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Re: [802SEC] Teleconference on WG P&P Revision for Friday 11/13 @ 12 noon Eastern Time



Hi Roger,

I will include this on the agenda for tomorrow.

Thanks!

Mat

Matthew Sherman, Ph.D. 
Engineering Fellow 
BAE Systems -  Network Systems (NS) 
Office: +1 973.633.6344 
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From: Roger Marks [mailto:r.b.marks@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Roger B. Marks
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 7:42 PM
To: Sherman, Matthew J. (US SSA)
Cc: STDS-802-SEC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Subject: Re: [802SEC] Teleconference on WG P&P Revision for Friday 11/13 @ 12 noon Eastern Time

Mat,

I would like to introduce contribution ec-09-0004, at:
	<https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/documents>

Roger


On 2009/11/09, at 05:19 AM, Sherman, Matthew J. (US SSA) wrote:

> All,
>
> This is just a reminder that we will have a teleconference to  
> discuss status on the WG P&P revision this Friday @ 12 Noon ET.   
> This will of course be followed Sunday by our usual P&P Review  
> meeting.
>
> If you have any issues concerning the WG P&P revision please bring  
> them (and your proposed resolutions) forward by Friday.  If there is  
> any redrafting of the revisions required, I'd like to have them done  
> by Sunday.
>
> Note that I will be proposing the following change on Friday:
>
> To address the recent concern that WG Chairs should bring vote  
> counts for any matters they bring forward for consideration by the  
> EC on behalf of their WG I suggest the following be added to Clause  
> 3.1.2 of the LMSC OM revision:
>
> "Votes brought to the EC on behalf of a WG or TAG shall include vote  
> counts for the approval votes to bring the matter forward to the EC."
>
> In addition, I have a concern about approval of WG Ballots to  
> forward Drafts to Sponsor ballot. I feel the current rules are  
> ambiguous, and I am concerned that they are substantially different  
> than for Sponsor ballot.  Currently the Draft WG P&P (9.6) has:
>
> "Approval to forward a draft standard to the Sponsor shall require  
> approval by a WG Letter Electronic Ballot.  Abstains shall require a  
> reason be given, and Do Not Approve votes shall require comments on  
> changes required to modify the vote to Approve.  For a letter ballot  
> on a draft standard to be valid a majority of all the voting members  
> of the Committee must have responded Approve, Do Not Approve, or  
> Abstain ."
>
> The Process for Sponsor Ballot is as follows (SA SB OM 5.4.3.1):
>
> For a standards ballot to be effective, at least 75% of the ballots  
> shall be returned. In the event that a 75%
> return from the balloting group cannot be obtained, the balloting  
> process is considered to have failed.
> Further disposition of the document shall be the responsibility of  
> the Sponsor. A minimum of 75% of those
> voting affirmative or negative with comment must approve the draft  
> in order to submit the ballot result to
> the IEEE-SA Standards Board. In the event that 30% or more of the  
> returned ballots are abstentions, the
> ballot shall be considered invalid.
>
> Note that in the WG rules, there is no abstention requirement, and  
> the return requirement is lower....  I'm not saying this is wrong,  
> but I felt we should revisit it to make sure this is what we intend.
>
> The call in info is the same as previously:
>
>                12 Noon Eastern Time:
>                Toll Free Dial In Number:  (866)205-4008
> Int'l Access/Caller Paid Dial In Number:  (801)886-8167
> ACCESS CODE:  6336344
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Matthew Sherman, Ph.D.
> First Vice Chair, IEEE 802
> Engineering Fellow
> BAE Systems -  Electronics, Intelligence, & Support (EI&S)
> Office: +1 973.633.6344
> Cell: +1 973.229.9520
> email: matthew.sherman@baesystems.com<mailto:matthew.sherman@baesystems.com 
> >
>
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