[802.3ae_Serial] February serial PMD interim meeting

["LECHEMINANT,GREG (A-Sonoma,ex1)" <greg_lecheminant@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The following information should be posted on the IEEE website soon, but in
light of the short time frame, I felt it was important to get some details
out as quickly as possible.  

The interim meeting for the 802.3ae serial PMD group will be hosted by
Agilent Technologies Test and Measurement in Santa Rosa, California on
February 13 and 14.  (A second message regarding details of the open lab
testing Feb 11 and 12 at the identical site as the interim meeting will be
sent within a couple of days).

Best Regards,

Greg LeCheminant

Agilent Technologies Lightwave Division
M/S A1UA
3910 Brickway Boulevard
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
707-636-8013


(The following information is also included as a WORD doc attachment).

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