This is a WG ballot, and the
ballot group (i.e., those that may vote) for this ballot
is all IEEE 802.11 voters as of the start of this letter
ballot series. The list of voters is provided at
"Ballot Group" link in the table above.
A "Disapprove" vote on this ballot must be accompanied by "must be satisfied = yes"
comments for your vote to be valid.
Per 802 rules, the only valid "Abstain" reason is "Lack of Technical Expertise". Submitting an
abstain vote for any other reason is considered not returning a ballot.
The draft is password protected in accordance with IEEE
802 Policies and Procedures. To obtain the draft, use
the username and the password supplied to active members
for the 802.11 WG private area.
You need an IEEE web account to vote. Instructions
for getting an account, changing the registered email
address and affiliation are
here.
If you get a new IEEE-SA web account, you will need
to record an interest in C/LM/WG802.11, and let the WG
chair know your new SA pin before you can vote using
this account.
Robert Stacey
IEEE 802.11 Working Group Chair
E-mail: rjstacey@gmail.com
The working group balloting process is the means by which we build consensus and improve the quality of our draft
standards.
The ballot process begins with an initial ballot. The ballot group is established at this time and consist of the
voting membership of 802.11 at the time the initial ballot is started. The ballot group remains constant for the
duration of the ballot series. The entire draft is open to comment during the initial ballot. An initial ballot must
pass with greater than 75% approval (and meet other criteria) before it proceeds to recircuation ballot. A draft
might require more than one initial ballot before it reaches this threshold.
With recirculation ballots the objective is to iteratively narrow the scope of the changes being made. Valid
comments are limited to those that identify problems with text that has changed or is affected by text that is
changed. The task group may (at its descretion) address out of scope comments, but the primary objective here is to
covert as many Disapprove votes to Approve votes as possible by addressing the comments associated with those
Disapprove votes. It is typically not possible to covert all Disapprove votes to Approve votes.
Members that are not in the ballot group may vote and submit comments on the draft. However, their vote will not
count toward the ballot results. Their comments will be considered by the task group, but the group is under
no obligation to address them.
Step 1 - Voting
Select the button. This will take you to the
ePoll page for this ballot.
If prompted, enter your IEEE account credentials.
You won't be prompted if you have already
logged in to mentor, e.g., to access the 802.11 documents.
On the vote page:
Enter your affiliation, either from the drop-down list (if entered previously) or by typing it
in
Enter your vote; select one of: "Approve", "Disapprove" or "Abstain - Lack of Technical
Expertise"
NOTE: According to 802 rules, an abstain for reasons other than Lack of Technical Expertise
is considered not returning a ballot.
Press OK.
You will receive an email notifying you of your vote. You
can also check the last vote recorded by revisiting the voting page.
NOTE: While the ballot is still open, you can return to the ePoll ballot page to modify your vote, add
additional comments or edit your comments. To return to the ePoll ballot page select the
button.
Submit individual comments through the web interface or upload multiple comments using the
spreadsheet template. For each comment, provide the following information.
Comment
Describe the problem.
Category
Select one of: Technical, Editorial or General.
If you are using a comment spreadsheet, be sure to use the full word. The system will reject a
spreadsheet where this column does not contain one of these terms.
Page / Line Number
If you choose to include a page / line number
reference in your comments, please do so by entering
a non-negative integer in these columns (or roman
numeral page number). Be sure to quote the page number at the
bottom of the page in the clean draft, not the
redline document, as they will be different.
Subclause
Include the number of the subclause heading to which your
comment applies (e.g., 5, 2.1, 4.2.3., C, C.3,
8.2a.4b). If you have a comment that applies
to the entire document put "General" in this
field. Don't put "all", "many", "various" or any
other word you may personally fancy. If the field
contains anything other that a (sub)clause number or
"General", the comment may be rejected (insufficient detail).
If your comment relates to a table or figure, use the number of the subclause in which the table
or
figure resides. Put only the number and not
additional words such as "clause" or "annex".
Proposed Change
Describe how to correct the problem.
Keep the proposed change separate from the comment.
Remember that the operating rules state that
a "Disapprove" vote MUST be accompanied by comments which
include specific reasons and enough information for
the group to understand what you desire in order to
change your "Disapprove" vote to an "Approve" vote.
If your proposed change does not include sufficient detail to guide the group in a direction
that will satisfy you, then your comment will likely be rejected.
Must Be Satisfied
This field appears on the web interface only if
you have voted "Disapprove". It is always present in
the spreadsheet.
This field indicates whether the comment must be
satisfied in order for you to change your vote to
"Approve".
Any voter that votes "Disapprove" must have at least
one comment marked "must be satisfied=yes" to
support for their "Disapprove" vote. This field must not be left blank for any
comment accompanying a "Disapprove" vote, as the intent of
the voter regarding this comment would be
ambiguous.
Use only "Yes" or "No" in this column; any other value will prevent the system accepting your
upload.
NOTE: The redline document (if present) shows the
differences between the balloted draft and the previously balloted draft.
Due to limitations of the tools used to produce the
redline, this version of the draft may contain
artifacts arising from the comparison process.
Always check the clean version before reporting a problem found
in a redline document.
Always report the page and line numbers from
the clean draft.
WG Ballot Group
Voter
ExOfficio
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