IEEE 802.15 Working Group

Recirculation Letter Ballot #203
IEEE 802.15 WSN™ Task Group 4me
P802.15.4me Revision

IEEE 802.15 Letter Ballot #203 is a vote to submit the contents of
IEEE P802.15.4me revision draft document to Sponsor Ballot.

OPENING OF BALLOT: Monday, January 22, 2024
CLOSING OF BALLOT: Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at 18:00 ET

(ET is the time in New York City, New York, USA)

IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO ALL IEEE 802.15 VOTING MEMBERS:

· Letter Ballot Voters Pool #203

· This is a mandatory letter ballot, however ...

· This is a recirculation ballot to those eligible voters of record on IEEE 802.15 Letter Ballot #197. If you voted on LB197, or a subsequent TG4me recirculation ballot, then you are not required to vote on this ballot. Your most recent ballot will be carried forward.

· All IEEE 802.15 Voting members have an obligation to vote. Not returning two valid letter ballots in a sequence of three letter ballots will automatically terminate voting rights.

· "No" votes require the submission of detailed comments as defined in the IEEE rules for Sponsor Ballots to be counted as valid. Abstentions are only counted as valid if they are based on "lack of expertise".

IEEE 802.15 LETTER BALLOT #203 INSTRUCTIONS

Please read and follow these step-by-step instructions to complete and submit your vote on IEEE P802.15 Letter Ballot 203.

Download and read a copy of the IEEE P802.15.4me Draft D03 and supporting documents.

Draft

P802.15.4me D03, in Adobe PDF (WG Password Required, Members Only).

Supporting Documents

2. Understand your Voting Options

___ APPROVE WITHOUT COMMENT

___ APPROVE WITH COMMENTS

___ DO NOT APPROVE (At least 1 comment must be marked as Yes in the "Must Be Satisfied" column.)

___ ABSTAIN, Reason: ________________________________________________

3. Voting Method

If you have comments to submit, download P802-15-4me-Comment-Entry-Form and enter your comments. Please be sure to fill in ALL columns.

IV. Submit Your Vote by Email

A. You MUST submit the following information in the body of your email or your ballot will be considered invalid.

1.    AFFILIATION; you MUST declare your affiliation, in the body of the email and include the statement: "I am affiliated with [name of affiliation]" or the statement "I am not affiliated with any organization"

2.    VOTE; YES, NO or ABSTAIN due to lack of expertise, (e.g., "I vote YES.")

3.    COMMENTS; If you vote NO, at least 1 comment must be marked as Yes in the "Must Be Satisfied" column

a.    Attach your completed P802-15-4me-Comment-Entry-Form file to your email ballot.

B. Email your vote. Resend if not acknowledged within 2 business days. You will not get an acknowledgement, nor will your vote be counted, if you did not include an affiliation statement and/or did not correctly complete the subject field. Please double check what you sent to ensure both were done according to instructions or your vote will continue to be ignored.

To: cpowell@ieee.org

Cc: pbeecher@wi-sun.org, gstuebin@cisco.com, kivinen@iki.fi

Subject: LB203-familyName-givenName-yourVote

               Do not leave any spaces, use a "-"

               example: LB203-POWELL-CLINT-YES

Note: Please click here to generate the email template

V. Note that this a recirculation ballot. If you voted in LB197, or a subsequent TG4me recirculation ballot, and you do not vote on this ballot, then your most recent, previous vote will be carried forward.

VI. If you have any questions on how to submit your ballot, please contact Phil Beecher at: phil@beecher.co.uk.

GENERAL INFORMATION TO ASSIST THE VOTER

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Note: You can enter the LAN-MAN 802.15 Balloting Pool without an IEEE-SA Member Number but if you do not join the IEEE-SA then you will be dropped from the LAN-MAN 802.15 Balloting Group when it is formed. Please contact our Sponsor to be added:

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