[RPRWG] Opening of 802.17 WG Recirculation Ballot on P802.17a D1.1
Announcement of Opening of 802.17 Working Group
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Recirculation 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 Recirculation Ballot for IEEE P802.17a
(RPR Amendment to 802.1D), Draft 1.1, 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 Wednesday, 25 February 2004 and
closes on Friday, 12 March 2004 at 10:00 AM Pacific time.
This is a recirculation ballot. If you do not want to change your
vote or submit a comment, then no response is necessary.
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 March 2004 Plenary session in Orlando, FL.
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 vis versa.
A copy of this draft can be found on our password-protected website:
http://www.ieee802.org/17/member/802_17a_d1_1/
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 is available at:
http://www.ieee802.org/17/member/802_17a_d1_1/P802_17aD1_1_CRD_Win.zip
Should you need a Macintosh copy, please contact me immediately.
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 IEEE-SA recirculation process official ballots will
only be accepted from voting members of the 802.1 and 802.17 Working
Groups who submitted ballots as part of D1.0 (you know who you are).
Comments are welcome from other reviewers. 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,
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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