Re: *** SEC Motion to forward 1000BASE-T(IEEE 802.3ab) to REVCOM

["Carlson" <dcarlson@netlabs.net>]

All,

I approve.

Dave



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> From: Jim Carlo <jcarlo@ti.com>
> To: IEEE 802 EXEC-REFLECTOR <stds-802-sec@ieee.org>
> Subject: *** SEC Motion to forward 1000BASE-T(IEEE 802.3ab) to REVCOM
> Date: Thursday, May 06, 1999 2:25 PM
> 
>
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> SEC OFFICIAL EMAIL BALLOT     802.0/6May1999
> 
> Issue Date:   6May1999          Closing Date: 14May1999
> Moved By:     Geoff Thompson
> Seconded By:  Bob Grow
> 
> Move: Authorize forwarding 802.3ab (1000BASE-T) to RevCom for approval at
the
> June1999 IEEE-SA Standards Board Meeting contingent on the approval of a
letter
> ballot motion from the voters of 802.3 scheduled to close May 10.
> 
> Notes:
> 
> If you recall there was a quite contentious issue at the March meeting
> regarding a request from some members to see a "proof of concept" before
802.3
> authorized it to go forward. There was no motion to go forward passed at
the
> closing plenary of 802.3 in March.
> 
> There is currently a 30 day 802.3 Working Group letter ballot which
closes May
> 10 to approve the placement of 802.3ab on the REVCOM agenda. The current
status
> of that motion is detailed below.
> 
> Supporting information
> 
> The Sponsor Recirculation Ballot for P802.3ab/D6.0 (1000BASE-T) closed on
April
> 5. The results of that ballot were:
> 
> 	60	Number of eligible people in Ballot Group
> ___________________________________________________________
> 	44	Affirmative votes
> 	 2	Negative votes (Frazier, Thaler)
> 	 1	Abstention vote
>    ________
> 	47 	Votes = 78% Returned
> 		         2% Abstention
> 	46/48	        95% Affirmative
> 
> There were comments from 3 voters during the recirculation
> 	Thaler  -  Supports Seifert's proposal for "Trial-Use"
> 	Seifert -  Previous plus minor editorial (to be corrected during prep
for
> pub.)
> 	Booth   -  Minor editorial (to be corrected during prep for pub.)
> (The complete comments are attached to this message as d60comments.doc))
> 
> With this the Sponsor Balloting process is complete. The draft has met
all of
> the IEEE requirements for approval, consensus and recirculation. It is
ready to
> go to REVCOM for approval by the IEEE Standards Board. There was no
meeting
> held to resolve comments as there were no "new negatives".
> 
> There is an 802.3 Working Group letter ballot motion currently being
conducted
> by e-mail to place P802.3ab/D6.0 on the June REVCOM agenda.
> 
> The results to date (cob May 3) of the Working Group letter ballot motion
to
> forward are:
> 	75	Affirmative votes
> 	 1	Negative votes
> 	 4	Abstention vote
>    ________
> 	80 	Votes = 53% Returned
> 		        <1% Abstention
> 	75/80	        98% Affirmative
> 
> This ballot closes on May 10.
> The ballot has achieved the 75 votes returned by 802.3 voters that it
needs to
> meet the quorum requirement. If the ballot does not pass then the matter
of
> forwarding the draft will be
> on the agenda of the July meeting of 802.3. P802.3ab would then not be a
> candidate for approval as an IEEE Standard until September 1999.
> 
> Jim Carlo(jcarlo@ti.com) Cellular:1-214-693-1776  Voice&FAX
Mail:1-214-853-5274
> TI Fellow, Networking Standards at Texas Instruments
> Chair, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 Telecom and Info Exchange Between Systems
> Chair, IEEE 802 LAN MAN Standards Committee
>