Re: +++802SEC Ballot: Forward 802.16.2 to Sponsor Ballot
Approve
Best regards,
Robert D. Love
Chair, Resilient Packet Ring Alliance
President, LAN Connect Consultants
7105 Leveret Circle Raleigh, NC 27615
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Carlo" <jcarlo@ti.com>
To: "IEEE802" <stds-802-sec@ieee.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 8:48 AM
Subject: +++802SEC Ballot: Forward 802.16.2 to Sponsor Ballot
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> SEC OFFICIAL EMAIL BALLOT 802.0/19Feb2001
> Issue Date: 19Feb2001 Closing Date: 29Feb2001
> Moved By: Roger Marks
> MOTION: To forward IEEE Draft 802.16.2/D2-2001 ("Recommended Practice
> for Coexistence of Fixed Broadband Wireless Access Systems") for
> Sponsor Ballot.
>
> Notes: From Roger Marks
> 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