stds-802-16: Re: Awaiting your response on 802.16 Letter Ballot #4
I accidentally sent the note below to the reflector; it was supposed
to go only to members who hadn't responded. This has caused some
confusion. Please accept my apologies.
You can check your status at the following URL:
http://ieee802.org/16/tga/ballot04/report.html
Roger
>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