[STDS-802-16] Clarification: +++IEEE 802.16 Letter Ballot #23 (on P802.16/Cor2)+++
When you enter your votes in Commentary on the individual change
requests (CRs), your response is under the label "Vote on Group
Resolution Above".
For some CRs, the "Group Resolution" field is blank. In these cases,
the Task Group marked the CR as Ready for Ballot but failed to
specify a resolution. This means by implication that the Group
Resolution was to forward the CR for ballot with no change.
In these cases, you are voting on the Suggested Remedy in the
submitted CR.
Roger
> Here is an important notice regarding LB#23:
>
> (1) There is a problem with the previously-distributed Commentary
> ballot files (both 802.16-06/057r1 and 802.16-06/057). Namely, for
> one particular change request (#417), a stray ballot comment was
> entered in the field. Therefore, anyone entering a ballot would
> automatically enter that comment, unless they specifically erased it.
>
> To fix this problem, either:
>
> (a) Use 802.16-06/057r1 but erase the ballot comment associated
> with #417, -OR-
> (b) Use 802.16-06/057r2:
> http://ieee802.org/16/docs/06/80216-06_057r2.zip
>
> Also, if I do receive this ballot comment verbatim in a ballot
> submittal, I plan to strike it from the database, assuming it was
> accidental.
>
> Also, if you use 057r2, you will be in Commentary 2.12, which
> includes a few improvements and bug fixes.
>
>
> (2) Someone had trouble finding the button to export votes. In case
> you have this problem, follow these instructions:
>
> (a) Go to the Member's View/Vote on Comments page (where the file
> first opens).
> (b) In the upper right corner, you will see a tab marked "Submit
> Votes". Click there.
> (c) Read the instructions. Click "Save Comment Data to Vote File".
>
> Roger
>
>
>> IEEE 802.16 Working Group Letter Ballot #23 is now open, through 8
>> November 2006 AOE < http://tinyurl.com/fjfyd>.
>>
>> The ballot concerns the approval of a set of change requests (CRs)
>> that are proposed for incorporation in the corrigendum draft
>> P802.16/Cor2. The change requests were reviewed and marked as
>> Ready for Ballot by the Maintenance Task Group.
>>
>> This letter ballot is unusual in several ways. For one, we have no
>> draft to review at this time. However, prior to completion of the
>> final recirculation, we will have such a draft available. Another
>> unusual aspect is that, per the Working Group Maintenance Process
>> < http://ieee802.org/16/docs/06/80216-06_046.pdf>, we will need to
>> vote individually on each of the CRs. The approval threshold for
>> each CR is 75%. As usual, comments on the CRs may be submitted and
>> will be subject to comment resolution at Session #46.
>>
>> In order to accommodate this procedure, I have developed an
>> entirely new version of the Commentary database tool, with new
>> features. The new version, Commentary 2.0beta, is significantly
>> improved over version 1.x. It has not been thoroughly tested, and
>> it certainly has some bugs, so I'll be counting on you to provide
>> feedback on errors or areas of improvement as we introduce it into
>> the WG. I do believe that that aspects of the program required for
>> LB#23 are working fine.
>>
>> To participate in LB#23, first download Commentary2.0beta from
>> this link:
>> http://ieee802.org/16/docs/Commentary
>> Unfortunately, it's a large file.
>>
>> When you unZIP the download, you will find a folder with several
>> files inside. Any Commentary database you wish to run needs to be
>> inside this folder. The download includes a blank file
>> MyCommentary.CMT that you can use in future ballots. You can
>> duplicate this file as you wish. However, to participate in LB#23,
>> you need to also download a database of the CRs being balloted.
>> You can find that here:
>> http://ieee802.org/16/docs/06/80216-06_057.zip
>>
>> When you unZIP this file (as 80216-06_057.CMT), you can open it in
>> Commentary. Remember that you need to put in the main Commentary
>> folder that you unZIPed. In some cases, your operating system may
>> have a hard time finding the correct application with which to
>> open 80216-06_057.CMT. If you have trouble, one easy solution is
>> to simply drag-and-drop 80216-06_057.CMT onto the main Commentary
>> application file ( Commentary.exe or Commentary.app).
>>
>> The database has 532 comments subject to vote. The Maintenance TG
>> marked ten of these (0200, 0380, 0384, 0385, 0498, 0499, 0550,
>> 0642, 0654L, and 0656L) as "May need further harmonization". This
>> note is apparent in the "Group Notes" field. You can see this
>> field if you choose "Review Processed Comments" on the "What
>> Next?" screen.
>>
>> If you are Working Group member <http://ieee802.org/16/
>> members.html>, remember that "Membership shall be lost if two
>> consecutive, or two of any three consecutive, Working Group letter
>> ballots for which the member was eligible are not returned or are
>> returned with an abstention other than for 'lack of technical
>> expertise'." LB#23 is one ballot, not 532.
>>
>> Commentary will export your ballot data as a file
>> "BallotID_FAMILYNAME_GIVENNAME.cmtv", saved in your Commentary
>> folder. As noted in the Commentary screen, you need to edit this
>> file name, replacing "BallotID" with "LB#23" and inserting your
>> name as indicated. Then, upload the file to < http://
>> lb23.wirelessman.org>.
>>
>> Let me know if you have any problems.
>>
>> Roger
>>
>> Roger B. Marks
>> Chair, IEEE 802.16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access
>> <http://WirelessMAN.org>
>>
>>