RE: [10GBASE-CX4] 802.3 PAR approval and Working Group Ballot
And of course, the person who deserves the most credit is....
!!DAN DOVE!!
Many thanks to Dan for his tireless efforts.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DOVE,DANIEL J (HP-Roseville,ex1) [mailto:dan.dove@hp.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 9:23 AM
> To: 10GBASE-CX4 (E-mail)
> Subject: [10GBASE-CX4] 802.3 PAR approval and Working Group Ballot
>
>
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> For those of you who were unable to stay for the closing IEEE
> 802.3 plenary,
> or were unable to make the meeting in Dallas, or are simply
> tracking this
> standard,
> I wanted to inform you of the following...
>
> WAAAAAAAHHHHHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
>
> :)
>
> Now that the hard work is done, all we have left to do is the
> REALLY hard
> work.
>
> I will notify you of the outcome of the 802 EXEC meeting and
> NESCOM to see
> if they endorse the decision by 802.3. If they do, we will be
> starting up a
> ballot
> process which will require us, the members of 802.3ak (to be)
> to resolve all
> ballot
> comments in a timely and complete manner.
>
> I expect that we will also be generating ballot comments
> based upon our
> continued
> review and analysis of the specification to make sure it is
> bullet-proof.
>
> We will be holding an interim meeting in May with details TBD
> and if NESCOM
> approves our PAR, we will be holding an interim in Ottawa as
> well to resolve
> a
> likely recirculation ballot.
>
> THANKS go to all of the members of this study group. We have
> done something
> so
> significant it required the words "While not setting a
> precedent" to be
> added to our
> motion because it was a groundbreaking achievement and 802.3
> did not want to
> create
> a new expectation that just anybody could do this. It was
> only possible due
> to a few
> things that I would like to bring up.
>
> 1) HOWARD BAUMER graciously volunteering to act as
> editor-in-chief and then
> executing
> on schedule.
> 2) STEVE DREYER volunteering to lead the Loss Budget Team and
> managing the
> great
> work of all its contributors.
> 3) CHRIS DI MINICO volunteering to lead the Cable Assembly
> Team and pulling
> some
> tough numbers together in time.
> 4) ALL OF THE MEMBERS of this study group who have attended meetings,
> reviewed the
> working paper, and voiced their expert opinions where needed.
> 5) BOB GROW and DAVID LAW who have given me huge assistance on the
> procedural
> matters to ensure we didn't do all this work only to trip-up on a
> technicality.
>
> And last but not least... HERB VAN DEUSEN and PETER BRADSHAW
> for keeping our
> meeting minutes. It is a necessary function and when nobody
> else raised
> their
> hands, these guys did. I appreciate it.
>
> As I said, now the really hard work needs to be done, but
> given our record,
> I am
> confident we will execute and deliver as expected.
>
> Thanks for all your hard work.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan
> Chair, 10BASE-CX4 Study Group
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