[STDS-802-16] Handling of IEEE 802.16 Letter Ballot Recirc #23a
As previously reported, Letter Ballot Recirc #23a closed on 17
February. At Session #47, the WG authorized the WG Chair to form a
Ballot Resolution Committee to resolve the resulting comments and
conduct another recirculation. Here is a report on the status of this
situation.
In the recirc, we received 81 comments and 17 uploaded contributions.
Another 23 comments were uploaded on 18 February. I reviewed the
situation with Maintenance TG Chair (Jon Labs) and the document's
Editor (Joe Schumacher), considering the number and extent of the
comments and the level of detail provided in the proposed remedies.
We decided that it was not feasible to conduct a comment resolution
in time for the creation of a new draft and the conduct of a second
recirculation before Session #48. In order to make good use of the
remaining time before Session #48, therefore, we have arranged a
different approach.
(1) We have posted 802.16-07/013r1:
<http://ieee802.org/16/docs/07/80216-07_013r1.zip>
which includes the 23 late comments. We will issue a Call for Reply
Comments, due Feb 26 AOE.
(2) We will issue a new Call for Comments, with a deadline of March 4
AOE. New comments are welcome. However, we will particularly
encourage comments that address previous
comments and their replies.
(3) We issue a second Call for Reply Comments, with a deadline of
March 11.
Here's an example of how we hope this will proceed in the three steps:
(1) We receive a Reply Comment to Comment X. It explains that the
remedy in Comment X is weak or incomplete. It might propose another
solution.
(2) We receive a brand new comment, Comment Y. It proposes a better
or more complete solution than that proposed by Comment X. This
solution may have been stimulated by a previous Reply Comment.
(3) We receive a Reply Comment recommending that Comment X be marked
as Superceded by Comment Y.
We receive a Reply Comment saying that Comment Y should be
accepted. Or maybe accepted-modified.
By the time we get to the meeting, we hope to have a pretty clear
picture of the views of the WG members. If this works as planned, the
Maintenance TG should have a relatively easy job to reach consensus
on the comment resolutions.
Soon, I'll post a short note with the details of the first Call for
Reply Comments (1).
Roger
> The recirc has closed:
> <http://ieee802.org/16/maint/ballot23/report23.html>
>
> The Commentary database has 81 comments, from 13 people, and is at:
> <http://ieee802.org/16/docs/07/80216-07_013.zip>
>
> The comments point to 17 uploaded contributions:
> <http://maint.wirelessman.org>
>
> The comment resolution process has not yet been planned. In any
> case, we will be open to reply comments, so feel free to develop
> yours.
>
> Roger
>
>
>> The deadline for this ballot remains open until we reach the
>> minimum return ratio.
>>
>> Roger
>>
>>
>>> IEEE 802.16 Working Group Letter Ballot Recirc #23a:
>>> <http://ieee802.org/16/maint/ballot23/report23.html>
>>> is now open, through 16 February 2007 AOE <http://ieee802.org/16/
>>> aoe.html>.
>>>
>>> The ballot concerns P802.16/Cor2/D2:
>>> <http://ieee802.org/16/pubs/80216_Cor2.html>
>>>
>>> The recirc announcement document is:
>>> Title: "IEEE 802.16 Working Group Letter Ballot #23a:
>>> Announcement"
>>> Document Number: IEEE 802.16-06/009
>>> <http://ieee802.org/16/docs/07/80216-07_009.pdf>
>>>
>>> Since this is a recirculation, participation will not affect your
>>> Working Group membership status. However, since no direct vote has
>>> been taken on the 802.16/Cor2 draft, no previous votes are available
>>> to carry forward. Therefore, if you do not cast a ballot in this
>>> recirculation, your vote will not be included in the Working Group
>>> Letter Ballot #23 results.
>>>
>>> The ballot submission form is available at:
>>> <http://dot16.org/ballot23/ballotform23a.html>
>>>
>>>
>>> Roger