[802SEC] March IEEE802 Session: No Opening Ceremony
All-
We had expected the need for an Opening Ceremony in Beijing to recognize
meeting sponsors and possibly CCSA, but all have all chosen to decline.
Opening Ceremonies are fairly costly to produce, further stressing the
session budget, so rather than attempting to produce one on our own, the
better part of valor in this case is not to have one. By the way, there is
no hidden message in the declines, in case you wondering. It is just the
way things worked out. In any event, you now have some extra time for your
WG/TAG activities.
We will still be publicly recognizing WSN and Huawei, but in other
ways. WSN made it possible to hold the session by acting as our local host
and provider of the invitation letters for the visas. Huawei is graciously
contributing $20k to the Session treasury. We owe them both a vote of
thanks for their support
Regards
Bob
Bob Heile, Ph.D
Chairman Emeritus & Chief Technologist, ZigBee Alliance
Chair, IEEE 802.15 Working Group on Wireless Personal Area Networks
Co-Chair IEEE P2030 Task Force 3 on Smartgrid Communications
11 Robert Toner Blvd
Suite 5-301
North Attleboro, MA 02763 USA
Mobile: +1-781-929-4832
email: bheile@ieee.org
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