IEEE 802.11 Mandatory Technical Letter Ballot 291 for P802.11bn D1.0 opens today and closes 2025-10-06 at 23:59 ET

IEEE 802.11 Voters,

With this email, the 802.11 Working Group is officially beginning WG Technical Letter Ballot 291 (LB291), asking the question: 
"Should WG11 forward P802.11bn D1.0 to Standards Association (SA) Ballot?"

The WG motion for this WGLB was approved in the WG11 July 2025 closing plenary meeting, see https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/25/11-25-1047-03-0000-july-2025-working-group-motions.pptx.

This Letter Ballot opens today and will close 46 days later on Monday October 6, 2025 at 23:59 Eastern Time USA (11:59pm).
All necessary documents are available in the instructions on the IEEE 802.11 web site at https://www.ieee802.org/11/LetterBallots/LB291bn/LB291_instructions.shtml.
Important:
o	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.
o	Please see the list of voters in this ballot pool at https://www.ieee802.org/11/LetterBallots/LB291bn/LB291_instructions.shtml?ballot-group=../LB291bn/LB291_voters.csv.
o	If you vote "Disapprove" on this ballot, it must be accompanied by comments for your vote to be valid.
o	Not voting on a WG ballot series or sending an invalid vote can affect your voting privileges.
o	The draft is password protected in accordance with IEEE 802 Policies and Procedures. To obtain the draft, use the members area  username and the password supplied to active members.


(The attached file contains a reminder set for 4 days before the close of the ballot. You may find it helpful to import this into or open this with your calendar client in order to get an automated reminder.) 

Thank you for participating and please let me know of any questions.

Robert Stacey,
IEEE 802.11 Working Group Chair
E-mail: rjstacey@gmail.com

Alfred Asterjadhi,
IEEE 802.11 TGbn Chair
E-mail: asterjadhi@gmail.com