IEEE 802.11TM   802.11 Comment Collection on 802.11-2012 - Instructions

These instructions apply for IEEE 802.11 Comment Collection on IEEE Std 802.11-2012 (LB802.11-2012_call_for_comments).

Important notes:

  • There is a 54-day comment collection period. 

  • Anybody interested may provide comments.  Note that access to the standard is required to provide comments.   A copy of the standard is on the members' area.  Those who are not active can still comment provided they have access to the standard from another source.

  • Commenting is entirely optional.

  • You have to cast a vote to comment using the ePoll tool,  but whether you vote yes or no is entirely irrelevant.  Comments can only be submitted using the ePoll tool.

The comment collection opens on: Fri Jul 20, 2012 at 23:59 Eastern Time USA and closes 54 days later on Wed Sep 12, 2012 at 23:59 Eastern Time USA.  (Add reminder to calendar).
 
Comment collection: " Please provide comments on IEEE Std 802.11-2012"

Type of Motion: Technical
To Obtain the draft and the supporting documentation: 

Document Hyperlink
Draft 802.11-2012.pdf
Redlined Doc n/a
Resolution Doc n/a
Comment Template .xls format or .csv format
Pool n/a
CA Document n/a

The draft is password protected in accordance with IEEE 802 Policies and Procedures. To obtain the draft, use the username and the password supplied to active members for the 802.11 WG private area.
Cast Your Vote Here  and follow the instructions below.  See also the IEEE-SA ePoll User Guide.
Step 1

Voting		 Click on the green button above.

When prompted, Enter your IEEE web account credentials.  You won't be prompted if you have already logged in to mentor,  e.g., to access the 802.11 documents.

You should see a voting screen. Enter your affiliation from the drop-down list and select one of the available votes.

Press OK.

You will not receive any confirmation email.  If you wish to check that your vote has been recorded: re-enter the voting page by pressing the green button above.  You should see that the radio buttons now reflect the state of your current vote.  You can press the green button at any time during the ballot to check or change your vote.

See: ePoll User Guide 5.1
Step 2

Commenting		 Once you have voted,  the links "Add comment" and "Upload comments" will appear on the voting screen.  
These links do not appear until you have recorded a vote.

You can re-enter the voting screen as often as you like by pressing big green button above in order to enter comments.

If you wish to enter comments,  please vote either approve or disapprove.

See ePoll User Guide 5.2
Single Comments Press the "Add comment" link from the voting screen.

Enter values for the fields (see table below for help on what to put in these fields).

Then press "OK".
Multiple comments To upload multiple comments press the "Upload comments" link from the voting screen. There are two formats that you can use for the upload file: .xls or .csv.

The "upload comments" page provides links to template files in .csv and .xls formats.  The .xls template includes some field validations.   If this doesn't work with your spreadsheet program,  use the .csv format.

Fill in your comments.  Then browse to the file and press the OK button.

The system will not let you upload comments that do not meet the requirements described below in "Comments".

See ePoll User Guide 5.3

 

Comments
Should you wish to submit comments, the following instructions indicate how to fill in the fields of the comment.
 
Comment Describe the problem here.
Category Select one of:  Technical,  Editorial or General.
If you are filling in a comment spreadsheet,  be sure to use the full word spelled out as above.  If you don't exactly match one of these three terms,  the system will not let you upload your spreadsheet.
Page Number If you choose to include a page / line number reference in your comments, please do so by entering a non-negative integer in these columns (or roman numeral page number).  In recirculation ballots make sure you quote the numbering from the clean draft,  not the redline draft,  as they will be different.

Please make your best guess as to line number assuming 65 lines per page.
Line Number
Subclause Include there the number of the heading that your comment applies to (e.g. 5, 2.1, 4.2.3., C, C.3, 8.2a.4b).  If you have a comment that applies to the entire document put "General" in the section field. Don't put "all", "many", "various" or any other word you may personally fancy. If the field contains anything other that a (sub)clause number or "General", the comment may be discarded and your vote possibly invalidated.  If your comment relates to a table/figure, place the clause in which the table/figure resides in this column and put a reference to the table/figure at the start of the comment.  Put only the clause number and not any words such as "clause" or "annex".
Proposed Change If you do not recommend a change the comment may be skipped as you have not asked the group to do anything.

Please keep the explanation of the comment separate from what you want done as a result of your reasoning. The voting group is too large for the task group to be interpreting what you are requesting.

Please remember that the operating rules state that all "No" votes MUST be accompanied by comments which include specific reasons and enough information for the group to understand what you desire in order to change your "no" to a "yes". Simply saying "not good enough" is insufficient as the task group cannot reasonably be expected to understand what would satisfy the commenter and so invalidation of the vote is justifiable.

 

Bruce Kraemer

IEEE 802.11 Working Group Chair

E-mail: bkraemer@marvell.com

 

Adrian Stephens

IEEE 802.11 Working Group Vice Chair / Balloting Coordinator

E-mail: adrian.p.stephens@intel.com

 

Fri Jul 20, 2012