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On behalf of the Working Group Chairman:
Announcement of opening of 802.17 Working Group Ballot and Comment Period
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Dear IEEE 802.1 / 802.17 Working Group Member:
This e-mail is to advise you of the opening of the IEEE 802.17 Working Group
Ballot for IEEE P802.17a (RPR Amendment to 802.1D), Draft 1.0,
otherwise known as:
Information technology - Telecommunications and information exchange between
systems - Local and metropolitan area networks -
Common specifications Part 3: Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges
The comment period opens on Thursday, 4 December 2003 and closes on Monday,
5 January 2004 at 12:00 noon Pacific time.
THIS IS AN 802.17 ELECTRONIC BALLOT. All valid ballots (votes on the document)
that are submitted along with comments will be counted towards approval or
disapproval of the draft. All properly submitted comments will be resolved
during the January 2004 Interim meeting in Vancouver BC. Please be sure and
indicate your vote when submitting your comments via e-mail. Note that
Disapprove votes MUST be accompanied by one or more Technically Binding
comments, and vice versa.
A copy of this draft can be found on our password-protected website:
http://www.ieee802.org/17/member/802_17a/d1_0/
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
(4.0 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 4 paper pages. It is copyrighted by the IEEE and is
for your review and balloting purposes only. It should not be copied or otherwise
distributed.
The ballot/comment executable with instructions will be available on
Monday December 8, 2003 at:
http://www.ieee802.org/17/member/802_17a/d1_0/P802_17aD1_0_CRD_Win.zip
or
http://www.ieee802.org/17/member/802_17a/d1_0/P802_17aD1_0_CRD_Mac.sit
The comment executable is designed for systems capable of running Windows
or Macintosh based programs. Please read the comment instructions carefully.
Please submit ballots and comments (using the output of your comment executable)
electronically to Mike Takefman at:
tak@xxxxxxxxx
If you should have any questions, problems or comments please contact:
Mike Takefman
Chair, IEEE 802.17 Working Group
Office: 613-254-3399 Fax: 613-254-3778
tak@xxxxxxxxx
NOTE:
According to the RPR Working Group ballot process, official ballots will only
be accepted from voting members of the 802.1 and 802.17 Working Groups. The
draft is also, however, being circulated to those who have been participating in the
standardization process but 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 Takefman
Chair, IEEE 802.17 Working Group
Office: 613-254-3399 Fax: 613-254-3778
tak@xxxxxxxxx