[802.3BA] Sponsor Ballot 1st Recirculation Results

["John D'Ambrosia" <jdambrosia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Task Force Participants,

I would like to thank all those who participated in the IEEE P802.3ba/D3.1 sponsor ballot, 1^st recirculation.  The ballot closed on February 27, 2010 with the following tally:

 

Total # of Voters:	143
Approved	97
Disapproved ( w/ comments)	17
Disapproved ( w/o comments)	0
Abstained	6
Total Returns	120

 

Response Ratio (Req. >= 75%)	83.0%
Abstention Ratio (Req. < 30%)	5.0%
Approval Ratio (Req. >=75%)	85.0%

 

A total of 200 comments were received.  The breakdown by comment type is as follows:

 

Description	Editor	Clause	TR	T	ER	E	GR	G	Total
Front matter, MAC, 40G & 100G Intro	Ilango Ganga	99, 00, 01, A, 4, 4A, 31B, 80	1	5	3	5	0	0	14
Management	Hugh Barrass	30, 45	1	8	1	12	0	0	22
RS/MII and PCS	Mark Gustlin	81, 82	4	4	0	5	0	0	13
PMA	Steve Trowbridge	83, 83C	0	2	0	1	0	0	3
XLAUI/CAUI	Ryan Latchman	83A, 83B	37	10	8	11	0	0	66
Backplane KR4 related	Arthur Marris	69, 69A, 69B, 73, 74, 84	3	4	4	6	0	0	17
Copper CR4 & CR10	Chris Di Minico	85, 85A	9	4	4	13	0	0	30
Optical SR4 & SR10, and Cls. 52	Piers Dawe	86, 86A, 52	11	8	2	6	1	0	28
Optical 40G LR4	Jonathan King	87	5	1	1	0	0	0	7
Optical 100G LR4 & ER4	Pete Anslow	88	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total comments			71	46	23	59	1	0	200

 

 

Two PDF files have been uploaded to the IEEE P802.3ba webpage summarizing the comments that have been received against D3.1.  Please see http://www.ieee802.org/3/ba/comments/index.html.  The first file summarizes the comments in order of the Clause, sub-clause, page, and then line.  The second file summarizes the comments in order of the comment ID#.  If you have submitted comments, please take a moment to check and see that they are present and have been recorded accurately. 

 

I look forward to our March Plenary meeting in Orlando.

 

Best Regards,

 

John D’Ambrosia

Chair, IEEE P802.3ba 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s Ethernet Task Force