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All, on September 5th I circulated the attached
note to the reflector, volunteering to keep an 802RPR Issues list. Raj
explicitly responded with one potential issue, which was later withdrawn based
on follow-up email discussion. We have had a number of other interesting
reflector discussions which have not yet matured to the point where they are
ready to be boiled down to a simple statement for an issues list.
At this time I recommend that we go into the
November meeting with the format for an issues list, and, as yet, no crisply
defined issues. Following the November meeting we can post any issues that
are added during the meeting. From there, we can update the list
periodically as required.
Best regards,
Robert D. Love
President, LAN Connect Consultants 7105 Leveret Circle Raleigh, NC 27615 Phone: 919 848-6773 Mobile: 919 810-7816 email: rdlove@xxxxxxxx Fax: 720 222-0900 ----- Original Message -----
From: RDLove
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 11:19 AM
Subject: Next Steps toward an RPR Draft Standard As we plan to meet our aggressive RPR Standards
development
schedule, we need to be taking our first steps developing the draft.
One critical first step is generating a
comprehensive list of issues
that need to be solved before the draft goes out for Working Group ballot.
They say "A problem well defined is half solved".
For some of our problems it will likely not be that
easy. However, until
the problems are defined we will have almost no
hope of solving them.
The issues list we will develop as a result of this
input will be a living
document, complete with issue description, an
estimate of what it will
take to resolve (i.e. presentation of technical data, agreement from
competing proposals, etc.) along with a time frame for resolution.
Some of the issues
will require a leader to be named to drive the
issue
and develop a
recommended resolution for the working group to consider.
For others, we may need a small ad-hoc group
composed of the
competing factions. They will either develop a recommendation
for the working group to consider, or, if unable
to do so, develop a
proposed set of criteria for the working group to
assign weights to
in rating the
competing proposals.
As a working group we will need to evaluate the
issues to decide if
the group believes they are relevant, and if so,
when we should be in a
position to resolve them.
Ideally, we should have a fairly comprehensive set
of issues by the start
of the November
meeting. If the group does not already have an issues
list and owner, I volunteer to develop and maintain the list based on
concerns expressed by anyone in the
group.
Here is a suggested format for that list:
Initially, issues should be submitted with an abbreviated title and a description of the problem in sufficient detail for us to begin to develop plans to resolve it. As the issues come in, they will be assigned a number and placed in the table of issues, which should be prominently posted on our web site. As we progress on the issues we will update the chart. I request of each of you to begin compiling your own issues lists - areas that need addressing. Please send them to the reflector. I will create a "master" table with all issues on it. At the November meeting we should have some time to scrub the table, combining some of the issues and dropping others. Following November meeting we will be in a position to publish on the web our first issues list. Best regards,
Best regards, Robert D. Love
President, LAN Connect Consultants 7105 Leveret Circle Raleigh, NC 27615 Phone: 919 848-6773 Fax: 720 222-0900 email: rdlove@xxxxxxxx |