802.11 WG Members,
802.11 Ballot #190 was a 15 day Working Group technical recirculation Ballot asking the question "Should P802.11ac D4.0 be forwarded to Sponsor Ballot?".
The Official results are listed below:
Ballot Opening Date: Wednesday October 17, 2012- 23:59 ET
Ballot Closing Date: Thursday November 01, 2012 - 23:59 ET
RESPONSES:
300 eligible people are in this ballot group.
242 affirmative votes
15 negative votes
14 abstention votes
2 negative vote without comments
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273 votes received = 91.0 % valid returns
= 5.1 % valid abstentions
This ballot has met the 50% returned ballot requirement
This ballot has met the less than 30% abstention requirement
APPROVAL RATE:
242 affirmative votes = 94.2 % affirmative
15 total negative votes = 5.8 % negative
The 75% affirmation requirement has been met,
Motion PASSES.
There were 400 comments received.
Regards,
Bruce Kraemer
Chair WG11
A. Ballot Approval criteria are defined by:
At least 50% return from voting members
75% approval (calculated using only “Approve” & “Do Not Approve” votes.
B. IEEE Project 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures, as approved by LMSC March 17, 2012 – Last Edited June 04th, 2012 - section 9.
http://www.ieee802.org/PNP/2012-03/IEEE_802_LMSC_WG_PandP_approved_120604.pdf
9.6 Actions Requiring an Electronic Ballot
Approval to forward a draft standard to the Sponsor shall require approval by a WG Electronic Ballot. Abstains shall require a reason be given, and Do Not Approve votes shall require comments on changes required to modify the vote to Approve. For a letter ballot on a draft standard to be valid a majority of all the voting members of the WG must have responded Approve, Do Not Approve, or Abstain. Comment resolution, recirculations, etc should be consistent with Sponsor ballot rules and 5.4.3.2 of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual (SASB OM) [refs2].
The response time for a WG LB on a draft shall be at least thirty days. However, for recirculation ballots the response time shall be at least fifteen days.
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