request for SEC email ballot: 802.16.2 to Sponsor Ballot
Jim:
I request that the following motion be entered as an SEC email ballot:
MOTION: To forward IEEE Draft 802.16.2/D2-2001 ("Recommended Practice
for Coexistence of Fixed Broadband Wireless Access Systems") for
Sponsor Ballot.
Here is an explanation:
(1) The Working Group Letter Ballot results are clean. 802.16's
Letter Ballot #2, ("To approve Document IEEE 802.16.2/D1-2000 and
forward it for Sponsor Ballot") ran from 11-17 to 12-27-2000. The
results were:
Approve: 69 Disapprove: 4 Approval Ratio: 94.5% [75% required]
Abstain: 10 Members: 134 Return Ratio: 61.9% [50% required]
Comments: 147
Following the 10-day Recirculation Ballot #2a of the resolutions
developed by the editorial committee, the vote status was:
Approve: 70 Disapprove: 3 Approval Ratio: 95.9% [75% required]
Abstain: 10 Members: 134 Return Ratio: 61.9% [50% required]
Comments: 23
Following comment resolution at 802.16's January interim, all three
of the negatives voters agreed to vote Approve. Therefore, there were
no negative comments to include in the following 10-day Recirculation
Ballot #2b. The recirc referred only to the set of comment
resolutions, an updated draft (802.16.2/D2-2001), and a marked-up
draft showing the changes between D2 and D1. Recirc #2b stated the
motion as follows: "To approve the proposed resolutions (as
represented in Document IEEE 802.16-01/06) of comments received in
802.16 Recirculation Ballot #2a, and to forward, for Sponsor Ballot,
the resulting Draft Standard (IEEE 802.16.2/D2-2001". Only three
votes were received in this final recirc; these were votes of
"Approve without comments" received from the three voters who were
negative following Recirc #2a. Therefore, ballot is declared closed
and final. The final vote tally is:
Approve: 73 Disapprove: 0 Approval Ratio: 100% [75% required]
Abstain: 10 Members: 134 Return Ratio: 61.9% [50% required]
In summary, the document we want to send for Sponsor Ballot is
identical to the one that completed Recirc #2a with 100% approval and
no new comments.
At our January interim, following a presentation of the comment
resolution results, 802.16 unanimously passed a motion "To initiate
Sponsor Ballot of IEEE 802.16.2/D1-2000, subject to successful
completion of final recirculation ballot."
For a full, documented report of the Letter Ballot, see
<http://ieee802.org/16/tg2/ballots/ballot02>.
(2) We are asking for an email vote because it is essential to our
schedule. We believe that approval will give us a realistic chance of
making the June RevCom agenda. Here is the schedule to get us there:
http://ieee802.org/16/tg2/schedule.html
Note that our invitation to participate in the Sponsor Ballot Group
(IEEE-SA's first-ever electronic one) expires tonight. While the SEC
approval vote takes place, we will have time to put a Ballot Group
together.
I'd like to acknowledge the great efforts of our Task Group 2,
particularly the Chair, Phil Whitehead, and the Editor, Muya Wachira.
I'd also like to thank Howard Frazier, who helped me through the
process by explaining the subtle unwritten rules of balloting, and
Geoff Thompson, who advised me on the creation of an electronic
balloting tool.
Notice that our schedule indicates SEC approval of this motion by
March 1. I hope the SEC will be able to meet this deadline.
Thanks,
Roger