stds-802-16: Awaiting your response on 802.16 Letter Ballot #4
Dear 802.16 Member,
I note that you have not yet cast a ballot in 802.16 Letter Ballot
#4. The deadline is about 15 hours from now.
It is possible that you are still preparing comments. However, it is
also possible that you are no longer interested in 802.16. If so, I
respectfully suggest that you consider replying to this note with the
vote "Abstain for Lack of Time", or some other vote that does not
require comments (see below).
If your lack of interest is permanent, then please understand that
your membership can inhibit the progress of the group by making it
more difficult for us to get a quorum. If you do not wish to continue
as a member, you may resign your membership by an email to me, or
using the form at <http://ieee802.org/16/form.html>. This will aid us
in the future. However, for purposes of the current letter ballot, we
still need a ballot response.
Best wishes,
Roger
>Happy New Year, IEEE 802.16 Members and Friends!
>
>IEEE 802.16 Working Group Letter Ballot #4 closes TOMORROW! This is
>the ballot of IEEE 802.16a/D1 (the full 2-11 GHz air interface
>draft).
>
>Currently, I have votes from 10 members out of 178 (list below).
>Unless we receive a ballot from 79 more members, the ballot will
>fail by missing the 50% return rate requirement. This would
>seriously damage our schedule. Furthermore, members who fail to
>return an appropriate ballot are in danger of losing their
>membership ("Membership shall be lost if two consecutive, or two of
>any three consecutive, Working Group Letter Ballots for which the
>member was eligible are not returned or are returned with an
>abstention other than for 'lack of technical expertise.'").
>
>I urge you to take action. You may cast a ballot now and still
>submit additional comments before the deadline. I also encourage
>everyone interested in the progress of this draft (not only those in
>leadership positions) to encourage their colleagues to participate.
>
>The full instructions are in
><http://ieee802.org/16/docs/01/80216-01_63.pdf>. Note also:
>
>*To submit a ballot with no comments, you may reply to this note
>with one of the following messages:
>- Approve with no comments
>- Abstain for Lack of Technical Expertise
>- Abstain for Lack of Time (This last choice does not fulfill your
>voting obligation. However, it does count toward meeting our return
>rate. If you are no longer interested in IEEE 802.16, you might
>consider this option).
>
>*Commentary asks you to save your ballot file with the extension
>".fp5". However, ".USR" will work as well.
>
>*As noted in Commentary, ballot files must be submitted to
>"stds-802-16-ballot@ieee.org".
>
>The ballot remains open as long as it is 4 January 2002 anywhere in
>the world. This gives many of you until Saturday morning to submit
>your ballot. I look forward to hearing from you.
>
>Regards,
>
>Roger