.
Best regards,
Robert D. Love
Chair, Resilient Packet Ring Alliance President, LAN Connect Consultants 7105 Leveret Circle Raleigh, NC 27615 Phone: 919 848-6773 Mobile: 919 810-7816 email: rdlove@xxxxxxxx Fax: 720 222-0900 |