Re: [802SEC] Get802 Program SEC ballot
Paul,
Having read the considerable email traffic, and Howards' thoughts and observations on this matter. I would like to change my email ballot vote to DISAPPROVE.
Stuart
Tony Jeffree <tony@jeffree.co.uk>@majordomo.ieee.org on 04/16/2002 11:17:33
Sent by: owner-stds-802-sec@majordomo.ieee.org
To: Howard Frazier <millardo@dominetsystems.com>
cc: stds-802-sec@ieee.org (bcc: Stuart Kerry/SVL/SC/PHILIPS)
Subject: Re: [802SEC] Get802 Program SEC ballot
Howard -
You've convinced me.
Paul -
Please change my vote on the funding ballot to "disapprove".
Regards,
Tony
At 11:04 16/04/2002 -0700, Howard Frazier wrote:
>I suggest that the release of funds should be postponed
>pending the outcome of the current work on the program,
>for the following reasons:
>
>1) We have no committment to extend the program past
>May 15, 2002.
>
>2) The IEEE staff has made clear their desire to alter
>the program unless a significant level of corporate
>sponsorship is secured.
>
>3) While several parties are working diligently to
>secure corporate sponsorship for the program, the
>desired level of funding has not yet been secured.
>
>4) Given 2 and 3, we don't know what the program will
>be after May 15. If we send the 802
>contribution before the negotiations have been
>completed, we will be supporting a program that we
>may or may not like, and we will loose a considerable
>amount of leverage in the negotiations.
>
>In my opinion, the success or failure of Get802 does
>not hinge on 802's direct financial contribution.
>The LMSC funds represent a base level of funding for
>Get802, and they turn out to be the one constant
>in a shifting financial picture. Corporate sponsorship,
>subscriptions, and sales of individual documents are
>subject to many factors. Unfortunately, the past year
>has been a truly lousy one for most of the networking
>industry, so all of the financial components of the
>Get802 program suffered mightily, with the exception
>of the LMSC's contribution.
>
>If you believe in the Get802 program, and you want to
>see it continue, here is what you must do:
>
> Apply all of your energy to securing corporate
> sponsorship for the program. Work on your own
> company, and work every contact you have in the
> industry. Find volunteers in your WGs to do the
> same. If each SEC member can convince a company
> to sponsor Get802, the IEEE's financial goal will
> be met.
>
>If the corporate sponsorship shows up, then we can
>work with the IEEE staff to define the right program,
>and send in our contribution. If the corporate
>sponsorship doesn't show up, the program is toast,
>and our financial contribution won't matter.
>
>Howard