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Re: [802SEC] TV Whitespace agenda for Plenary



I echo Gerald's comments, which I expressed myself earlier ...

This ECSG is WAY out of hand ... And as a member of the EC, I *strenuously*
object.

Carl
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: whitespace@ieee.org [mailto:whitespace@ieee.org] On 
> Behalf Of Gerald Chouinard
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:05 AM
> To: Sherman, Matthew J. (US SSA)
> Cc: p.nikolich@IEEE.ORG; k3c@WK3C.COM; WHITESPACE@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
> Subject: Re: TV Whitespace agenda for Plenary
> 
> Matt,
> 
> I am getting very worried here!
> 
> We are now at 7 meeting slots reserved for the ECSG next 
> week, in addition 
> to the tutorial on Tuesday evening.  This represents almost 
> 50% of the 
> week's meeting time with agendas no more precise than 
> "Preparation for 
> Tutorial" and "Follow-up from tutorial".  This means that 
> practically all 
> meetings will need to be attended to avoid missing on 
> discussions and vote.
> 
> I would point out that the group that has been dealing with 
> TV White Space 
> since 5 years is only about 50 people and that a good number of these 
> members will likely need to attend the ECSG meetings for obvious 
> reasons.  This is likely to pretty well shot some 50% of our 
> effective 
> meeting time in 802.22.
> 
> I believe that 802.22 contributed positively to the work of 
> the ECSG up to 
> now but with these 7 meeting periods, I feel that 802.22 is 
> ending up being 
> taken hostage by the ECSG.  We also have our own work to do in 
> 802.22.  Worse, 802.22 is meeting in the Fairmont hotel while 
> the ECGS 
> meetings will be held in the Hyatt.
> 
> I would suggest that you consider concentrating the 
> discussions on a more 
> limited number of meeting slots and using more evening time such as 
> Thursday evening so that progress can be made in other WGs.
> 
> By the way, I will likely have to chair the 802.22 WG Plenary 
> on Monday 
> afternoon.  I will therefore not be available for the 
> presentation that you 
> included in the agenda.  It will have to be later in the week 
> as long as I 
> know when it is scheduled.
> 
> Gerald
> 
> 
> At 23:16 2009.03.02, Sherman, Matthew J. (US SSA) wrote:
> 
> >Whitespace members,
> >
> >I have revised the agenda for next week based on inputs I ve 
> received to 
> >date.  The revised agenda can be found in 09/49r1.
> >
> >
> >
> >Best Regards,
> >
> >
> >
> >Mat
> >
> >
> >
> >Matthew Sherman
> >Chair, IEEE802 Whitespace ECSG
> >
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> 
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