Re: [802SEC] +++++ EC Ballot on P802.11z press release +++++

[Geoff Thompson <thompson@ieee.org>]

Bruce-

I'm willing to support a press release and so I will vote YES
HOWEVER, I strongly feel that this one "needs work" in two areas

First area:    The opening paragraph reads like a legal notice, not like 
a press release.  It should at least be constructed so that an editor 
can easily and obviously prune it down for publication.  I suggest the 
following:

   PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, 10 June 2011 -- The IEEE today announced that
   it has published IEEE Std 802.11z, Wireless LAN: Extensions to
   Direct Link Setup.
   The full, formal designation of the standard is: IEEE Std
   802.11z^(TM)- 2011, Standard for Information
   Technology-Telecommunications and Information Exchange between
   systems-Local and Metropolitan networks-Specific requirements-Part
   11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer
   (PHY) specifications: Extensions to Direct Link Setup.

Please not that the original text is incorrect in that it says:

   IEEE 802.11z^(TM)- 2011

Whereas, I believe that by convention, it should say:

   IEEE Std 802.11z^(TM)- 2011

2nd area:
I find the technical explanation to be quite confusing.  It seems to 
imply that the technology provides a (tunneled) path through the access 
point but not going up the backbone to a router and back but it also 
seems to imply that it reduces the number of air hops from two. (That 
would imply a direct STA - STA connection similar to an ad hoc network.)
Therefore I believe some editorial work is in order to make things clearer.

Good luck,

    Geoff

On 126//11 12:40 PM, Bruce Kraemer wrote:
> Dear EC members,
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> IEEE P802.11z (Direct Link Setup) has been  published and during its May meeting WG11 developed a draft press release that was subsequently reviewed and edited by Karen McCabe.
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> I'm now seeking EC approval to publish the press release.
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> The document is attached but I'm also providing the link to the document:
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> https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/11/11-11-0698-02-0000-p802-11z-press-release.doc
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> Paul has delegated the conduct of the EC electronic ballot on the following motion to me. I am announcing the possibility of an 'early close' to this ballot (see below).
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> Best regards,
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> Bruce
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> Motion
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> The EC supports the IEEE P802.11z press release with editorial changes as deemed necessary.
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> Move:   Bruce Kraemer
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> Second: Jon Rosdahl
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> Start of ballot: Sunday 12th June
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> Close of ballot: Wednesday 22th June  11:59PM AOE
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> Early close: As required in subclause 4.1.2.2 'Electronic Balloting' of the IEEE project 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee (LMSC) Operations Manual, this is notice that, to ensure the release is provided in a timely manner, this ballot may close early once sufficient responses are received to clearly decide a matter.
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