[RPRWG] Announcement of Opening of 802.17 Working Group Ballot Dry Run
Announcement of Opening of 802.17 Working Group Ballot Dry Run
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Dear IEEE 802.17 Working Group Member:
This e-mail is to advise you of the opening of the IEEE 802.17 Working Group
review for IEEE P802.17 (Resilient Packet Ring), Draft 0.0, otherwise known as:
Information Technology - Telecommunications and information exchange between
systems - Local & Metropolitan Area Networks - Specific requirements -
Resilient Packet Ring Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications
The comment period opens on Wednesday, 19 December 2001 and closes on Tuesday,
15 January 2002 at 12:00 midnight Pacific time.
THIS IS A "DRY RUN" AND NOT AN ACTUAL REVIEW CYCLE. Note that the document
being used for this review cycle is a "test" document that is intended to
familiarize the Working Group members and editors with the use of a comment
database and the IEEE 802.17 comment submission and resolution process,
rather than being an actual P802.17 draft document that will be binding upon
the group. Comments and ballots submitted by the Working Group members will
be considered and resolved using the same process that will be utilized for
the "actual" RPR draft document, but will not apply to the "actual" draft.
Balloting and commenting on the "actual" draft document will begin in 2002.
A copy of this draft can be found on our password-protected website:
http://www.ieee802.org/17/member/test_clause.pdf
If you do not attend 802.17 meetings then you are not entitled to the userid
or password. Do not email the chair requesting the userid or password. If
you attend 802.17 meetings then you should know the userid and password.
If you have forgotten you are permitted to email the chair/vice-chair/
secretary/web-master once (and grovel appropriately).
The draft is posted in Adobe "pdf" document format and can be viewed online,
or downloaded and printed. You will need a copy of Adobe's Acrobat Reader
(3.0 or higher) to view or print the draft. This software is available for
free downloading from Adobe at:
http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html.
The draft prints out as 30 paper pages.
This draft is copyrighted by the IEEE and is for your review for balloting
purposes only. It should not be copied or otherwise distributed.
The ballot/comment executable with instructions is available
by following the instructions available at:
http://www.ieee802.org/17/comtest.htm
The comment executable is designed for systems capable of running Windows
or Macintosh based programs. Please read the comment instructions carefully.
Please submit comments electronically to Tom Alexander at:
tom_alexander@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
If you should have any questions, problems or comments please contact:
Mike Takefman
Chair, IEEE 802.17 Working Group
Office: 613-254-3399 Fax: 613-254-4867
tak@xxxxxxxxx
Tom Alexander
Dogsbody, IEEE 802.17 Working Group
Office: 503-431-7303 Fax: 503-431-7400
tom_alexander@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
NOTE:
According to the RPR Working Group ballot process, official ballots will only
be accepted from voting members of the 802.17 Working Group. The draft is also,
however, being circulated to those who have been participating in the
standardization process who are not members of the Working Group in order to
provide a wide review of the document and to solicit comments.
You should also be aware that Technical-Binding (TB) comments are not required
to be tracked amongst non-Working Group members. If a TB is entered by a person
who is not a Working Group member, and this person is not at attendance and
readily available at the interim meeting to review the Working Group's response,
we will not obligate the editors or staff of 802.17 to track down the commenter
and obtain the sign-off.
Best Regards,
mike
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Michael Takefman tak@xxxxxxxxx
Manager of Engineering, Cisco Systems
Chair IEEE 802.17 Stds WG
2000 Innovation Dr, Ottawa, Canada, K2K 3E8
voice: 613-254-3399 fax: 613-254-4867