Dear Colleagues,
The 2nd IEEE 802.3 Working Group recirculation ballot on the Amendment IEEE P802.3bu Power Over Data Lines (PoDL) closed successfully on 2nd May 2016. The ballot exceeded the required 75% for consensus to approve the draft. The May 2016 IEEE P802.3bu Task Force interim meeting <http://www.ieee802.org/3/interims/index.html> will consider the 30 comments submitted and determine changes to the draft as appropriate. The availability of the comment database will be announced on the IEEE P802.3bu Task Force reflector.
The ballot statistics are:
277 Voters
152 Approve
1 Disapprove
25 Abstain
178 Ballots returned
64.26% Response Rate (> 50% required)
14.04% Abstain Rate (< 30% required)
99.35% Approval Rate (>= 75% required)
Thank you to all that participated in this ballot.
David Law
Chair, IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group
Dan Dove
Chair, IEEE P802.3bu Power Over Data Lines (PoDL) Task Force