[802.3_1PPODL] Fwd: [802.3_DIALOG] IEEE P802.3bu Power Over Data Lines (PoDL) initial IEEE 802.3 Working Group ballot results

[Dan Dove <dan.dove@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Task Force Participants,

In case you missed it, P802.3bu D1.0 met all of the criteria for closing ballot successfully.

We have a large number of comments to resolve (317 + 72 resubmittals) so have a lot of work to do in Atlanta.

I would like to thank all of those who participated in the draft development, balloting, and comment generation for your time and effort.

Andy will be uploading the comments shortly. We will then prepare responses and update those per the usual process to allow time for the Task Force to digest the responses and develop a viewpoint on them. This will be done as soon as possible, however, please anticipate some time will be required to get them to the state necessary.

Best Regards,

Dan Dove
Acting Chair, IEEE P802.3bu PoDL Task Force

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Forwarded from David Law
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Dear Colleagues,

The initial IEEE 802.3 Working Group ballot on the amendment IEEE P802.3bu Power Over Data Lines (PoDL) closed successfully on 20th December 2015. The ballot exceeded the required 75% for consensus to approve the draft. The January 2016 IEEE P802.3bu Task Force interim meeting <http://www.ieee802.org/3/interims/index.html> will consider the 337 comments submitted and determine changes to the draft as appropriate. The availability of the comment database will be announced on the IEEE P802.3bu Task Force reflector.
The ballot statistics are:

 277 Voters
 120 Approve
  16 Disapprove 
  21 Abstain
 157 Ballots returned

 56.68% Response Rate (> 50% required)
 13.38% Abstain Rate (< 30% required)
 88.24% Approval Rate (>= 75% required)

Thank you to all that participated in this ballot. 

David Law
Chair, IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group

Dan Dove
Acting chair, IEEE P802.3bu Power Over Data Lines (PoDL) Task Force