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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
> Office: +1 973.633.6344
> email:  matthew.sherman@baesystems.com
> 
>     -----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
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     *"Grow, Bob" <bob.grow@intel.com>*
> 
>     Sent by:
>     owner-stds-802-sec@majordomo.ieee.org
> 
>     11/24/2003 16:09
> 
>            
>             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:        
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     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/_.
> 
>     *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
> 
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> 
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>     _______________________________
> 


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