[RPRWG] Opening of WG Ballot on P802.17a
Announcement of opening of 802.17 Working Group Ballot and Comment Period
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
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) electrocically 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
--
Michael Takefman tak@xxxxxxxxx
Distinguished Engineer, Cisco Systems
Chair IEEE 802.17 Stds WG
3000 Innovation Dr, Ottawa, Canada, K2K 3E8
voice: 613-254-3399 cell:613-220-6991