stds-802-mobility: Inputs on IEEE 802.20 March Plenary Agenda
All,
A number of inputs have been sent regarding the high level agenda posted for our March Plenary. Additionally I have received time requests for planned contributions, not yet submitted.
Obviously a detailed agenda requires knowledge of the contributions and inputs on the priorities from the group for March. Regarding the contributions, I do ask individuals for their inputs and at least cover pages with a requested time allocation as soon as possible. I will send a separate email regarding contributions shortly.
Based on inputs and discussions in Vancouver, my view on the group's priorities is the number one priority is resolution of comments and consensus regarding the Requirements document. Whether we will need a day and a half for this as Bob Love has proposed, I do not know. We should however plan at least a day subject to the number of contributions. My view is our number two priority is consensus on a Work Plan and project schedule. Therefore we should plan more than an hour plus for that item. My suggestion is at least two hours plus time needed for contributions. We can clearly use the time on Tuesday evening to continue our session for other topics if our priorities are clear. Please provide your inputs on priorities as this will help on making time allocation decisions.
Regarding proposals for changing the time of the Officer Elections, the rationale for holding elections in evening on Monday at the plenary is clearly to create more time for the groups key priorities and work progress. The time for the election and the procedure for the election is stated in the Working Group Policies and Procedures (Ver.1)and was posted before Vancouver. The election time of 7PM on Monday at the plenary will not change.
Participation in the Joint Opening with the other wireless groups has been discussed in earlier sessions. Originally this was started as an optional attendance slot with no credit for participation. During and after the November Plenary, it was suggested we make this a participation credit time slot and eliminate some duplication of topics. We started the new approach in Vancouver. Several members have told me they want to participate in the joint opening as this is a good way for them to understand what the other groups are doing.
Therefore, I would not support a change for the joint opening unless we receive more the a small number of people supporting the change and receive very few objections. Therefore, I do request further inputs from the group on this topic.
Given all the inputs currently and the anticipated further inputs, I will create another proposed agenda with further details, as known, early next week. Then, we will plan for a third version on March 9th after we have final contribution inputs.
Thank you to all who have provide inputs and proposals. I look forward to further inputs on priorities.
Regards,
Jerry Upton
Chair, IEEE 802.20
In a message dated 2/18/2004 9:39:20 AM Eastern Standard Time, rdlove@nc.rr.com writes:
> All,
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> On February 13th I posted an email to the reflector expressing my disappointment with the high level agenda for our March meeting now on the web at http://www.ieee802.org/20/meet_agenda.htm. I also suggested that we could save time by beginning our meeting at 1:00pm Monday rather than participating in the joint wireless opening plenary from 1:30 - 3:30pm. Since that posting, a few people have expressed support for having 802.20 start our meeting earlier, and nobody has posted any notes opposing that idea. As a consequence, I have taken the next step to develop a proposed revised agenda that gives us the possibility of making significantly more progress than the one now posted on the web site. That proposed agenda is attached to this email.
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> One of the requirements for being able to meet earlier is having the meeting room available. I contacted Face-To-Face Events and was told that the meeting room that has been assigned to us is available from 1:00pm on Monday. We need only ask for it.
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> Please review the attached agenda and express your approval or concerns to the reflector. Please note that the proposed agenda has both the topics to be discussed and the time allocation for each topic. Since we don't yet know what contributions will be submitted, the agenda may have to change. The proposed schedule has almost two hours of flexible time on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday to accommodate such changes.
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> Note that with this proposed revised agenda there are two other possible time periods for us to be holding Ad Hoc meetings, those times are Monday morning 8:00 - 11:00am, and Monday evening. We should look into the possibility of effectively utilizing those time slots as well.
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> Whatever agenda we ultimately pass, I would like to see both the subjects to be covered and the time allocations on the schedule. It is only by carefully managing our time that we
> can make the necessary progress.
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> Thank you.
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> Best regards,
>
> Robert D. Love
> President, LAN Connect Consultants
> 7105 Leveret Circle Raleigh, NC 27615
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