802.11 WG Members,
IEEE 802.11 WG Letter Ballot #197 was a 15 day Working Group Technical recirculation Ballot asking the question "Should P802.11af D5.0 be forwarded to Sponsor Ballot?" The Official results follow:
Ballot Opening Date: Wednesday July 17, 2013 - 23:59 ET
Ballot Closing Date: Thursday August 01, 2013 - 23:59 ET
RESPONSES:
300 eligible people are in this ballot group.
228 affirmative votes
3 negative votes
1 negative vote without comments
7 abstention votes
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239 votes received = 79.7% valid returns
= 2.9% valid abstentions
This ballot has met the 50% returned ballot requirement
This ballot has met the less than 30% abstention requirement
APPROVAL RATE:
228 affirmative votes = 98.7 % affirmative
3 valid negative votes = 1.3 % negative
The 75% affirmation requirement has been met,
Motion Passes.
There were 00 comments received.
Also note that Conditional Approval to proceed to Sponsor Ballot was granted by the EC in July
This ballot satisfies the requirements for proceeding to Sponsor Ballot – which will begin shortly.
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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