RE: [RPRWG] Comment submission
Title: Announcement of opening of 802.17 D0_2 Working Group Comment Period
Anoop,
Editor's notes are not WG- or TF-approved draft text.
Hence it is
not
appropriate to make comments on their contents (e.g., "fix
the
second
paragraph of the editor's note on page xx to read ..."). One
can,
however, submit a comment against approved draft text that
references an editor's note, such as "adopt
the change to the draft
text
as suggested in the editor's note on page xx, with the
following
modifications: ...". (Note that if such a comment is
not received
and
properly resolved, then the editor's note will not result in
any
changes to the draft, regardless of what the note
may say.)
Also,
editor's notes are not intended to give the editors a forum
to
put
forward proposals or express ideas, only to point out
problems
with
specific areas in the draft to be fixed by the WG. If the issue
is
non-controversial and relatively unimportant, the
editors may elect to
make a
suggestion or two in the notes, even giving draft text, but
I
review
such notes to ensure that these are indeed
non-problematic.
Proposals should be put forward
through the normal process that
the
rest of the WG uses.
Best
regards,
- Tom
A.
Tom,
What
if the editors' note contains a proposal that one doesn't
like?
Wouldn't it be better to point out concerns now, rather than
wait
till
it gets in, and then have to comment. This is especially
true
since folks can't be in all rooms at all times.
-Anoop
Colleagues,
There is only one more day until the close of the
first round of comments
tomorrow (April 23rd), and I have so far received
only one batch of 20
comments. Please get your comments in! While the
actual comment
period closes on April 28, publication of the first
round of comments will
allow WG members to identify and work on problem
areas (and also
submit proposed resolutions to comments, saving
time during the
meeting).
Also, in the general guidelines on commenting that
I'd sent out last Friday,
I
forgot to mention one additional point: please do not comment on
editor's
notes. Editor's notes are intended to allow the
editor to point out issues or
open areas to the WG, or to identify work in
progress (so that the WG
need not waste its time trying to follow a moving
target); they do not qualify
as
approved draft text and may appear and disappear at the discretion
of
the editor. They will all be removed before the
standard goes to RevCom -
indeed, I expect them to be removed before we go to
Sponsor Ballot. You
may reference specific editor's notes when you make
comments, but
please don't make comments on the text contained
within the editor's
notes.
Best regards,
-
Tom Alexander
Chief Editor, P802.17