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approve At 05:56 PM 8/4/01 -0500, Jim Carlo wrote: >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >SEC OFFICIAL EMAIL BALLOT 802.0/4Aug2001 >Issue Date: 4Aug2001Closing Date: 10AugApri2001 (BY 11:00am DALLAS TIME) >Moved By: Roger Marks Seconded By: Bob O'Hara >Move: Forward P802.16/D4-2001 for Sponsor Ballot > >At the SEC July Thursday meeting the SEC gave conditional approval to Roger >to proceed with forwarding to Sponsor Ballot (If conditional approval >conditions were met). Because an additional individual submitted a new no >vote on the same comment, I told Roger we need to take an SEC email ballot. > >NOTE THAT THIS BALLOT CLOSES ON 10AUG AT 11:00AM DALLAS TIME IN ORDER THAT >SPONSOR BALLOT CAN START ON FRIDAY AND THUS CLOSE AT THE START OF THE 802.16 >INTERIM MEETING. ROGER HAS COMMITTED TO CONTACT PEOPLE AND RESPOND AS NEEDED >BECAUSE OF THE SHORT TIME PERIOD TO MEET THE WG SCHEDULE. > >I had asked Roger to explain the two new NO votes in email dated 3August. >The No voter with the comment outside the scope was actually an approve >voter - so this is done. The explanation for the other NO voter is found in >Roger's notes below. > > >Notes: From Roger Marks > >In July, the 802 SEC granted "Conditional Approval" to forward >P802.16/D4-2001 to Sponsor Ballot upon completion of Confirmation >Ballot #3b. The ballot concluded yesterday. The outcome is documented >in these two reports: > >*IEEE P802.16 Confirmation Ballot #3b Comment Resolution Report >IEEE 802.16-01/42 <http://ieee802.org/16/docs/01/80216-01_42.pdf> >In brief: >Two comments were received in the Confirmation Ballot. >-One was nonbinding (the vote is Approve). Comment was outside scope; >it was on a topic not subject to recirc. >-One was binding (balloter went from Approve to Disapprove). The >comment was a duplicate of an earlier comment, with no new technical >content to justify a further recirculation. The comment says that an >option for narrow-band operation should be included since some >countries have allocated narrow bands at 10.5 GHz and the standard is >supposed to cover 10-66 GHz. The resolution basically says that, >while the standard will work fine down to 10 GHz, it was not designed >for narrow band operation; for narrow bands at 10.5 GHz, the upcoming >802.16a standard, which covers 2-11 GHz and assumes narrower >channels, will be more appropriate. [That's why we defined 802.16a >from 2-11 GHz instead of 2-10 GHz, allowing an overlap]. > >*IEEE P802.16 Confirmation Ballot #3b Voting Report >IEEE 802.16-01/43 <http://ieee802.org/16/docs/01/80216-01_43.pdf> >In brief: >-Approve 76/Disapprove 9 (89.4% Approval) >-Abstain 8 >-Return ratio 93/124 = 75% > >Following the Confirmation Ballot, Working Group Letter Ballot #3 was >declared to have concluded successfully. However, 802.16 is not >authorized to continue to Sponsor Ballot because one of the >stipulated approval conditions (no new Disapprove votes) was not met. > >Therefore, with Letter Ballot #3 complete but lacking authorization >to forward it for Sponsor Ballot, I must come back to the SEC for >such authorization. I would therefore like to place the following >motion before the SEC for an email ballot: "To forward >P802.16/D4-2001 for Sponsor Ballot". Bob O'Hara seconds the motion. > >I respectfully request that the email ballot close by noon Eastern >time on Friday August 10. This would give us an opportunity to launch >Sponsor Ballot on Friday afternoon and thereby have it close hours >before our September meeting begins. > >Roger >-- >Dr. Roger B. Marks <mailto:r.b.marks@ieee.org> >Chair, IEEE 802.16 WG on Broadband Wireless Access <http://ieee802.org/16> >phone: +1 303 497 3037 fax: +1 303 497 7828 Bob Heile, Ph.D Chair, IEEE 802.15 Working Group on Wireless Personal Area Networks 11 Louis Road Attleboro, MA 02703 Phone: 508-222-1393 Mobile: 781-929-4832 Fax: 508-222-0515 email: bheile@ieee.org Pager: 800-759-8888 PIN 1109355 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com