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[STDS-802-16] guidance on unofficial participation in IEEE-SA Sponsor Ballot for P802.16h, P802.16j, and P802.16Rev2



Folks,

As noted in the Session #56 Report <http://ieee802.org/16/meetings/mtg56/report.html >, the Working Group currently has three drafts in IEEE-SA Sponsor Ballot. This note provides guidance should you wish to participate and are not a member of the Sponsor Ballot Group or wish to use an alternative to the official comment submittal process.

The three drafts, and the Sponsor Ballot deadlines, are:

*P802.16h/D7a (deadline: 5 Sept)
*P802.16j/D6a (deadline: 10 Sept)
*P802.16Rev2/D6a (deadline: 11 Sept)

In each case, the draft numbered with the letter "a" is an editorial markup of the final draft through WG Letter Ballot. In each case, the "a" versions include some PDF comments on a few pages, based on editorial requirements from IEEE-SA staff, with no change to the page layout (including page and line numbers).

If you are a member of the Sponsor Ballot Group for any of these drafts, you should have already been provided with instructions on participating using IEEE-SA's myBallot system. You may enter your comments individually through the myBallot web page, or you may upload a group of comments using IEEE-SA's specified XLS, CSV, or XML templates. When the ballot closes, all of these comments will be automatically transferred into Commentary format for WG review and resolution. We will be providing an opportunity for reply comments prior to Session #57.

If you are not a member of the Sponsor Ballot Group, you are not entitled to vote. However, you may submit comments. These should be prepared in Commentary using the appropriate "Ballot ID" and submitted to the appropriate 802.16 upload directory <http://upload.wirelessman.org >. The Ballot ID and upload directory are as follows:

*P802.16h: "sb_16h"
*P802.16j: "sb_16j"
*P802.16Rev2: "sb_16Rev2"

Sponsor Ballot Group members may also submit comments in Commentary according to this procedure. However, please be aware that no comments uploaded to the WG upload directories will be considered as part of a Disapprove vote. For any comment to be considered as a valid element of a DISAPPROVE VOTE, the comment must be entered into the myBallot database by the voter!

Finally, if necessary, your comments may refer to an uploaded contribution document. Contributions must follow the usual WG submission procedures <http://ieee802.org/16/submit.html>. In order to ensure that all parties to the Sponsor Ballot are explicitly aware of your contribution and where to find it, it is essential that you refer to it properly, by document number (not by file name) in your comment. Upload your contribution to the appropriate upload directory:

*P802.16h: "LE"
*P802.16j: "Relay"
*P802.16Rev2: "Maint"

Roger