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Re: [802SEC] Consent agenda item for Monday: IEEE Std 802.3bz-2016 draft press release



Dear David,

I've got too somewhat conflicting thoughts about this.

The changes are editorial. Does it really need another vote? It would be nice to get a press release out somewhat promptly.

The changes make an already long sentence even longer. The resulting sentence is:
Completed in 18 months, IEEE 802.3bz-2016  supports the growing need for Ethernet connectivity over structured twisted pair wiring beyond the 1 Gb/s capability provided by the IEEE 802.3ab standard (1000BASE-T), which is considered by many to be the most successful Ethernet physical layer standard.
I know what it is saying but it is hard to parse. While I wouldn't vote against the press release in this form, because it needs to get out, I don't think the overall change is an improvement. If they didn't like "completed in record time" (and I can see reasons against that text), then it could have been:
"IEEE 802.3bz-2016 was completed in 18 months. It supports...."
I'm fine with also deleting the unnecessary "ever".

Regards,
Pat

On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 6:07 AM, Law, David <dlaw@hpe.com> wrote:
Dear EC,

The IEEE corporate review of the IEEE Std 802.3bz-2016 draft press release we approved last month resulted in the changes marked in the attached updated draft release available at <https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/16/ec-16-0171-00-00EC-ieee-std-802-3bz-2016-publication-press-release.pdf>. I've also attached a copy of the updated draft release. Due to this I've asked that the following motion be placed on the Monday morning opening IEEE 802 EC consent agenda.

Best regards,
  David

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Motion:

The EC supports the IEEE Std 802.3bz-2016 2.5/5GBASE-T publication press release available at <https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/16/ec-16-0171-00-00EC-ieee-std-802-3bz-2016-publication-press-release.pdf>, to be issued with editorial changes as deemed necessary.

Move: David Law
Second: John D'Ambrosia

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