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[STDS-802-16] Closed: +++IEEE 802.16 Letter Ballot #18 (on IEEE 802.16/Conformance04/D1)



The deadline for the extended Working Group Letter Ballot #18 has 
passed. At this point, the return ratio has been met, and ballot is 
closed. The approval ratio was also met:
	http://ieee802.org/16/tgc/C4/ballot18/report18.html

Two additional comments were received, bringing the total to 45. The 
comments are compiled here:
	http://ieee802.org/16/docs/05/80216-05_024r1.zip

Roger

>The deadline for Working Group Letter Ballot #18 passed this morning.
>
>When the deadline came, the ballot was 12 votes short of the 50% 
>minimum return ratio. As a result, it could not close. This note 
>announces an extension of the deadline until 3 May 2005 at 2 pm 
>local time in Sorrento, Italy <http://tinyurl.com/86wq8>.
>
>Because the deadline is being extended, ballots received after the 
>deadline have been accepted. Given the addition of these ballots, 
>the current results are showing that the return ratio condition has 
>now been met:
>	http://ieee802.org/16/tgc/C4/ballot18/report18.html
>
>Nevertheless, the ballot will remain open until the new deadline.
>
>The comments received to this point are compiled here:
>	http://ieee802.org/16/docs/05/80216-05_024.zip
>
>Roger
>
>
>>IEEE 802.16 Working Group Letter Ballot #18 is now open, until 2 
>>May 2005 at 8 am Sorrento time:
>>	<http://tinyurl.com/5a8ss>
>>
>>The ballot concerns the Conformance Task Group's IEEE 
>>802.16/Conformance04/D1 ("Draft Standard for Conformance to IEEE 
>>802.16 - Part 4: Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement 
>>(PICS) Proforma for Frequencies below 11 GHz"):
>>	<http://ieee802.org/16/private/drafts/tgc/P80216_Conf04_D1.zip>
>>
>>The announcement document:
>>  Title: "IEEE 802.16 Working Group Letter Ballot #18: Announcement"
>>  Document Number: IEEE 802.16-05/016
>>  URL: <http://ieee802.org/16/docs/05/80216-05_016.pdf>
>>
>>details the procedures. It also tells you how to participate and 
>>explains the Members' obligation to do so. "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'." Those who lose membership on these grounds 
>>will be ineligible for membership status at Session #37. You can 
>>check your recent balloting history:
>>	<http://ieee802.org/16/netman/ballot16/report16.html>.
>>	<http://ieee802.org/16/maint/ballot17/report17.html>
>>
>>Don't forget the deadline of 2 May 2005, at 8 am on the opening 
>>morning of Session #37. Allow time to read the draft carefully. As 
>>you read, please keep the Commentary database open so you can 
>>easily record corrections to any problems you see.
>>
>>The ballot group members are the current members of the Working 
>>Group, as listed in the announcement. Comments from non-members are 
>>also welcome.
>>
>>The ballot submission form is available at:
>>	http://ieee802.org/16/tgc/C4/ballot18/ballotform18.html
>>and the ballot report will be posted at:
>>	http://ieee802.org/16/tgc/C4/ballot18/report18.html
>>
>>Ballot submittals will be error-checked and acknowledged in real 
>>time. They can be confirmed with a web page that is updated in real 
>>time.
>>
>>Roger
>

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Dr. Roger B. Marks  <mailto:marks@nist.gov> +1 303 497 7837     
National Institute of Standards and Technology/Boulder, CO, USA
Chair, IEEE 802.16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access
        <http://WirelessMAN.org>