Re: [Fwd: PAR - coordination with SID]

Paul J. Menchini (mench@mench.com)
Mon, 12 Jul 1999 17:27:45 -0400 (EDT)

David Barton wrote:

> I have no problem with Steve's language as a kind of "sense of both
> working groups and the DASC steering committee, all at once." That
> works out fine with me; it provides a context within which all can
> work. I have my doubts about including it in the PAR --- not
> because I disagree with it, but because I suspect it will cause
> NESCOM heartburn. It is different, and the standards committees
> (NESCOM, REVCOM, etc.) tend to kick out the different as a reflex.
> Doubleplusungood.

I concur wholeheartedly with Dave. As we've just seen with SVWG, the
different tends to confuse the IEEE, and the default mode when they're
confused is "disapprove."

Paul

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