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[BP] !! 802.3ap comments due by tomorrow evening !!



This is just a friendly reminder that the IEEE 802.3ap recirculation ballot closes tomorrow evening May 12, 2006.

 

If you intend to change your vote or submit comments against draft 2.4 please do so as soon as possible.

 

For your convenience I have pasted the relevant part of the recirculation ballot below.

 

Thanks for your attention

Your chief editor

Schelto

 

Amendment: Ethernet Operation over Electrical Backplanes

BALLOT SCOPE:

As a recirculation WG ballot, the scope of the ballot is limited to only the changes made to create P802.3ap/D2.4, and the unresolved negative comments against P802.3ap/D2.3.

BALLOT OPEN:

28 April 2006

BALLOT CLOSE:

12 May 2006

Thank you for your participation in this ballot and careful review of the draft.

Bob Grow, Chair IEEE 802.3

Phone: 858-391-4622

Email: bob.grow@ieee.org

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****INSTRUCTIONS FOR BALLOTING ON: IEEE P802.3ap/D2.4

Instructions for accessing the ballot documents, casting your ballot and submitting comments follow.

HOW TO ACCESS THE DRAFT:

The ballot documents are posted for your review for balloting purposes only, and neither the documents nor access information should be copied or redistributed to others in violation of document copyrights.

Comments are to be submitted against the change marked document included in the ballot package. The ballot package also includes the unresolved comments requiring recirculation.

The ballot package can be accessed at:

    http://ieee802.org/3/ap/private/P802.3ap_D2.4_recircpkg.zip

    Login: 802.3ap

    Password: dot34BP

The P802.3ap/D2.4 draft without change marks is also provided for your reference (do not use for comments) and may be downloaded from:

    http://ieee802.org/3/ap/private/P802.3ap-D2.4.pdf

Two versions (sorted by comment ID and sorted by clause respectively) of the responses to all D2.3 comments can be found at:

    http://ieee802.org/3/ap/public/mar06/d2p3_final_byid_0306.pdf

    http://ieee802.org/3/ap/public/mar06/d2p3_final_bycls_0306.pdf

The documents are posted in Adobe "pdf" document format and can be downloaded and printed if desired. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, it is available for free downloading from Adobe at:

    http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html

 

HOW TO CAST YOUR BALLOT:

To assure your ballot is counted, please:

1) send your ballot to: stds-802-3-ballot@ieee.org

2) paste the following line into the subject field: P802.3ap/D2.4 Ballot

3) paste into the message body and complete the ballot form below:

-----CUT AND PASTE TEXT BELOW THIS LINE ONLY PLEASE--------

P802.3ap/D2.4 4th WG Recirculation Ballot

Your Name:___________________________

___ APPROVE WITHOUT COMMENT

___ APPROVE WITH COMMENT (All comments are non-binding)

___ DISAPPROVE (A voter must provide specific comments for remedy.

      Some or all comments are binding)

___ ABSTAIN, Lack of Expertise

___ ABSTAIN, Lack of Time

___ ABSTAIN, Other ___________________

-----------------------end ballot form--------------------

HOW TO SUBMIT COMMENTS:

Acceptable comment types:

E = Editorial

ER = Editorial Required (a binding comment that is part of a DISAPPROVE vote, therefore only appropriate for an 802.3ap ballot group member)

T = Technical

TR = Technical Required (a binding comment that is part of a DISAPPROVE vote, therefore only appropriate for an 802.3ap ballot group member)

Prepare your comments in one of the following two ways:

1.  You are strongly requested to use the comment tool in the TF public area.  To download:

    http://ieee802.org/3/ap/public/BP_WG_cmt_tool.zip

 

To use the tool, extract all components into a folder and do not move any component from that folder. The tool is:

    BP_cmt_tool.EXE

2. To submit comments in text (ASCII) form, please use the form below. This will make it possible for the editor to properly record and track all submissions. Make as many copies of the template as necessary and submit as an ascii text file or as part of your e-mail.

Failure to use one of the two accepted methods will result in your comments being returned to you for correct formatting.

------CUT AND PASTE TEXT BELOW THIS LINE ONLY PLEASE--------

CommentID: (Leave Blank)

CommenterName:

CommenterEmail:

CommenterPhone:

CommenterCellPhone:

CommenterCompany:

Clause:

Subclause:

Page:

Line:

CommentType: (E, ER, T, or TR)

Comment:

CommentEnd:

SuggestedRemedy:

RemedyEnd:

--------------------end comment template------------------

Send your comments to: stds-802-3-ballot@ieee.org

and paste into the subject line: P802.3ap/D2.4 Comments