IEEE 802.5 Web Site: What's New?

22 Mar 04:

• Site downtime: apologies that this site has been down for years. This was due to the loss of the 8025.org domain name. I am now trying to get a few of the pages to work again.

31 Jul 01:

• Server downtime: apologies for the downtime between July 24th and 28th, 2001. This was due to relocation of the server at IEEE. The IP address changed and our web address (www.8025.org) had to be updated to match.

5 Jul 01:

• Updated the activities page, to reflect the final status of the various documents.
• Updated the site details page to reflect the upgrade of the server.

4 May 01:

• 802.5v Gigabit Token Ring was today approved by the Standards Board!

24 Aug 00:

• Re-released 802.5v/D1.4 for LMSC sponsor letter recirculation ballot, following correction of document name to Gigabit Token Ring.

5 Jul 00:

• Moved the web site from Madge's server in York to the IEEE server. The old site continues to exist, but not for long. Note that the DNS records might take a day or two to propogate around the world. If you're reading this, you're looking at the new server! The name http://www.8025.org will be maintained as the official site name.

3 Jul 00:

• Released 802.5v/D1.4 for LMSC sponsor letter recirculation ballot.

30 Mar 00:

• 802.5w was today approved by the Standards Board.

10 Mar 00:

• The 802.5 committee decided to hibernate as its main business is complete.

28 Feb 00:

• Updated the March 2000 meeting page with the provisional agenda.
• Brought the activity page up to date.

28 Jan 00:

• Released 802.5w/d1.3b d1.3b . This is a clean draft of the document as approved, without change descriptions or editor's notes.

27 Jan 00:

• Created the March 2000 meeting page and added the 802.5v/d1.3 Comment Report with committee resolutions as document 03-04.

26 Jan 00:

• Released 802.5w/d1.3a d1.3a . This is a clean draft of the document as approved, with change descriptions.

13 Jan 00:

• 802.5t (High Speed Token Ring) standard has today been ratified by the Standards Board of the IEEE!

24 Dec 99:

• Released 802.5z/D1 for initial working group letter ballot.

1 Dec 99:

• Released 802.5v/D1.3 for LMSC sponsor letter ballot.
• The 802.5 committee's statement on future plans is available. If you are interested in contributing to 802.5 without having to attend physical meetings, please respond to the Call for Interest and Participation.
• Added the 802.5v/d1.2 Comment Report with committee resolutions to the November meeting page as document 11-07.
• Posted the Kauai meeting minutes to the November meeting page as document 11-02.

12 Nov 99:

• Released 802.5w/d1.3 d1.3 for LMSC sponsor recirculation ballot.

4 Nov 99:

• Posted the 802.5z/d0.1 Strawman draft for Link Aggregation. This will be discussed at the November plenary meeting.
• Updated the Voters and Observers list on the standalone document page.
• Updated master document list in standalone document area.

1 Nov 99:

• Updated the 802.5w/d1.2 LMSC ballot comment report on the November plenary meeting page.

12 Oct 99:

• Added the 802.5w/d1.2 LMSC ballot comment report to the November plenary meeting page.

21 Sep 99:

• Updated the activity page to reflect PAR approvals, changes and withdrawl from the recent standards board meeting, and other recent events.

9 Sep 99:

• Upgraded the web server's operating system to NetBSD-1.4.1, on a larger disk. Repaired the counter. Updated the site details.
• Created the November plenary meeting page.
• Updated the activity page.

10 Aug 99:

• Posted reference documents for 802.5w d1.2 LMSC ballot.

29 Jul 99:

• Posted minutes and closing plenary presentation for the July 99 meeting

23 Jul 99:

• Re-released 802.5v d1.2 for 15-day recirculation ballot.

22 Jul 99:

• Updated the activities page with details of the current state of 802.5's PARs.
• Re-released 802.5w d1.2 for LMSC ballot.

28 Jun 99:

• 802.5t (High Speed Token Ring) has been conditionally approved as an IEEE standard by the standards board, pending resolution of the patent licensing issue on the 100 Mbit/s physical layers.
• Posted the agenda to the July plenary meeting page.

28 May 99:

• Created the July plenary meeting page.

26 May 99:

• Released 802.5v, d1.1 for 30 day working group recirculation ballot. The document, cover note and comment database can be fetched from the d1.1 page. This draft is the result of comment resoultion on draft 1.
• Posted minutes and meeting documents from January 99 interim meeting.

7 May 99:

• Added Comment report for 802.5v/d1.0 PDF.

5 May 99:

• Added the business cards to the March meeting page.

20 Apr 99:

• Released 802.5w, d1.1a for 10 day working group recirculation ballot. The document, cover note and comment database can be fetched from the d1.1 page. This draft fixes formatting errors in tables.

19 Apr 99:

• With my imminent departure, I have removed the fun pages. Still available from my personal web site.

3 Apr 99:

• Released 802.5w, d1.1 for 15 day working group recirculation ballot. The document, cover note and comment database can be fetched from the d1.1 page.

1 Apr 99:

• Released 802.5v, d1.0 for 30 day working group ballot. The document, cover note and comment database can be fetched from the d1.0 page.

26 Mar 99:

• Updated timetable on activities page with recent developments.

18 Mar 99:

• New page for May interim meeting, to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Includes details of the hotel and how to book it..

16 Mar 99:

• Posted meetings papers for the March plenary meeting.

4 Mar 99:

• Created the March plenary meeting page and added the provisional agenda.

4 Feb 99:

• Posted 1000 Mbit/s draft 0.3 for 29 day review.
• Posted updated proposed PAR and 5 criteria for Enhanced Source Routing to the documents page.

1 Feb 99:

• Posted proposed PAR and 5 criteria for Enhanced Source Routing to the documents page.

28 Jan 99:

• Posted minutes and meeting documents from January 99 interim meeting.
• Posted pictures of January 99 interim meeting to the fun page.

22 Jan 99:

• Posted an updated version of 802.5t/d2.5 on the 802.5t documents page and an updated comment report for 802.5w/d1 on the January interim meeting page.

18 Dec 98:

• Announced the Christmas downtime on the home page. Happy Christmas, everyone.

15 Dec 98:

• Added the provisional agenda to the January interim meeting page.

7 Dec 98:

• Corrected the Voters and Observers list on the standalone document page.

2 Dec 98:

• Posted the Errata document 802.5w/D1 for initial 30-day committee ballot.
• Posted revised Voters and Observers list on the standalone document page.
• Added new Purpose, Goals and Procedures document to the standalone document page.
• Added new document describing Gaining and Retaining Voting Membership of 802.5 to the standalone document page.
• Updated timetable on activities page to include 802.5w.
• Updated the contact information on the 802.5 home page to reflect responsibilities for new work items.

19 Nov 98:

• Updated timetable on activities page.
• Posted November meetings documents to the meetings page.
• Updated master document list in standalone document area.

15 Oct 98:

• Added rules for conduct of electronic votes to the Standalone Documents page.

13 Oct 98:

• Updated p802.5y (Token Ring Standard Unification) PAR document and posted a new 5 criteria document. Posted p802.5z (Aggregation of Link Segments) PAR and 5 criteria documents. These documents can be accessed from the current activities page, from within the relevant Active Working Group subsection.

8 Oct 98:

• Updated p802.5x (Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks: Source Routing) PAR and 5 Criteria documents, and posted p802.5y (Token Ring Standard Unification) PAR document. These three documents can be accessed from the current activities page, from within the relevant Active Working Group subsection.

28 Sep 98:

• Added IEEE 802.5t Draft 2.4 PDF file. This is the electronic version of the HSTR standard that is currently out for LMSC ballot (closing 19 October).

21 Sep 98:

• Updated January meeting page with the revised dates (January 18th-22nd, 1999).

16 Sep 98:

• Created November meeting page
• Created a set of "Not all committee work is dull..." pages. Also accessible from the bar at the top of the page, click [Fun Stuff].

7 Sep 98:

• Posted meeting papers to August meeting page.
• Updated master document list in standalone document area.

26 Aug 98:

• 802.5t (100 Mbit/s), draft 2.2 to draft 2.3 changes released for 10 day recirculation ballot.

20 Aug 98:

• Provisional agenda for upcoming interim meeting published and available from the August meeting page as document 08-01.

17 Aug 98:

• 802.5t and 802.5v ballots close. Comment database reports are available from the August meeting page as documents 08-05 and 08-06.

14 Aug 98:

The web server crashed last night at 5pm GMT. This was not noticed by the web maintainers until 9am the next day, when the server was successfully restarted. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused, and are investigating a more active way of monitoring the web server's health.

6 Aug 98:

• 802.5t (100 Mbit/s), draft 2.2 cover note updated to include LMSC balloting information.
• Changed dates of January 1999 interim meeting to week of January 11th, 1999.

3 Aug 98:

• 802.5t (100 Mbit/s), draft 2.2 updated to show change bars that were missing from Annex W.

30 Jul 98:

• 802.5t (100 Mbit/s), draft 2.2 released for 19 day recirculation ballot.

28 Jul 98:

• Added business cards to July meeting page.

27 Jul 98:

• Added updated pre-release 802.5t draft 2.2 clauses 9.2 and 9.3.

24 Jul 98:

• Added pre-release 802.5t draft 2.2 page.
• Added site details page.
• Updated the Documents and Committee Activities pages to reflect the status of the maintenance and source route VLAN PARs.

23 Jul 98:

• The web site now has a search engine. This will always be accessible from the menu items at the top of each page. If you have any comments on the search facility, mail me.

21 Jul 98:

• Released updated standalone documents
• Updated 1-800 number for the August meeting hotel.

20 Jul 98:

• General site clean-up.
• Removed 802.5u information. This has been merged into 802.5t.
• Created page for January 1999 interim meeting.

17 Jul 98:

• Posted 1000 Mbit/s strawman 0.2 for 30 day review.

14 Jul 98:

• Update committee officers
• Update committee activity
• Posted all July plenary meeting papers
• Posted July plenary meeting minutes

2 Jul 98:

• Posted updated May 98 interim meeting minutes.

30 Jun 98:

• Add UNH change papers to July plenary meeting.

12 Jun 98:

• Updated page for August interim meeting with hotel details.
• 802.5t (100 Mbit/s), draft 2.1b released for recirculation ballot.
  Remember:The ballot for 802.5t, draft 2.1b closes 5th July 1998.
• 802.5v (1000 Mbit/s), draft 0.1 released for initial review.

4 Jun 98:

• Created HSTR Draft 2.1 page.
• Added pre-release 802.5t/802.5u Clauses 1, 9.8 and Annex A to draft 2.1 page.
• Created page for July plenary meeting.
• Created page for standalone committee documents.

22 May 98:

• Added business cards to May 98 interim page.

18 May 98:

• Added meeting documents to May 98 interim page.
• Added meeting minutes to May 98 interim page.

07 May 98:

• Added document list to May 98 interim page.
• Added updated HSTR Annexes L and M to draft 2 page.

27 Apr 98:

• Add optional tour information to the May 98 interim site page.

14 Apr 98:

• Released updated minutes for Irvine meeting.
• The IEEE 802.5 web site is now accessible via a new and catchier domain name! Try accessing www.8025.org You can blame John Messenger for this...

6/7 Apr 98:

• Updated May interim meeting page with details of hotel and information about the area. You can contact Sarah Friedman Hagbi at Novacom (sarah@novacom.co.il) for more details.

30 Mar 98:

• 802.5t, draft 2 released for letter ballot.
  Remember:The ballot for 802.5t, draft 2 closes 10th May 1998.

19 Mar 98:

• Released updated minutes for Irvine meeting.

18 Mar 98:

• Added business cards from Irvine meeting.

17 Mar 98:

• Published meeting papers from March meeting
• Updated committee officers information on home page
• Updated activities page
• Updated meetings page
• Added July and August meetings pages

5 Mar 98:

• Added release 1 of the comments database and report for the ballot on 802.5t, draft 1, to the March 98 meeting page.

9 Feb 98:

• Added page for May interim meeting. Currently contains details from possible hosts.

2 Feb 98:

• Add document of comments against the HSTR StrawMan 0.5, annotated with editor's response, to the 802.5t draft 1 document page.

30 Jan 98:

• 802.5t, draft 1 released for letter ballot.
  Remember:The ballot for 802.5t, draft 1 closes 8th March 1998.

21 Jan 98:

• Created HSTR Draft 1.0 page.

20 Jan 98:

• Updated meeting 'ee' page to include meetings documents and minutes
• Updated committee timetable

9 Jan 98:

• Updated committee timetable
• Uploaded the 3 approved HSTR PARs (t, u and v)

6 Jan 98:

• Pointer to a local map and information on attractions in York added to the January 1998 meeting page.
• Add combined list of HSTR StrawMan 0.5 comments to January 1998 meeting page. This document (numbered 01-02) will form the basis for comment review during the January Interim meeting.

12 Dec 97:

• Links to the IEEE Standards Status Report database added to the documents page, for all the working group documents. This allows the current approval history to be read for each document.

5 Dec 97:

• Hotel booking information added to Meeting 'ee', January 1998 page.

4 Dec 97:

• Added Active Study Items to the activities page.

27 Nov 97:

• Strawman 0.5 released.

20 Nov 97:

• Add this What's New page!
• Updated meeting 'EE' minutes

19 Nov 97:

• Current Activity page added.
• Meeting 'ee' page started.
• Strawman 0.5 page started.

18 Nov 97:

• Web site comes online.