Congratulations on the successful closure of our 1st P802.3by Sponsor recirculation ballot! I’m forwarding on David Law’s announcement with the details of the sponsor ballot results.
The received comments have been posted and the editorial team will be working to propose response to these comments as soon as possible.
Dear Colleagues,
The 1st Sponsor recirculation ballot on the amendment IEEE P802.3by 25 Gb/s Ethernet closed successfully on 25th February 2016. The ballot exceeded the required 75% for consensus to approve the draft. The March 2016 IEEE P802.3by Task Force plenary week
meeting <
http://www.ieee802.org/3/interims/index.html> will consider the 35 comments submitted and determine changes to the draft as appropriate. The availability of the comment database will be announced
on the IEEE P802.3by Task Force reflector.
The ballot statistics are:
142 Voters
109 Approve
3 Disapprove with comment
1 Disapprove without comment
6 Abstain
119 Ballots returned
83.80% Response Rate (>= 75% required)
5.04% Abstain Rate (< 30% required)
97.32% Approval Rate (>= 75% required)
Thank you to all that participated in this ballot.
David Law
Chair, IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group
Mark Nowell
Chair, IEEE P802.3by 25 Gb/s Ethernet Task Force