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[RPRWG] Opening of WG Ballot on P802.17a




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) 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
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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