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Re: [RPRWG] Announcement of opening of 802.17 Working Group Comment Period (Draft v0.1)




A small correction on my phone numbers

Office: 613-254-3399 Fax: 613-254-4867

thanks, 

mike

> John Hawkins wrote:
> 
> Announcement of opening of 802.17 Working Group Comment Period
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Dear IEEE 802.17 Working Group Member:
> 
> This e-mail is to advise you of the opening of the IEEE 802.17 Working Group
> review for IEEE P802.17 (Resilient Packet Ring), Draft 0.1, otherwise known as:
> 
> Information Technology - Telecommunications and information exchange between
> systems - Local & Metropolitan Area Networks - Specific requirements -
> Resilient Packet Ring Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications
> 
> The comment period opens on Friday, 22 February 2002 and closes on Wednesday,
> 6 March 2002 at 12:00 midnight Pacific time.
> 
> THIS IS A REVIEW AND COMMENT CYCLE, AND NOT A BALLOT PERIOD. Any ballots (votes
> on the document) that you may submit along with your comments will not be
> considered at this point. You are encouraged to submit a "vote", however, so
> that we can ensure that the process is functional and can work out possible
> bugs in the process prior to the start of actual voting. Voting on the
> document will begin when the WG ballot cycle begins in mid-2002. Until then,
> only comments on the draft contents will be considered. All properly
> submitted comments will be resolved during the March 2002 Plenary meeting
> in St. Louis, MO.
> 
> A copy of this draft can be found on our password-protected website:
> 
> http://www.ieee802.org/17/member/draftballots
> 
> The draft is posted in zipped Adobe "pdf" document format and can be viewed online,
> or downloaded and printed. You will need a copy of Adobe's Acrobat Reader
> (4.0 or higher) to view or print the draft. This software is available for
> free downloading from Adobe at:
>         http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html.
> The draft prints out as 254 paper pages.
> 
> This draft is copyrighted by the IEEE and is for your review for balloting
> purposes only. It should not be copied or otherwise distributed.
> 
> The ballot/comment executable with instructions is also available via the
> aforementioned link.
> 
> The comment executable is designed for systems capable of running Windows
> or Macintosh based programs. Please read the comment instructions carefully.
> 
> Please submit comments (i.e., the output of your comment executable)
> electronically to Tom Alexander at:
>         tom_alexander@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> If you should have any questions, problems or comments please contact:
>         Mike Takefman
>         Chair, IEEE 802.17 Working Group
>         Office: 613-271-3399 Fax: 613-271-3333
>         tak@xxxxxxxxx
> 
>         Tom Alexander
>         Chief Editor, IEEE 802.17 Working Group
>         Office: 503-431-7303 Fax: 503-431-7400
>         tom_alexander@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> NOTE:
> 
> According to the RPR Working Group ballot process, official ballots will only
> be accepted from voting members of the 802.17 Working Group. The draft is also,
> however, being circulated to those who have been participating in the
> standardization process who are not members of the Working Group in order to
> provide a wide review of the document and to solicit comments.
> 
> You should also be aware that Technical-Binding (TB) comments are not required
> to be tracked amongst non-Working Group members. If a TB is entered by a person
> who is not a Working Group member, and this person is not at attendance and
> readily available at the interim meeting to review the Working Group's response,
> we will not obligate the editors or staff of 802.17 to track down the commenter
> and obtain the sign-off.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> John Hawkins, Webmaster,  on behalf of:
> Mike Takefman
> Chair, IEEE 802.17 Working Group
> Office: 613-271-3399 Fax: 613-271-3333
> tak@xxxxxxxxx

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Michael Takefman              tak@xxxxxxxxx
Manager of Engineering,       Cisco Systems
Chair IEEE 802.17 Stds WG
2000 Innovation Dr, Ottawa, Canada, K2K 3E8
voice: 613-254-3399       fax: 613-254-4867