Dear
SEC,
This is a 10 day SEC email ballot to make a
determination on the below SEC motion to conditionally forward IEEEE
P802.11g/D6.1 to LMSC Sponsor Ballot, moved by Stuart Kerry, seconded
by Mat Sherman.
The email
ballot opens on Saturday January 25 12noon EST and closes Tuesday
February 4 12noon EST.
Please direct your responses to the SEC
reflector and to Matthew Shoemake, chair of the 802.11g task
group.
Regards,
--Paul Nikolich
Subject: SEC Motion: Conditionally forward
P802.11g/D6.1 for Sponsor Ballot.
Moved: Stuart
Kerry Second: Matthew Sherman
MOTION: To
conditionally forward IEEE P1802.11g/D6.1 ("Draft Ammendment for Further
Higher data rate extension in the 2.4GHz band") for Sponsor
Ballot.
Explanation:
The Working Group 802.11g Letter
Ballot 50 ("To forward IEEE P802.11g/D5.1 for Sponsor Ballot") ran
from November 27, 2002 to January 8, 2003.
The results
were:
Approve: 256 Disapprove: 34
Approval Ratio: 88% [75% required]
Abstain: 18
Ballots: 308 Elligble
Voters:321 Return Ratio: 96%
[50% required]
Comments (no votes) : 185
The Ballot Resolution Committee met January 13-17th, and as a result
several voters confirmed they would change their votes based on D6.1.
The updated vote tally is as follows:
Approve: 281
Disapprove: 9 Approval Ratio: 97% [75% required]
Abstain:
18 Ballots: 308 Elligble
Voters:321 Return Ratio: 96%
[50% required]
Comments (unresolved no votes): 57
Responses to the
comments developed by a Ballot Resolution Committee, and the
comments, responses and draft P802.11g/D6.1 are in the process of being
recirculated (January 20, 2003 to February 6, 2003).
For a full
report of the Letter Ballot, see the attached Excel Spreadsheet
*
Comments that support the remaining disapprove votes and Working Group
responses.
The NO comments are contained in the attached spread sheet.
There are 57 total comments. Of these comments Task Group G counter 29 of them
and rejected 28 of them. There are many duplicate comments, and they have all
been included for completeness.
* Remaining schedule for balloting and
comment resolution if new no votes are received
These will be handled
(if necessary) at the March Plenary session (March 10-14 2003).
*
Additional Information
IEEE 802.11 document 11-02-714 tracks the
progress of 802.11g voting. The document is attached.
* Clarifying
Questions
What didn't IEEE 802.11 ask for conditional approval at the
ExCom meeting in November 2002?
At the November 2002 meeting, the
results of Letter Ballot 50 were not back yet, so the requiremetns to
introduce the motion to ExCom could not be met at that time.
What's the
harm in waiting until the March 2003 session to vote on this?
There is
enough time between the January 2003 session and the March 2003 session to do
a Working Group Recirculation Ballot and a Sponsor Ballot and have the results
back by the March 2003 session. Doing so will allow IEEE 802.11g to make quick
progress. Waiting until the March 2003 session may delay IEEE 802.11g at least
two months.