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[802.3_100GCU] Announcement - Task Force Review D1.4: IEEE P802.3bj 100 Gb/s Backplane and Copper Cable

Dear IEEE P802.3bj Task Force Participants,
This is the announcement of the electronic IEEE 802.3bj Task Force review of IEEE P802.3bj 100 Gb/s Backplane and Copper Cable, Draft 1.4.   Instructions for accessing the draft and submitting comments follow this announcement.  IEEE P802.3bj is an amendment to the IEEE Std 802.3-2012 which is available through the “Get802” program at the URL http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.3.html. 
As noted, a request will be made at the March 2013 Plenary to approve sending the IEEE p802.3bj draft to Working Group Ballot.  Per the IEEE 802.3 Operating Rules, Section 2.8.2 Draft Standard Balloting Requirements:
Before a draft is submitted to WG letter ballot it shall in addition have met the following requirements:
a)      It must be complete with no open technical issues.
b)      It must be made available for pre-view by the membership by the Monday prior to the plenary week. If any changes are made to the draft after the draft was made available for pre-view the textual changes shall be presented for review during the closing plenary immediately prior to the vote for approval to go to WG ballot.
c)      It must be formatted according to the IEEE style selected by the WG Chair. This style will be selected to minimize the editorial work required for publication of the draft.
d)      It must be approved for submittal to WG ballot at the WG closing plenary
As noted above, any changes to the preview draft (Draft 1.4) must be presented for review during the closing plenary immediately prior to the vote for approval to go to WG ballot.  This means that if the TF decides to make any changes to Draft 1.4 during the TF meeting the plenary week, the editorial team must create a new draft, so that the changes can be reviewed in front of the WG at the closing IEEE 802.3 WG plenary.  Therefore, to minimize changes to the preview draft, comments submitted by Task Force participants against IEEE P802.3bj Task Force Draft 1.4 should address technical completeness.. 
The Task Force should also plan on considering feedback from IEEE 802.3WG members on the preview draft during the IEEE P802.3bj March Plenary meeting, as it may impact individual WG participants’ decision on how to vote regarding the approval of the IEEE P802.3bj draft going to WG ballot.  As a reminder, the motion to request working group ballot is a WG motion, which is a technical motion and will require greater than or equal to 75% at the IEEE 802.3 WG closing plenary to pass.
Therefore, for the March Plenary IEEE P802.3bj meeting the TF will focus on preparations to request going to Working Group Ballot on Thursday at the closing Plenary of the IEEE 802.3 Working Group.  These preparations will include the following:
1.       Responding to any comments submitted by Task Force Members
2.       Responding to any comments received by Working Group Members, based on the preview copy that is circulated to the WG by March 11.
The P802.3bj/D1.4 draft includes the following clauses and annexes:
The Project Authorization Request for this project is posted at:    http://www.ieee802.org/3/bj/P802.3bj_1212.pdf.
The Five Criteria responses for this project are posted at: http://www.ieee802.org/3/bj/5C_1112.pdf.
The Objectives for this project are posted at: http://www.ieee802.org/3/bj/objectives_0712.pdf.
The adopted timeline is posted at http://www.ieee802.org/3/bj/timeline_1112.pdf.
REVIEW SCOPE:
The scope of the review is the entire IEEE P802.3bj D1.4 Draft.

REVIEW OPEN:
Thursday, 21, February 2013
REVIEW CLOSE:
Thursday, 7, March, 2013 11:59PM AOE
HOW TO ACCESS THE DRAFT
The draft is posted for Task Force review purposes only, and neither the draft nor access information should be copied or redistributed to others in violation of document copyrights. 
 
The “clean” version of Draft 1.3, which should be used when commenting, may be downloaded from:
URL: http://www.ieee802.org/3/bj/private/P802d3bj_D1p4.pdf
(Please note that a change-bar version of the draft is also available at http://www.ieee802.org/3/bj/private/P802d3bj_D1p4_CMP.pdf.) 
Please note that the  “clean” version of the document will be forwarded as the pre-view draft to the IEEE 802.3 WG by Monday, March 11, 2013.
Username: 802.3bj
Password: distributed at meetings – contact Chair (jdambrosia@xxxxxxxx) if you need it

The document is posted in Adobe "pdf" document format and can be downloaded and printed if desired. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, it is available for free downloading from Adobe at:
URL: http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html
HOW TO SUBMIT COMMENTS

Acceptable comment types:

E = Editorial
ER = Editorial Required (an Editorial comment that the commenter feels very
strongly about)
T = Technical
TR = Technical Required (a Technical comment that the commenter feels very strongly about)
 
For further information regarding comments, please see http://www.ieee802.org/3/bj/public/may12/diab_01_0512.pdf
 
1. Prepare your comments in one of the following two ways:
 
a. You are STRONGLY REQUESTED to use the comment tool in the TF private area
at the URL:

URL: http://www.ieee802.org/3/bj/private/Generic_Commenting_Tool.zip
Username: 802.3bj
Password: distributed at meetings – contact Chair (jdambrosia@xxxxxxxx) if you need it
Please download and read the Comment Tool Tutorial http://www.ieee802.org/3/bj/public/may12/diab_01_0512.pdf
 
To use the tool, extract all components into a folder and do not move any component from that folder as this will cause the executable to not work correctly. The tool is:

Comment_Tool_Generic_Solution.exe


b. To submit comments in text (ASCII) form, please use the form below.  This will make it possible for the editor to properly record and track all submissions. Make as many copies of the template as necessary and submit as
an ASCII text file or as part of your e-mail.

PLEASE NOTE: The ASCII method involves a manual transcription, hence you are recommended to check your comments to ensure accurate transcription when the comment file is made available. Please use the comment tool above if possible.

------CUT AND PASTE TEXT BELOW THIS LINE ONLY PLEASE--------

CommentID: (Leave Blank)
CommenterName:
CommenterEmail:
CommenterPhone:
CommenterCellPhone:
CommenterCompany:
Clause:
Subclause:
Page:
Line:
CommentType: (E, ER, T, or TR)
Comment:
CommentEnd:
SuggestedRemedy:
RemedyEnd:

--------------------end comment template------------------

2. Send your comments to: jdambrosia@xxxxxxxx and Adam.Healey@xxxxxxx
and paste into the subject line:

IEEE P802.3bj 100 Gb/s Backplane and Copper Cable D1.4 comments
 
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Thank you for your participation in this review and careful review of the draft.

John D’Ambrosia, Chair, IEEE P802.3bj 100 Gb/s Backplane and Copper Cable Task Force
Email: jdambrosia@xxxxxxxx

Adam Healey, Editor-in-Chief, IEEE P802.3bj 100 Gb/s Backplane and Copper Cable Task Force
Email: Adam.Healey@xxxxxxx