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RE: Straw Poll for Millenium Medal




I agree with Bill.

I would also co-sign.  Vic

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> From: 	Bill Lidinsky[SMTP:lidinsky@hep.net]
> Sent: 	Wednesday, September 29, 1999 04:02
> To: 	Paul Nikolich; jcarlo@ti.com
> Cc: 	stds-802-sec@ieee.org
> Subject: 	Re: Straw Poll for Millenium Medal
> 
> 
> I just saw the email below from Paul Nikolich.  (One of the 1094
> messages currently in my inbox.)  This is awful.
> 
>    +----------------------------------------------+
>    | THIS DOES A HUGE INJUSTICE TO MARIS GRAUBE!! |
>    +----------------------------------------------+
> 
> We must all bear shame for this!  Shame, SHAME, *SHAME*!!
> 
> Maris founded IEEE802 and was its chair for longer than any other
> chair.  He contributed greatly to early standards efforts.  He
> reorganized it to make it what it is today.  Not to detract from those
> identified below, I feel this decision is *AWFUL*.  NO, IT IS AWESOMELY
> AWFUL!
> 
> In addition, echoing some of the comments made by others on this mailer,
> I feel strongly that we are patting ourselves on our backs.  This has
> been done for other medals in the past and we're doing it again.  I can
> personally say that I've seen members of 802 laugh at us for this. 
> We're a joke!
> 
> If this is the SEC's decision on the millennium medals, so be it.  It is
> our shame!   But Jim Carlo, please tell me to whom you have or will send
> this list.  I feel compelled to write an open letter to the IEEE,
> directed to that person stating my thoughts and reasons.
> 
> 			Bill
> 
> Paul Nikolich wrote:
> > 
> > Dear SEC voting members:
> > 
> > The four Millenium Medal candidates from IEEE 802 shall be:
> > 
> > Jim Carlo, Howard Frazier, Don Loughry and Geoff Thompson.
> > 
> > WIll the four nominees please fill out the applications (below in bold)
> and send them to Jim Carlo and myself for submission to the Millenium
> Medal committee.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > --Paul
> > 
> > Millennium Medal IEEE-SA Criteria
> > 
> > Context: At the beginning of the third millennium give recognition to
> 3000 individuals for their professional achievements worthy of recognition
> for significant impact leading up to and including the new millennium.
> > 
> > Millennium medals are to be awarded to those individuals for their
> outstanding contributions to the profession and to society in general. The
> medals are to be awarded by Societies, Sections, and major boards of which
> the IEEE-SA is one such entity. Each major board will recognize
> outstanding individuals based on outstanding contributions to that board
> and its major programs and activities. A recipient must be a member of the
> IEEE but does not have to be a member of the IEEE-SASB or the IEEE-SA BoG.
> We should identify and recognize individuals whose contributions helped to
> bring in and support the new millennium.
> > 
> > Two categories of nominees will be considered:
> > 
> > 1) Nominees recognized for their development of standard(s) having a
> major impact on industry. This could be for a single standard or a family
> of standards.
> > 
> > 2) Nominees recognized for their contributions to the development or
> establishment of management infrastructure having significant impact on
> industry now or in the next millennium. This could be for a new major
> infrastructure or for major improvements and evolution of an existing
> infrastructure.
> > 
> >           The following information is required to evaluate nominees for
> a Millennium Medal:
> > 
> >           1) Name of candidate. A group of individuals might also be
> considered.
> > 
> >           2) Category for consideration (i.e., standards development or
> management infrastructure)
> > 
> >           3) Identification of the standard or management infrastructure
> for which the individual should be recognized.
> > 
> >           4) The role the individual played in generating the standard
> or infrastructure for which a medal is to be awarded. This should be a
> brief, clear, and succinct statement no longer than a single paragraph in
> length.
> > 
> >           5) A brief statement identifying the nature of the impact
> expected to flow from the individual's efforts. This should be a clear and
> succinct statement no longer than a single paragraph in length.
> > 
> >           This material should be sent to Dennis Bodson, Chairman
> IEEE-SA ArCom, via email at d.bodson@ieee.org no later than September 1,
> 1999.
>