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[STDS-802-11] Results of WG LB#198 regarding 802.11ai D1.0



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802.11 WG Members,

IEEE 802.11 WG Letter Ballot #198  was the initial 30 day Working Group Technical Ballot
asking the question "Should P802.11ai D1.0 be forwarded to Sponsor Ballot?"   The Official results follow: 

Ballot Opening Date:   Tuesday             August 13, 2013 - 23:59 ET
Ballot Closing Date:     Thursday            September 12, 2013 - 23:59 ET 

RESPONSES:

334 eligible people are in this ballot group.
   
147 affirmative votes 
   51 negative votes  

     6  negative vote without comments

   22  abstention votes

===  
226  votes received  =  67.7% valid returns
                                     =   9.7% valid abstentions

 

This ballot has met the 50% returned ballot requirement

This ballot has met the less than 30% abstention requirement

 
APPROVAL RATE:
146  affirmative votes       =      74.2 % affirmative
   51  valid negative votes  =     25.8 % negative

The 75% affirmation requirement has not been met,

Motion Fails.

There were 1389 comments received.                                            

Regards,
Bruce Kraemer

Chair IEEE 802.11

 

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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