I can’t swear to 96% on all the 802.16
ballots, but it sounds about right.
With 802.16a, we did at least one recirc
after reaching over 90%, finally hitting a 96.8% WG approval. With 802.16e,
we did three WG recircs after reaching 93.8%, ultimately reaching 100% WG
acceptance before requesting the EC to forward the Draft for Sponsor Ballot.
Even with that, the 802.16e Sponsor Ballot took about a year, had 4 official recircs
and some 4400 comments by the time we got above 90%, ultimately closing out with
6 recircs and 98.5% approval before sending it on to RevCom.
As Phil said, they like the big numbers,
but sometimes it can take a long time to get there…
Brian
From: Phillip Barber
[mailto:pbarber@broadbandmobiletech.com]
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 6:19
PM
To: Peretz Feder; Gupta, Vivek G;
Kiernan, Brian G.
Cc: STDS-802-21@listserv.ieee.org
Subject: Re: [802.21] Letter
Ballot #1 Voting Reminder
75%, yes. And I am sure Brian will correct me if I am wrong,
but I cannot remember an 802.16 Working Group Letter Ballot or Sponsor Ballot
that was forwarded to the next step in the approval process with less than 96%
approval. In fact, it was/is very common for 802.16 to recirculate documents
several times even when approval numbers are in the 90% range already. 16f
re-circulated (in WG letter ballot) three times after it already had a 93%
approval rating.
The 802 EC and the IEEE-SA love to see these kind of
approval numbers, especially with large volumes of resolved comments. It
demonstrates that the relevant Working Group has given due time and careful
consideration in the preparation of their standard, and gives great comfort to
approving parties (IEEE 802 EC, Revcom, IEEE-SA Board) that an open and
inclusive process has achieved a broad consensus document with substantial and
diverse participation.
Thanks,
Phillip Barber
Chief Scientist
Broadband Wireless Solutions
Huawei Technologies Co., LTD.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, April 24,
2006 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [802.21]
Letter Ballot #1 Voting Reminder
Vivek:
As far as I remember, 802.16 approvals in the letter ballot stage required 75%
approval.
Peretz Feder
On 4/24/2006 3:13 PM, Gupta, Vivek G wrote:
Srini,
The P&P rules specify 50%
and that’s what we have adopted. 802.16 also specifies 50%.
We had a lengthy discussion on this in a
telecon several weeks back.
Please check the minutes of the telecon as
well.
However in practice, to
progress to the Sponsor ballot stage we would need to be in the > 90%
category.
Best Regards
-Vivek
Is the approval
rating only 50%? This looks quite low considering this is a
standards specification...
Regards,
Srini
4.1.2 75% approval
rate
[Vivek G Gupta] should actually be 50%