These standards do drag on don't they. I'd suggest that customers need to
come along and crack the whip a bit to help keep us grounded and moving.good
excuse to travel somewhere warm 
On the 802.1aq comment, we are doing
MIBs/cleanup now so it should be out by end of this year so its probably
time for an 802.1aq tutorial at NANOG.
Peter Ashwood-Smith.