stds-802-16: +++Recirculation Ballot #3a: TG1 Draft 3 to Sponsor Ballot
This announcement provides instructions for participating in IEEE
802.16's Recirculation Ballot #3a.
Motion: To approve IEEE 802.16/D3-2001 and forward it for Sponsor Ballot
Ballot opening date: 25 May 2001
Ballot closing date: 15 June 2001 (any time zone)
Document under review: IEEE 802.16/D3-2001
<http://ieee802.org/16/private/drafts/tg1/80216_D3.zip>
Comment resolution database under review: IEEE 802.16-01/19r2
<http://ieee802.org/16/docs/01/80216-01_19r2.zip>
Notes and instructions:
(1) Participation in this recirculation ballot is NOT required by
IEEE 802.16 and will NOT affect your membership status.
(2) The Balloting Group for this Recirculation is the same as that of
the original Letter Ballot #3. New 802.16 Members (and others) are
welcome to participate by submitting a "comments only" ballot. The
Ballot Group is listed at
<http://ieee802.org/16/docs/01/80216-01_20.pdf>.
(3) If you have no comment to make on the proposed resolutions and if
their approval would not alter your vote in 802.16 Letter Ballot #3,
then you need not cast a ballot. In this case, your previous vote
will stand. The previously-mentioned list
<http://ieee802.org/16/docs/01/80216-01_20.pdf> includes each
individual vote.
(4) If you wish to comment on the proposed resolutions or if their
approval would alter your vote in Letter Ballot #3, then please cast
a ballot. If you voted "Disapprove" on Letter Ballot #3, then your
vote is critical to the progress of the Draft and we strongly
encourage you to submit a ballot. Comments that don't follow strictly
from the previous resolutions are welcome but may not be used as the
basis of a "Disapprove" vote.
(5) To use the comment database, you need to import it (using the
script "Import Full Records") into the standalone comment database
application Commentary 1.1, available for Windows and MacOS at:
<http://ieee802.org/16/docs/Commentary.html>
The database file has been updated from "r1" to "r2"; the new version
is in the format required for Commentary 1.1.
(6) "Commentary" also serves as the Balloting Tool for this ballot.
Its use is self-explanatory. It is the only allowed method of ballot
submission, with an exception: if you wish to vote "Approve with no
comments", you may email your vote to the Chair
<mailto:marks@nist.gov> with your vote in the message body using the
subject "Recirculation Ballot #3a".
If you open the comment database before you prepare your ballot,
please make sure that you don't submit these old records along with
your new ballot. One way to do this is to delete the old records
before you begin entering new ones. Another way is to start with a
fresh copy of Commentary.
ALERT: Commentary automatically and continuously saves all changes.
You should use "Save a Copy" periodically to protect your work.
(7) Please take note of the IEEE 802.16 Patent Policy
<http://ieee802.org/16/ipr/patents/policy.html>. Note that "anyone,
whether participating in IEEE 802.16 or not, should notify the Chair
of any patents (granted or under application, and regardless of the
assignee or the patent nationality) that may cover technology that is
under consideration by or has been approved by IEEE 802.16."
(8) Ballot results will be posted to the 802.16 Web Site.
Regards,
Roger
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Dr. Roger B. Marks <mailto:marks@nist.gov>
Chair, IEEE 802.16 WG on Broadband Wireless Access <http://wirelessman.org>
National Wireless Electronic Systems Testbed (N-WEST) <http://nwest.nist.gov>
National Institute of Standards and Technology/Boulder, CO
<http://www.nist.gov>
tel: +1 303 497 3037 fax: +1 303 497 7828