Guidance for progression to Standard 
Prepared by Vic Hayes, Chair
AT&T WCND Utrecht
Summary
•	This presentation gives the most important actions 802.11 have to take to progress its draft standard
•	It also gives some possible schedules for handling the ballots between the March and July meetings
•	It provides the dates for the next IEEE Standard Board meetings and the likelyhood we would meet the dates
What to do
•	At the March meeting, we need to resolve all negative votes
•	Then we need to approach the “Do NOT Approve” voters and ask them if our resolution to their comments constituting their “Do NOT Approve” vote would revert their vote to an “Approve” vote
•	Then we need to recalculate the ballot result and list the remaining “Do NOT Approve” votes
•	The remaining “Do NOT Approve” votes are either:
–	rejected by 802.11 with a rebuttal (these are for the report to the ExCom)
–	unresolved (these mean 802.11 need to do more work)
What to decide
•	With more than 75% “Approve” votes, no unresolved “Do NOT Approve” votes and no technical changes made in D3.0
–	propose the ExCom to approve Sponsor Ballot
•	With more than 75% “Approve” votes, no unresolved “Do NOT Approve” votes and technical changes made in D3.0
–	propose the ExCom to approve Sponsor Ballot after WG Confirmation Ballot which does not generate “Do NOT Approve” votes with new comments
•	With more than 75% “Approve” votes and some unresolved “Do NOT Approve” votes
–	do a new WG Letter Ballot and consider to do a WG Confirmation Ballot from the May meeting
 
1: POSSIBLE SCHEDULE FOR WG CONFIRMATION BALLOT D4.0
•	End of meeting	Mar 15 (Fri)
•	Editors deliver	Mar 28 (Thu) Here we have extended the time for the editors with one week
•	Draft on server	Mar 30 (Sat)
•	Mailing date	Apr 5 (Fri)
•	All drafts received	Apr 9 (Tue)
•	Ballot closes	Apr 23 (Tue) (15 days from mail arrive date, 24 days from server)
•	Result on server	Apr 29 (Mon)
•	Meeting start	May 6 (Mon)
2: POSSIBLE SCHEDULE FOR INITIAL SPONSOR BALLOT D5.0
•	End of meeting	May 9 (Thu)
•	Editors deliver	May 16 (Thu)
•	Draft on server	May 18 (Sat)
•	Draft at IEEE	May 21 (Tue)
•	All drafts mailed	May 24 (Fri)
•	All drafts received	May 28 (Tue)
•	Ballot closes	Jun 27 (Thu) (30 days from mail arrive, 40 days from ftp-server)
•	Result on server	Jul 2 (Tue)
•	Meeting start	Jul 8 (Mon)
3: POSSIBLE SCHEDULE FOR 1st or 2nd WG CONFIRMATION BALLOT D5.0
•	End of meeting	May 9 (Thu)
•	Editors deliver	May 23 (Thu) Note the 2 weeks for the editors
•	Draft on server	May 25 (Sat)
•	All drafts mailed	May 31 (Fri)
•	All drafts received	Jun 4 (Tue)
•	Ballot closes	Jun 19 (Thu) (15 days from mail arrive, 25 days from ftp-server)
•	Result on server	Jun 24 (Mon)
•	Meeting start	Jul 8 (Mon)
4: POSSIBLE SCHEDULE FOR WG BALLOT D4.0
•	End of meeting	Mar 15 (Fri)
•	Editors deliver	Mar 21 (Thu)
•	Draft on server	Mar 23 (Sat)
•	Mailing date	Mar 29 (Fri)
•	All drafts received	Apr 2 (Tue)
•	Ballot closes	Apr 29 (Mon) (30 days from mail sent date, 37 days from server)
•	Result on server	May 2 (Thu)
•	Meeting start	May 6 (Mon)
5: POSSIBLE SCHEDULE FOR INITIAL SPONSOR BALLOT D4.0
•	End of meeting	Mar 15 (Fri)
•	Editors deliver	Mar 21 (Thu)
•	Draft on server	Mar 23 (Sat)
•	Draft at IEEE	Mar 26 (Tue)
•	All drafts mailed	Mar 29 (Fri)
•	All drafts received	Apr 2 (Tue)
•	Ballot closes	May 2 (Thu) (30 days from mail arrive date, 39 days from server)
•	Result on server	May 6 (Mon)
•	Meeting start	May 6 (Mon)
6: SPONSOR CONFIRMATION BALLOT D5.0
•	This route is very unlikely because it assumes No technical changes out of the WG Letter Ballot on D3.0
–	Therefore I have not made a schedule
•	If we would get to this route, an Executive Committee E-mail Ballot is required to obtain approval to go for Sponsor Confirmation Ballot
OPPORTUNITY TO MEET STANDARD BOARD DATES
•	Standards Board meeting September 19.
•	Proposed standard due at IEEE office: August 9
–	Unlikely we make this because of the required Sponsor Confirmation Ballot after the July meeting
•	Standards Board meeting: December 10
–	in the case we made an initial Sponsor Ballot on D5.0
–	needs Executive Committee  e-mail ballot from the September meeting
•	Proposed standard due at IEEE office: November 1