I agree with you that Mike did an excellent job. Applauses to the both
of you.
Congratulations to all of the members of the RPRSG!
You have worked hard to get to this point, and you
deserve praise for your efforts. There is more hard
work ahead, but I think you are off to a very good start.
I would also like to say that you should be very proud
of your chairman. Mike did an excellent job of representing
you in the meetings. You should also be very proud of your
selves. It was no easy task to convince 802 that it should
do another ring project, but you succeeded admirably.
This is just the beginning, but it is a major step,
and a great way to start things off. I never expected
a unanimous vote from the SEC on this project, and you
deserve a lot of credit for getting all of 802 signed
on in support of your project.
Howard Frazier
DomiNet Systems
Mike Takefman wrote:
>
> I am pleased to announce that the IEEE802 SEC has approved
> The formation of the 802.17 Resilient Packet Ring working
> group subject to approval by NESCOM in December.
>
> The vote to approve was unanimous (11/0/0) and in particular
> we received praise from both Howard Frazier (Recording
> Secretary) for our hard work and from Geoff Thompson
> (802.3 Chair) for working diligently to address the concerns
> of 802.3.
>
> I would like to extend my thanks to all of you who have
> been attending the study group meetings and working hard
> at drafting our PAR and 5 Criteria.
>
> I was appointed interim Chair until the first plenary
> meeting where we will vote for all of the executive officers.
> The executive officers are: Chair; Vice Chair; Secretary;
> Webmaster. We will vote for editors once we get a sense
> of just how much editing will be required. I would like
> people to declare their interest for positions at the
> January 16/17 meeting so that people can get to know
> them.
>
> The SEC reminded us that membership (voting rights!)
> in 802.17 will accrue automatically to all people who
> attend the first plenary meeting and participate for
> at least 75% of the meeting.
>
> The preliminary (interim) meeting that will be held
> January 16/17 DOES NOT accrue voting rights nor does it
> count towards membership.
>
> The decision on venue for January will be made shortly.
> Please watch the reflector and the web-site for the
> announcement. I would appreciate an email from people
> to let me know whether they will attend or not. This
> will help us get a sense of how large a meeting room
> is required.
>
> I will attempt to get the 802.17 web-site running, although
> it will have to wait until after the approval by
> NESCOM. Anyone wanting to volunteer to help me do
> this would be appreciated.
>
> congratulations!
>
> mike