Re: [802SEC] +++EC Motion+++ Motion to approve a Press Release for the 802.11g Award for Technical Excellence
Ditto.
mike
Sherman, Matthew J. wrote:
> Approved with Bob Grow's changes.
>
>
> Matthew Sherman, PhD
> Senior Member Technical Staff
> BAE SYSTEMS, CNIR
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* stuart.kerry@philips.com [mailto:stuart.kerry@philips.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, November 24, 2003 8:12 PM
> *To:* bob.grow@intel.com
> *Cc:* k.mccabe@ieee.org; p.nikolich@ieee.org; stds-802-sec@ieee.org
> *Subject:* RE: [802SEC] +++EC Motion+++ Motion to approve a Press
> Release for the 802.11g Award for Technical Excellence
>
>
> Bob,
>
> Thank you for your good suggestions. I would agree with you that
> they should be phrased that way.
>
> I have made my comments beside each.
>
> / Stuart
>
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>
> *"Grow, Bob" <bob.grow@intel.com>*
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> 11/24/2003 16:09
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> To: "Paul Nikolich" <p.nikolich@ieee.org>
> "IEEE802" <stds-802-sec@ieee.org>
> cc: <k.mccabe@ieee.org>
> (bcc: Stuart Kerry/SVL/SC/PHILIPS)
> Subject: RE: [802SEC] +++EC Motion+++ Motion to
> approve a Press Release for the 802.11g Award for Technical Excellence
>
> Classification:
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> 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."
>
> >>> SJK: ACCEPT THE ABOVE SUGGESTION FOR CORRECTION /
> INCORPORATION INTO PRESS RELEASE
>
> 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."
>
> >>> SJK: ACCEPT THE ABOVE SUGGESTION FOR CORRECTION /
> INCORPORATION INTO PRESS RELEASE
>
>
> --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_ <mailto:p.nikolich@ieee.org>).
>
> Regards,
>
> - Paul Nikolich
> Chairman, IEEE 802 LMSC
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* _stuart.kerry@philips.com_ <mailto:stuart.kerry@philips.com>
> *To:* _p.nikolich@ieee.org_ <mailto:p.nikolich@ieee.org>
> *Cc:* _hworstell@att.com_ <mailto:hworstell@att.com> ;
> _apetrick@icefyre.com_ <mailto:apetrick@icefyre.com> ;
> _brian@linux-wlan.com_ <mailto:brian@linux-wlan.com> ;
> _k.mccabe@ieee.org_ <mailto:k.mccabe@ieee.org>
> *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
> 802.11g^TM 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(tm) 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(tm). 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(tm) 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/_.
>
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>
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>
> +++++++++
>
> / Stuart
> _______________________________
>
> Stuart J. Kerry
> Chair, IEEE 802.11 WLANs WG
>
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