Re: [RPRWG] Opening of WG Ballot on P802.17b Draft 1.1

["Mike Takefman (tak)" <tak@xxxxxxxxx>]

RPRWGers, 

Please note the typo in the announcement email I sent
earlier, the web-site does correctly show the comment
period ends November 6, 2005 at 11:59pm AOE.

Sorry for the confusion and thanks to George for spotting
the oopsie.

mike

Michael Takefman              tak@cisco.com
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 
> Announcement of opening of 802.17 WG Ballot and Comment Period
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Dear IEEE 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 P802.17b Draft 1.1, 
> otherwise known as:
> 
> Information Technology - Telecommunications and information 
> exchange between systems - Local & Metropolitan Area Networks 
> - Specific requirements - Part
> 17b: Resilient packet ring (RPR) access method and physical 
> layer specifications - Amendment 1: Spatially aware sublayer
> 
> The comment period opens on Friday, 7 October 2005 at 6:00 PM 
> ET and closes on Sunday, 6 NOVEMBER 2005 at 23:59 PM AOE 
> (Anywhere On Earth).
> 
> THIS IS AN 802.17 BALLOT. All members of the WG are required 
> to participate. 
> Failure to respond to ballots jeopardizes your voting rights.
> 
> All valid ballots (votes on the document) that are submitted 
> will be counted towards approval or disapproval of the draft. 
> To be valid, a ballot must be cast by a voting member of the 
> 802.17 working group.
> Comments from non-voters are also welcome, and will not be 
> counted towards approval or disapproval of the draft.
> 
> All properly submitted comments will be resolved during the November
> 2005
> Plenary session in Vancouver.
> 
> A copy of this draft can be found on our password-protected website:
>     http://www.ieee802.org/17/member/802_17b/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 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 314 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, which requires Windows, is 
> available at: 
>     http://www.ieee802.org/17/member/802_17b/d1_1/.
> 
> If this is your first time using the comment executable, 
> please read the instructions available at the same location.
> 
> Please submit ballots and comments (using the output of your comment
> executable) electronically to the editor, Marc Holness, at 
> the email address given at:
>  
> http://www.ieee802.org/17/projects/P802_17b/index.htm#EditorialStaff.
> 
> If you should have any questions, problems, or comments 
> please contact the chair, Mike Takefman, at the email address 
> given at:
>     http://www.ieee802.org/17/index.htm#Officers. 
>  
> NOTE:
>  
> According to the RPR Working Group ballot process, official 
> ballots will be accepted only from voting members of the 
> 802.17 Working Group. 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 editor or 
> staff of 802.17 to track down the commenter and obtain the sign-off.
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> Michael Takefman              tak@cisco.com
> 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
>