Re: [802SEC] !!!URGENT!!!+++EC Email Ballot+++ENDS NLT 27 JAN 2005+++Letter to SC6 & China Delegation+++tentative tally
Paul/Colleagues-
You may wish to reconsider paragraph #2. I don't think a boilerplate
paragraph about just the IEEE really supports the case we are trying to
make without some more text to position the IEEE-SA and also 802's
relationship with JTC-1. Perhaps something like the following:
- IEEE is the foremost technical professional association, with more
than 360,000 individual members in approximately 175 countries, and is a
leading authority in technical areas pertaining to electrical and
electronic engineering. Many Chinese professionals are members of
IEEE and have been honored for their contributions. [Insert new text
something like:] The IEEE Standards Association develops standards on a
national and {multi/trans/inter}national basis and its standards provide
the text for {many/over nn} standards in both IEC and JTC-1.
- IEEE Project 802, recognized on a world-wide basis, is the premier
forum responsible for development of local and metropolitan networking
standards under the ISO/IEC 8802 document series. Within IEEE
Project 802, the IEEE 802.11 Working Group is responsible for Wireless
LAN standards. This working group receives contributions from
individuals from all over the world, and has over 700 active participants
from nn countries. IEEE 802.11 Task Groups are actively working on many
issues pertaining to wireless LANs, including High Throughput, Fast BSS
Transition, Mesh Networking, and improved wireless LAN Network
Management.
I hope this is of some help.
Geoff
At 06:05 PM 1/22/2005 -0500, Paul Nikolich wrote:
Dear EC
members,
The email ballot on the below motion on the attached letter the sooner of
11AM ET 27JAN 2005 or 24 hours after all EC members cast a vote.
Please cast your vote immediately, as we need this ballot to close as
soon as possible to get the letter out well before Roger goes to
China.
The tentative tally for the below motion is:
06 Approve
00 Disapprove
10 Did Not Vote
00 Abstains
Please verify your vote, if I did not record it correctly below, send me
a
correction note. If you did not vote, please cast your ballot
as soon as
possible.
Regards,
--Paul Nikolich
Vote categories:
DIS DNV APP
ABS
-----------------------------------------------
01 Mat
Sherman`
APP
02 Pat
Thaler+
DNV
03 Buzz
Rigsbee`
APP
04 Bob
O'Hara`
APP
05 John
Hawkins=
DNV
06 Tony
Jeffree`
APP
07 Bob
Grow=
DNV
08 Stuart
Kerry=
DNV
09 Bob
Heile=
DNV
10 Roger
Marks`
APP
11 Mike
Takefman`
APP
12 Mike
Lynch=
DNV
13 Steve
Shellhammer=
DNV
14 Jerry
Upton=
DNV
15 Ajay
Rajkumar-
DNV
16 Carl
Stevenson=
DNV
---++++---+++++---++++---
TOTALS
DIS DNV APP
ABS
total: -0- -10- -6-
-0-
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Nikolich
To: STDS-802-SEC@listserv.ieee.org
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 10:36 AM
Subject: [802SEC] !!!URGENT!!!+++EC Email Ballot+++ENDS NLT 27 JAN 2005+++Letter to SC6 & China Delegation
Dear EC members,
This is a email ballot to make a determination on the below motion. Please vote as soon as you see this email, as we need to get the letter to SC6 and the Head of the China delegation as soon as possible so they have the approved letter prior to Roger's visit to CESI on 28 January.
Motion: "To approve the document PEN SC6_China_letter_r1 subject to editorial revision and formatting, for distribution."
Moved: Stuart Kerry
Second: Roger Marks
The text of the letter was approved at the 802.11 WG Interim Session on 21 JAN 2005 by a vote of 79 approve, 0 disapprove, 2 abstain.
The ballot opens Saturday 22 JAN 11am ET and closes the sooner of Thursday 27 JAN 11am ET or 24 hours after all EC member have cast a
vote (a vote consists of an explicit APPROVE, DISAPPROVE or ABSTAIN).
Regards,
--Paul Nikolich
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PEN SC6_China_letter_r1.doc
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IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee
Paul Nikolich
Chair, IEEE 802 LMSC
18 Bishops Lane
Lynnfield, MA 01940
cell: +1 857.205.0050
p.nikolich@ieee.org
TO: ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 Convener/Secretariat, WG1 Convener
TO: Xu Dongmei, China ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 Head of Delegation
CC: Roger Marks, Liaison IEEE 802 Project 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee to China
SUBJECT: Forwarding of China's submission N12687 to IEEE Project 802 for information
DATE: 21 January 2005
Thank you for forwarding China's submission N12687 to IEEE Project 802 LMSC in November 2004 for information. We understand that this was done by ISO/IEC to request consideration of this submission by IEEE Project 802 for the ISO/IEC 8802 document series. An LMSC sub committee was formed to review submission N12687.
IEEE is the foremost technical professional association, with more than 360,000 individual members in approximately 175 countries, and is a leading authority in technical areas pertaining to electrical and electronic engineering. Many Chinese professionals are members of IEEE and have been honored for their contributions. IEEE Project 802 is responsible for development of the ISO/IEC 8802 document series. Within IEEE Project 802, the IEEE 802.11 Working Group is responsible for Wireless LAN standards. This working group receives contributions from individuals from all over the world, and has over 700 active participants. IEEE 802.11 Task Groups are actively working on many issues pertaining to wireless LANs, including High Throughput, Fast BSS Transition, Mesh Networking, and improved wireless LAN Network Management.
IEEE Project 802 LMSC and the IEEE 802.11 Working Group fully support China's desire to improve WLAN security. As Chairs, we invite and encourage Chinese participation in IEEE Project 802 LMSC. Participation includes working with committees within IEEE Project 802 LMSC to identify ways to incorporate submission N12687 into the IEEE Std. 802.11 Wireless LAN Working Group via LMSC's well-defined standards development process. If we can work together to incorporate the technical components described in submission N12687 into IEEE Std. 802.11, then it will be part of a future submission by IEEE Project 802 LMSC to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 for inclusion into the ISO/IEC 8802 document series.
After receiving submission N12687 from ISO/IEC, the IEEE 802.11 Working Group sub-Committee reviewed the submission and identified ways to incorporate submission N12687 into the IEEE Std 802.11. The analysis identified essential technical components of N12687 that could be incorporated as extensions to the IEEE Std. 802.11, and also uncovered impediments to incorporating submission N12687 in its current form. For example, submission N12687 as it stands does not provide for forward compatibility with other amendments now under development by the IEEE 802.11 Working Group, such as management frame security or MSDU aggregation, to enable high data rates over100Mbps throughput.
Incorporation of essential technical components from submission N12687 in IEEE Std 802.11 will require experts from China to participate in committees within IEEE Project 802 LMSC so that the result meets China's needs, is backward compatible with the existing IEEE 802.11 and ISO/IEC 8802-11 standards, and forward compatible with other amendments already under way. Backward and forward compatibility is necessary for market success, enabling widespread technology deployment using a generally respected standard.
Thank you again for the opportunity to consider the best way towards a unified and consistent international standard. We suggest that the next step be to convene joint meetings in China, to discuss both the process and technical aspects of moving forward.
Sincerely
Paul Nikolich Stuart Kerry
Chair IEEE Project 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee Chair IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN Working Group
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