1. IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD Working Group Status as of Mar. 15, 2002 (Close of St. Louis Plenary) Major Activities/Approved Projects: P802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet TF in final stages of Sponsor Ballot P802.3af DTE Power via MDI Resolving WG Ballot comments P802.3ah Ethernet in the First Mile Chose portion of core proposals this week

2. IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD Working Group Status Other Activities: 1802.3Rev., 10BASE-T Conformance Test Approved / Published 802.3ag Maint #6 (Revision) Approved / Published March 8 in 3 Volumes as IEEE Std. 802.3 – 2002 P802.3aj Maint #7 (PAR app’d for NESCOM) Liaison reports Ad Hoc: Cable Discharge met Call for Interest : 100BASE-X on 2 SM fibers Folded into EFM activity

3. IEEE Std. 802.3 Status Published (PDF, Paper is on the way) IEEE Std. 802.3 - 2002 NOT available @ no from “IEEE Download 802 ® ” http//standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.3.html No new clauses, maintenance revision only Now Obsolete: IEEE Std. 802.3 2000 Edition

4. 802.3 CSMA/CD Working Group Officers 802.3 Chair: Bob Grow (bob.grow@intel.com) 802.3 Vice Chair:David Law (David_Law@3Com.com) 802.3 Secretary: Steve Carlson (scarlson@esta.org) 802.3ae 10 Gig E’net: Jonathan Thatcher (jonathan@worldwidepackets.com) 802.3af DTE Power via MDI: Steve Carlson (scarlson@esta.org) 802.3ah Ethernet in First Mile: Howard Frazier (millardo@dominetsystems.com ) Cable Discharge ad hoc:Dan Dove (dan_dove@hp.com)

5. Interims: –10Gig: Vancouver, Apr. 8-10 –10Gig: (tentative), Si Valley, Apr. 29 –DTE Pwr: Western US, May 13-15 –EFM: Edinburgh, UK, May 20-22 Closing Plenary in July is: Thurs, 1 - ~5:00 802.3 CSMA/CD Web site Information is always available on our web site: http://www.ieee802.org/3/index.html