RE: [802SEC] Kibis in Kauai
I agree completely with all of Tony's comments
and observations below ... even the (deservedly)
sarcastic ones :-)
Carl
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Jeffree [mailto:tony@jeffree.co.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 5:31 AM
> To: Howard Frazier
> Cc: stds-802-sec@ieee.org
> Subject: Re: [802SEC] Kibis in Kauai
>
>
>
> Howard -
>
> Its good to know that the traditional IEEE principle of
> openness has been applied to this activity...
>
> Some observations:
>
> - Raising a PAR in May, completing Sponsor ballot in July,
> and gaining
> revCom approval in September of the same year is a remarkable, even
> superhuman, feat - and one that can only be accomplished,
> IMHO, in the
> absence of considered review - unless, of course, the project
> is entirely content free and/or uncontentious.
>
> _ As your slides point out, it is clear that this process has
> not been made
> open to interested parties (such as 802) that may well have
> been moved to
> join the balloting pool if they had been aware of this
> activity and its
> impact, and might even (perish the thought) have chosen to
> pass comment on
> this interesting document.
>
> - I believe that the SB should rule that the Sponsor Ballot
> was invalid for
> the above reasons, and that the pool should be re-formed, following
> explicit notification and to all other IEEE standards
> activities/committees
> that might be affected, and following a suitable notice
> period (6 months?)
> for the notification to reach individuals that may feel the
> need to join the pool.
>
> Regards,
> Tony
>