Disapprove, unless some changes are made.
I don’t like the quotes at all.
I don’t know if Stuart’s quote
is extracted from his acceptance at the meeting, or generated for this
release. The tone created by “important to me” as I believe IEEE
releases should speak for the relevant standards development groups. I
would support
"This award is all the more important to us because we know how
technically astute the editors of PC Magazine are. It's also significant
that this is the second time an 802.11 standard has won this prestigious award.
We received the first one for IEEE 802.11b-1999."
I can’t parse Paul’s quote when
put into the context of the following sentence. Something is wrong with
the “IEEE 802.11” and the “working group” usage (obviously
802.11 is part of 802.11). If currently reads.
"This award provides additional recognition of the IEEE 802.11
working group as the preeminent wireless LAN standards development
organization," said Paul Nikolich, Chair of the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards
Committee. The IEEE 802.11 working group is part of this committee.
This should either read:
"This award provides additional recognition of IEEE 802 as the
preeminent LAN standards development organization," said Paul Nikolich,
Chair of the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee. The IEEE 802.11
working group is part of this committee.
or the arguable but less politic (sorry
802.15, 16, et. al.):
"This award provides additional recognition of the IEEE 802.11
working group as the preeminent wireless LAN standards development
organization," said Paul Nikolich, Chair of the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards
Committee.
I would prefer something more like:
"This award provides additional recognition of IEEE 802 as the
preeminent LAN standards development organization," said Paul Nikolich,
Chair of the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee, “and especially as
recognition of the dedicated contributors to the IEEE 802.11g standard.”
--Bob
-----Original Message-----
From:
owner-stds-802-sec@majordomo.ieee.org
[mailto:owner-stds-802-sec@majordomo.ieee.org] On Behalf Of Paul Nikolich
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003
2:42 PM
To: IEEE802
Cc: k.mccabe@ieee.org
Subject: [802SEC] +++EC Motion+++
Motion to approve a Press Release for the 802.11g Award for Technical
Excellence
Dear SEC members,
This is a 10 day SEC email ballot to make a determination by EC motion to
approve the below 802.11g Press Release. Please note I have placed a
modifier on the closing time of the ballot such that it may
close no later than 10 days after the start of the email
ballot or as soon 24 hours after every member of the EC casts a
definitive ballot (APP, DIS or ABS). The reason for the modifier
is to allow the press release, if it is approved, to be issued as quickly
as possible.
Motion
The LMSC executive committee approval of the below 802.11g Award
press release.
Moved by Stuart Kerry
Seconded by Bob Heile
The email ballot opens on Monday Nov 24 6PM EST and closes the sooner of
Thursday Dec 4 6PM EST or 24 hours after every member of the EC
has cast a ballot, whichever comes first.
Please direct your responses to the EC reflector with a CC directly to me
(p.nikolich@ieee.org).
Regards,
- Paul Nikolich
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, November
24, 2003 5:11 PM
Subject: 802.11g Award for
Technical Excellence Press Release Motion
Paul,
This
is the press release motion I would like to put to the 802 EC for consideration
and approval under our LMSC P&P.
I
will Move, and Bob Heile will second.
+++++++++
Dear
802 EC Members,
I
have great pleasure to inform you all that 802.11 WG has won a second
prestigious award from PC Magazine.
The 20th Annual Awards for Technical
Excellence
By the Editors of PC Magazine
November 18, 2003
I am very
pleased to announce that the IEEE 802.11 Working Group and the Wi-Fi Alliance
have jointly been awarded the PC Magazine 2003 award for Technical Excellence
in the Protocol section for the 802.11gTM amendment, on Monday night at the Venetian Hotel, Las
Vegas, NV ceremony. Stuart J. Kerry (IEEE 802.11 Chair) and Frank Hanzlik
(Managing Director of Wi-Fi Alliance) were present to accept the award on
behalf of our members. The other two finalist in our category were Serial ATA
and WS-I Basic Profile.
We were in very good company during this ceremony, as other awards were
presented for "Person of the Year" - Carly Fiorina (HP) and
"Lifetime Achievement" - Scott Cook (Intuit) amongst others.
Protocols
Winner: IEEE 802.11 Working Group and the Wi-Fi Alliance
"The IEEE's 802.11g standard defines the way
wireless LAN gear communicates at up to 54 megabits per second while remaining
backward-compatible with 11-Mbps 802.11b. This important breakthrough enables
streaming media, video downloads, and a greater concentration of users without
interference. In addition to technical hurdles, the standards group had to
overcome commercial rivalries and FCC rule changes to enact the standard."
+++++++++
Press
Release for EC Motion approval, that has been worked on by IEEE, Paul Nikolich,
and myself. We believe that this event merits a press release, and therefore
present the text of the Draft release below:
DRAFT
PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Stuart J. Kerry, IEEE 802.11 Working Group
Chair
+1 408 991 4854, stuart.kerry@philips.com
or
Karen McCabe, IEEE Senior Marketing Manager
+1 732-562-3824, k.mccabe@ieee.org
HIGHER-SPEED
IEEE WIRELESS LAN PROTOCOL WINS
PC MAGAZINE
AWARD FOR TECHNOLOGY EXCELLENCE
PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, __ Nov. 2003
– The IEEE 802.11g™ standard for higher-speed wireless transmission
in local area networks (LANs) has won the Protocol Category in PC Magazine's
20th Annual Awards for Technical Excellence competition. This standard
was selected over two other finalists in the same category: Serial ATA
for storage devices and WS-I Basic Profile for interoperable web services.
PC Magazine chose IEEE's 802.11g because it "defines the way wireless LAN
gear communicates at up to 54 megabits per second while remaining
backward-compatible with 11-Mbps 802.11b™. This important
breakthrough enables streaming media, video downloads, and a greater
concentration of users without interference."
Stuart J. Kerry, Chair of the IEEE 802.11™ Working Group for Wireless
LANs, who accepted the award for the IEEE at a ceremony at the Comdex trade
show in Las Vegas, said: "This award is all the more important to me
because I know how technically astute the editors of PC Magazine are.
It's also significant that this is the second time an 802.11 standard has
won this prestigious award. We received the first one for IEEE
802.11b-1999."
PC Magazine's annual technical excellence awards recognize "the products
and technologies that moved the state of the art forward, those that broke new
ground." Winners of the current awards were selected by the magazine's
editorial and laboratory staff from products and protocols that became
available between September 2002 and September 2003.
"This award provides additional recognition of the IEEE 802.11 working
group as the preeminent wireless LAN standards development organization,"
said Paul Nikolich, Chair of the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee.
The IEEE 802.11 working group is part of this committee.
The IEEE 802.11g amendment, which raised the data rate of IEEE 802.11b networks
to 54 Mbps from 11 Mbps, was released in June 2003. The Wi-Fi Alliance
then created an interoperability certification testing program for products
based on the standard. These products have proven highly successful in
the global wireless LAN market.
The transmission speed added by IEEE 802.11g gives wireless networks the
ability to serve up to four to five times more users than they could with IEEE
802.11b. This has opened possibilities for the use of IEEE 802.11
networks in more demanding applications, such as wireless multimedia video
transmission and broadcast MPEG.
IEEE 802.11g units are able to fall back to speeds of 11 Mbps, so IEEE 802.11b
and IEEE 802.11g devices can coexist in the same network. Both standards
apply to the 2.4 GHz frequency band.
IEEE 802.11 standards form a family of specifications that define how WLAN
equipment should be produced so equipment from different manufacturers can work
together. IEEE 802.11g, "Higher Speed Physical Layer (PHY) Extension to
IEEE 802.11b," was developed by the IEEE 802.11 Working Group, which is
sponsored by the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee of the IEEE
Computer Society. For further information, visit: http://www.ieee802.org/.
About the IEEE Standards Association
The IEEE
Standards Association, a globally recognized standards-setting body, develops
consensus standards through an open process that brings diverse parts of an
industry together. These standards set specifications and procedures
based on current scientific consensus. The IEEE-SA has a portfolio of
more than 870 completed standards and more than 400 standards in development.
Over 15,000 IEEE members worldwide belong to IEEE-SA and voluntarily
participate in standards activities. For further information on IEEE-SA
see: http://www.standards.ieee.org/.
About the IEEE
The IEEE has more than 375,000 members in
approximately 150 countries. Through its members, the organization is a leading
authority on areas ranging from aerospace, computers and telecommunications to
biomedicine, electric power and consumer electronics. The IEEE produces nearly
30 percent of the world's literature in the electrical and electronics
engineering, computing and control technology fields. This nonprofit
organization also sponsors or cosponsors more than 300 technical conferences
each year. Additional information about the IEEE can be found at http://www.ieee.org.
+++++++++
/
Stuart
_______________________________
Stuart J. Kerry
Chair, IEEE 802.11 WLANs WG
Philips Semiconductors, Inc.
1109 McKay Drive, M/S 48A SJ,
San Jose, CA 95131-1706,
United States of America.
Ph : +1 (408) 474-7356
Fax: +1 (408) 474-7247
Cell: +1 (408) 348-3171
eMail: stuart.kerry@philips.com
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