IEEE802.11 Recirculation Letter Ballot #61 To: only 802.11 Voting Members of LB57 ballot pool, With this email, the 802.11 Working Group is officially beginning Recirculation Letter Ballot 61 (LB61), which is a vote to submit the contents of document IEEE 802.11 "I" Draft 6.0 to Sponsor Ballot. This Ballot opens, September 24, 2003 at 11:59PM at 2359 ET and will close 15 days later on, October 9, 2003 at 2359 (11:59pm) ET. All necessary documents are available on the web site: http://ieee802.org/11/index.html . This is a recirculation ballot so the rules are slightly different. Only those who were voters of record on Letter Ballot 60 can vote on this letter ballot. A copy of the voting list for Letter Ballot 61 is on the main page of the IEEE802.11 WEB site in the Letter Ballot area. 1. For those voters on the ballot pool list: a. If you already voted "Yes" on the subject or you changed your vote from "No" to "Yes" in writing: i. You do not need to vote again unless you want to (your vote carries to LB61). ii. You may submit a "No" vote, but only based on text that was changed after you voted "Yes" or text that was impacted by text that was changed after you voted "Yes" A NO vote may also be supported by disagreement with the resolution of comments submitted on ballot 60 . b. If you already voted "No", and your comments were not resolved you are kindly requested to analyze the revised draft i. Vote "Yes" if all your concerns are solved, ii. Otherwise, vote "No" again and REPEAT the comments that were not solved to your consent, indicating why the group's rebuttal is not acceptable to you. You may add additional comments constituting a "No" vote, but only based on text that was changed or text that was impacted by text that was changed. A NO vote may also be supported by disagreement with the resolution of comments submitted on ballot 60. c. If you did not vote or you abstained, you may vote this time with a valid vote or abstain again with a valid reason. Please vote YES, NO, or ABSTAIN via return e-mail. The subject field of the return email should read: LB61-{last name}-{first name}-{yes, no, abstain} Example: LB61-Kerry-Stuart-abstain Please respond no later than: October 9, 2003 at 2359 (11:59)ET. The correct place to send back your vote and comments are as follows: To: hworstell@att.com cc: dhala@cisco.com stuart.kerry@philips.com, apetrick@icefyre.com Subject: LB61-your last name-your first name-vote IMPORTANT-- There may be multiple ballots going on simultaneously. If you are voting and do not complete the subject field in the prescribed format your ballot may be discarded by the Working Group Chair and considered as a "no response" until correctly submitted. If your response is not acknowledged please resend. Remember, if you vote is abstain you must give a reason of lack of expertise. Be sure to follow the correct subject field format or your ballot will be discarded. If you have any questions, please contact either Dave Halasz (dhala@cisco.com) or Harry Worstell (hworatell@att.com). Thank you for participating in the recirculation ballot # LB61. Stuart Kerry IEEE 802.11 Working Group Chairperson Dave Halasz Chair, IEEE 802.11 TG "I"