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Dear EC members,
This ballot closed 6PM EST Monday December 4, 2003. Below is the tentative tally--if I have missed your vote or incorrectly tallied it, please resend it to me. Regards,
--Paul Nikolich Vote categories: DIS DNV APP ABS ----------------------------------------------- 01 Geoff Thompson APP* 02 Mat Sherman APP* 03 Buzz Rigsbee APP* 04 Bob O'Hara APP* 05 Bill Quackenbush DNV 06 Tony Jeffree DNV 07 Bob Grow DIS 08 Stuart Kerry APP* 09 Bob Heile APP* 10 Roger Marks APP* 11 Mike Takefman APP* 12 Carl Stevenson APP* 13 Jerry Upton APP* total: -01- -02- -10- -00- * approved as ammended
below ----- Original Message -----
From: Paul
Nikolich
To: IEEE802
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 5:42 PM
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 Chairman, IEEE 802 LMSC REVISED WORDING 802 EC Members, DRAFT PRESS RELEASE 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." "REVISED TEXT INCORPORATED" 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 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." 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. "REVISED TEXT INCORPORATED" "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." 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
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