Voting
As discussed below, (hope this is the correct email(s)) but I have
completed the application for IEEE membership. What else do I need to do
for the IEEE 802.3ae, in order to participate in the ballot. Please let me
know.
As you are all aware, the 802.3ae plan is to ask permission at the July
meeting to proceed to sponsor ballot. Only sponsor ballot group members
will be able to vote* to approve, or disapprove drafts during this phase
of our work.
During the March plenary meeting, IEEE P802.3ae requested Geoff Thompson
as chair of the IEEE 802.3 Working Group to create an LMSC sponsor ballot
pool for the next cycle of draft review beyond the 802.3 Working Group
ballot. Geoff can do so any time prior to our next plenary in July.
If you are interested in participating in the sponsor ballot, you must be
(or become soon) a member of the LMSC Sponsor Ballot Pool. To be a member
in the LMSC Sponsor Ballot Pool you must:
Be a member of the IEEE Standards Association [
http://standards.ieee.org/sa/index.html ]. Only IEEE Standards
Association members are eligible balloters on IEEE proposed standards.
An individual membership application can be found at
http://standards.ieee.org/sa-mem/saindapp2001.pdf . A corporate
membership application can be found at
http://standards.ieee.org/sa-mem/sacorpapp2001.pdf . Dues information
can be found at: http://standards.ieee.org/faqs/sa-faq.html#q5 along
with other FAQs.All balloting on 802 Standards projects is by
individual.
Complete the On-line [
http://standards.ieee.org/db/balloting/ballotform.html ] Request Form To
Join an IEEE Balloting Pool form. (If you prefer print out the IEEE
LAN/MAN Standards Committee Balloting Pool form [
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/ballotinvitation.pdf ] and fax it to
Carol Buonfiglio [http://standards.ieee.org/people/c.buonfiglio/] at the
IEEE. The FAX number for Ms. Buonfiglio is 732-562-1571.)
After you have completed this, whenever a balloting group is formed to
ballot on a proposed IEEE 802 standard within your interest profile you
will be asked if you wish to be in that particular balloting group. This
information can be found in the IEEE 802.3 operating rules at the URL:
http://www.ieee802.org/3/rules/member.html#LMSC
* Note: per tradition, the chair intends to offer to those who are not
members of the sponsor ballot group, who wish to submit comments, to do so
in their behalf. It should be clear that he will vote his own conscience,
only.
Jonathan Thatcher
Principal Engineer, World Wide Packets
Chair, IEEE P802.3ae Task Force
Office: 509.242.9228 Fax: 509.242.9001
jonathan@xxxxxxx