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RE: CD ROM Distribution




Buzz,

If it helps, 802.11 and (I am sure) 802.15 can provide the member list
(including nearly-voting member list for those that will obtain membership
as soon as they register) before the meeting!

Vic 

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> From: 	Howard Frazier[SMTP:hfrazier@cisco.com]
> Sent: 	Thursday, October 28, 1999 02:03
> To: 	stds-802-sec@ieee.org
> Subject: 	RE: CD ROM Distribution
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> If Dawn needs the WG voter lists earlier (tuesday afternoon as
> opposed to Wednesday morning) that's fine by me.  I didn't realize
> that her staff would be burning the midnight oil tuesday night to
> correlate the lists.
> 
> I don't think that we should hand out CDs to every one who registers.
> 
> Howard
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> From Everett.Rigsbee@PSS.Boeing.com Wed Oct 27 16:14:07 1999
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> From: "Rigsbee, Everett O" <Everett.Rigsbee@PSS.Boeing.com>
> To: stds-802-sec@ieee.org, 802 Howard Frazier <hfrazier@cisco.com>
> Subject: RE: CD ROM Distribution
> Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 15:15:20 -0700
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> Howard,  Thanx for your suggestions, but that is not quite the way we do
> it.
> 
>   1) We need to get the voting members lists by Tuesday afternoon.  
>   2) We use these update the data base with the voting membership
> information by 1:00pm on Wednesday.  
>   3) We are then able to run a single list of all registered, WG voting
> members who are entitled to receive the CD-ROM, and we use this list as a
> signature sheet for those recipients.  There are no multiple lists to
> check !!!
>   4) The distribution begins at 2:00pm on Wednesday.
> 
> I think the obvious improvement to the process is to eliminate the
> requirement for WG Voting membership.  Then we could hand out the CD-ROMs
> as part of the registration check-in starting Sunday night.  All
> registered 802 attendees would receive a copy of the CD-ROM and all the
> hassle of getting the database completely updated by Wednesday at 1:00pm
> would go away.
> 
> I think this process would help to reduce the deadbeats as well because
> those new folks would have some tangible benefit for submitting to the
> registration process.  
> 
> Thanx,  Buzz
> Everett O. (Buzz) Rigsbee
> Boeing SSG
> PO Box 3707, M/S: 7M-FM
> Seattle, WA  98124-2207
> ph: (425) 865-2443, fx: (425) 865-6721
> email:  everett.o.rigsbee@boeing.com
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> > From: 	Howard Frazier[SMTP:hfrazier@cisco.com]
> > Sent: 	Wednesday, October 27, 1999 1:57 PM
> > To: 	stds-802-sec@ieee.org
> > Subject: 	CD ROM Distribution
> > Dear SEC members,
> > I propose the following procedure for the distribution of the new
> > edition of the 802 Standards CDROM at the November meeting:
> >  1) CDROMs will be distributed to voting members of 802 Working
> >     Groups who register and pay their fees for this meeting, and
> >     who are not in arrears on fees for previous meetings.
> >  2) WG membership lists must be provided by the WG chairs to
> >     Dawn by 8:00 am Wednesday morning.
> >  3) CDROM will be distributed from 1:00 to 5:00 pm on Wednesday
> >     and from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm on Thursday.
> >  4) It will not be necessary to return any previously issued copy
> >     of the CDROM in order to obtain a new one.
> > I note that this procedure will require Dawn's staff to check three
> > lists in order to determine whether an individual is entitled to
> > a CDROM, those being the registration list, the voter list, and the
> > deadbeat list.  Sounds like a lot of checking, which is why I am
> > giving them 5 hours (from 8:00 am Wednesday until 1:00 pm Wednesday)
> > to correlate the lists.  Anybody got a better plan?  I'm all ears.
> > Howard Frazier
> > 
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