[STDS-802-16] Fwd: LMSC motion: P802.16e to Sponsor Ballot (conditional)
As detailed below, the 802 EC is opening an email ballot on granting
conditional approval to send P802.16e to Sponsor Ballot.
Roger
>Dear EC Members,
>
>This is an email ballot on the following motion:
>
>To grant Conditional Approval, under Clause 21, to send P802.16e to Sponsor
>Ballot.
>Moved: Roger Marks
>Second: Steve Shellhammer
>
>Please see the below email from Roger Marks for all the necessary background
>information.
>
>It opens NOON edt Thursday 23 Sept and closes 5PM edt Monday 04 October.
>
>Regards,
>
>--Paul Nikolich
>IEEE 802 Chairman
>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Roger B. Marks" <r.b.marks@ieee.org>
>>To: <p.nikolich@ieee.org>
>>Cc: <shellhammer@ieee.org>
>>Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 2:57 PM
>>Subject: LMSC motion: P802.16e to Sponsor Ballot (conditional)
>>
>>Dear Paul,
>>
>>I would like to make the following LMSC motion: "To grant Conditional
>>Approval, under Clause 21, to send P802.16e to Sponsor Ballot."
>>
>>Mr. Shellhammer has agreed to second the motion. I request that the
>>ballot close by October 3.
>>
>>Please note the following points:
>>
>>(1) 802.16 Working Group Letter Ballot #14, on sending the document to
>>Sponsor Ballot, began on 3 February. Following the initial ballot, we
>>have completed three recircs, the last one ending on 17 August. The
>>entire ballot is documented here:
>>http://ieee802.org/16/tge/ballot14/report14.html
>>
>>(2) We are currently in a 15-day confirmation ballot (#14d, from 18
>>September through 3 October 2004). The announcement is here:
>>http://ieee802.org/16/docs/04/80216-04_62r1.pdf
>>
>>(3) Ballot resolution efforts have been substantially completed. The
>>Approval Ratio is 97.9% [47/1/8] and the Return Ratio is 87.5%.
>>
>>(5) Six Disapprove comments remain. These, along with responses, are
>>posted here:
>>http://ieee802.org/16/docs/04/80216-04_63r1.pdf
>>These comments are all from the same voter. Five of the six have been
>>previously recirculated. All six are included in the current recirc
>>(#14d).
>>
>>(5) The draft is posted as P802.16e/D5:
>>http://ieee802.org/16/private/drafts/tge/P80216e_D5.zip
>>I'll be happy to assist the EC members if the password protection gets in
>>the way.
>>
>>(6) At its Session #33 Closing Plenary of 2 September, the 802.16 Working
>>Group approved a motion (51/0/1) "to initiate Confirmation Ballot, and
>>request conditional approval from the IEEE 802 LMSC to proceed to Sponsor
>>Ballot, closing that ballot before Session #34, if possible". A separate
>>motion (41/0/0) authorized the Working Group and Task Group chairs to
>>resolve confirmation ballot comments.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Roger