IEEE 802.15 Working Group

Letter Ballot #206

IEEE 802.15 Letter Ballot #206 is a vote to request Working Group approval to start a Working Group Letter Ballot to submit the contents of
IEEE P802.15.4ab amendment draft document to SA Ballot.

OPENING OF BALLOT: Friday, May 31, 2024
CLOSING OF BALLOT: Monday, June 10, 2024, at 18:00 PDT

(PDT is the time in San Francisco, CA, USA)

IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO ALL IEEE 802.15 VOTING MEMBERS:

· Letter Ballot Voters Pool #206

· This is a mandatory letter ballot:

· 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 #206 INSTRUCTIONS

Please read and follow these step-by-step instructions to complete and submit your vote on IEEE P802.15 Letter Ballot 206.

Understand your Voting Options

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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 (e.g., "I vote YES.")

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: ben@BLINDCREEK.COM, annkrieger.dod@gmail.com, pbeecher@wi-sun.org

Subject: LB206-familyName-givenName-yourVote

               Do not leave any spaces, use a "-"

               example: LB206-POWELL-CLINT-YES

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

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