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[802SEC] Fwd: P802.16g Disapproval Notification



To: 802.16 Reflector
cc: 802 EC Reflector

I have unfortunate news to report on P802.16g.

On 26 April, after three Sponsor Ballot recirculations and a 99%  
approval ratio (136 Approve, 2 Disapprove), I submitted P802.16g/D9  
to RevCom:
  <http://ieee802.org/16/docs/07/80216-07_028.pdf>
Yesterday, the approval request was rejected by the IEEE-SA Standards  
Board, upon RevCom's advice.

To the best of my understanding, the core reason for the rejection  
was that some of voters submitted comments directly to the Working  
Group instead of using the IEEE-SA's myBallot system. This was partly  
related to the unresolved comments of the two disapprove voters:
  <http://ieee802.org/16/docs/07/80216-07_027.pdf>.

This issue was raised by several RevCom members prior to the meeting.  
Phillip Barber (the Task Group Chair) and I prepared responses to  
those comments for RevCom consideration, arguing that the WG did  
follow documented procedures and, because it was required to address  
all comments, had little choice in how to proceed:
  <http://ieee802.org/16/docs/07/80216-07_032.pdf>.
I participated by telephone in the RevCom meeting of 6 June to  
discuss these issues but was unable to reverse the opinion.

[I would like to add that the RevCom administrator responded to the  
research in our response by indicating that 802.16-07/012r4 seems to  
have not been included in the second recirculation; if so, it was  
likely due to an accidental omission on my part, for which I assume  
responsibility. However, RevCom at no time raised this issue in its  
deliberations, so it does not appear to have directly affected the  
decision.]

During the RevCom meeting, I requested advice as to what kind of  
approach we could follow to assure that we satisfy RevCom's concerns.  
When no clear answer arose, I requested assignment of a RevCom  
"mentor" to provide feedback and assurance that our future steps will  
be satisfactory. Geoff Thompson volunteered.

The formal notice of disapproval is below, and at:
  <http://ieee802.org/16/docs/07/80216-07_033.pdf>.
I am pleased to see that it provides some explicit directions on how  
we can proceed: "The Sponsor must conduct a recirculation ballot to  
show all unresolved comments associated with negative votes, and  
their responses, to the ballot group. The Sponsor is encouraged to  
input all comments and responses into the myBallot system for ease of  
submittal package review by RevCom. The Sponsor shall inform the  
ballot group that the myBallot system must be used as the mechanism  
for ballot comment submission."

The middle sentence may be the most challenging. Based on my  
understanding of the software, I am not currently aware of any way to  
input comments and responses into the myBallot system prior to a  
recirc. I have inquired with IEEE-SA staff as to whether they can  
arrange a way to do so.

RevCom does not hold conference call meetings during the summer, so  
the next chance for RevCom review of this draft is 26 September. This  
delay will cause pain to the interesting parties. Since the base  
standard will by then be more than three years old, it appears that  
we may need to address the rule prohibiting amendments after three  
years. There are some exceptions to the rule, but I don't fully  
understand the language in the IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations  
Manual, so further research will be required.

I'm copying the IEEE 802 EC so that other Working Groups will be  
aware of this problem. Working Groups receiving comments outside the  
myBallot system will need to decide whether to address those comments  
or to ignore them. I am concerned that they will face risk either  
way. In any case, it would certainly be wise to make an effort, in  
your Sponsor Ballot cover letters, to steer your voters toward the  
use of myBallot.

Regards,

Roger

Roger B. Marks  <r.b.marks@ieee.org>
NextWave Broadband Inc.
Chair, IEEE 802.16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access <http:// 
WirelessMAN.org>




Begin forwarded message:

> From: d.ringle@ieee.org
> Date: June 8, 2007 09:59:57 AM MDT
> To: r.b.marks@ieee.org
> Subject: P802.16g Disapproval Notification
>
>
> 8 June 2007
>
> Roger Marks
> NextWave Broadband, Inc.
> 4040 Montview Blvd
> Denver, CO  80207
>
> cc:   Paul Nikolich, C/LM Liaison
>          Richard Snyder, MTT Liaison
>          Michael Kipness, Program Manager
>          William Ash, Program Manager
>          Kim Breitfelder, Manager-Standards Editing and Production
>          Geoff Thompson, RevCom mentor
>
> RE: NEW P802.16g/D9 (C/LM + MTT) IEEE Standard for Local and  
> Metropolitan
> Area Networks - Part 16: Air Interface for Fixed and Mobile Broadband
> Wireless Access Systems - Amendment 3: Management Plane Procedures and
> Services
>
> Dear Roger,
>
> I must inform you that P802.16g was disapproved as a new amendment  
> to IEEE
> Std 802.16-2004 by the IEEE-SA Standards Board on 7 June 2007.
>
> The Sponsor must conduct a recirculation ballot to show all unresolved
> comments associated with negative votes, and their responses, to  
> the ballot
> group. The Sponsor is encouraged to input all comments and  
> responses into
> the myBallot system for ease of submittal package review by RevCom.  
> The
> Sponsor shall inform the ballot group that the myBallot system must  
> be used
> as the mechanism for ballot comment submission. Geoff Thompson will  
> be the
> RevCom mentor to the Sponsor.
>
> Sincerely,
> ****************************************************************
> David L. Ringle
> Manager - IEEE-SA Governance, Policy & Procedures
> IEEE Standards Activities Department
> 445 Hoes Lane
> Piscataway, NJ  08854
> TEL: +1 732 562 3806
> FAX: +1 732 875 0524
> d.ringle@ieee.org
> ****************************************************************
>




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