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I have been asked the question "What is the difference between IEEE-SA member and
802.17 voting member?" and thought it best to reply to the reflector so that
everyone understands the distinction.
The process for creating an IEEE 802 standard
includes the following major steps
(1) Development of the Standard
and writing it up as a draft,
(2) Getting the Working Group to
approve the draft by voting for it and resolving comments
(3) Getting a separate review
and vote by our sponsor, the IEEE LAN MAN Standards Committee, and resolving any
of those outstanding comments
(4) Having the IEEE Standards
Board review the process to verify that procedures have been properly followed,
and then approve the document for publication
(5) Publishing the
standard
All participants in 802.17 get to play a role
in step 1.
All voting members of 802.17 get an opportunity to
vote on the draft in Step 2
Step 3 is separate. To participate in Step 3
one must become a member of the IEEE SA. One can do this whether or not
they are member of IEEE 802.17. Note that Mike Takefman has posted a list
of people that have already signed up to be given a chance to be on the sponsor
ballot pool to review our standard during Step 3. That list includes some,
but not all IEEE 802.17 participants. It includes 802.3 and 802.1
participants, and it includes people that do not participate at all in
802. The constitution of this list is by design more inclusive than the
802 constituency to give the draft wide review.
There is one set of rules for being an 802.17
member, and therefore eligible to cast a ballot during step 2, and an entirely
different set of rules for being eligible to vote during Sponsor ballot, Step
3. The first set of rules are the ones that our working group has set up,
based on IEEE 802 LMSC operating rules. The second set of rules has been
established by the IEEE, and therefore requires IEEE and IEEE SA membership (or
alternately paying a fee large enough to enable one to become an IEEE
member).
I hope this explanation is helpful.
Best regards,
Robert D. Love
President, 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: 208 978-1187 |