1. IEEE 802.21 MEDIA INDEPENDENT HANDOVER
DCN:
Title: P to Sponsor Ballot
Date Submitted: July, 2007
Presented at IEEE session #21, San Francisco
Authors or Source(s):
  Vivek Gupta
Abstract: Summary of Working Group Letter Ballot and Approval to go to Sponsor Ballot

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3. P802.21 To Sponsor Ballot Conditional Approval 20 July, 2007

4. Conditional Approval Rules Clause 20
Motions requesting Conditional Approval to forward where the prior ballot has closed shall be accompanied by:
• Date the ballot closed
• Vote tally including Approve, Disapprove and Abstain votes
• Comments that support the remaining disapprove votes and Working Group responses.
• Schedule for confirmation ballot and resolution meeting

5. Date the Ballot Closed 15 July, 2007
Stage
Open
Close
WG Letter Ballot
March 31, 2006
April 30, 2006
WG Letter Ballot Recirc #1
October 06, 2006
October 23, 2006
WG Letter Ballot Recirc #2
December 04, 2006
January 03, 2007
WG Letter Ballot Recirc #3
February 04, 2007
February 19, 2007
WG Letter Ballot Recirc #4
April 12, 2007
April 27, 2007
WG Letter Ballot Recirc #5
June 30, 2007
July 15, 2007

6. Vote Tally
Draft Ver
Approve
Disapprove
Total
Approval Ratio
Abstain
Ballots
Members
Return Ratio
D6.0 59 3 62
59/62 = 95.1% 1 63 72
63/72 = 87%
No new Disapprove voters in LB-1e
3 Disapprove Voters with Comments
42 Negative Comments submitted which constitute the 3 Disapprove Votes
WG resolved all 42 comments and the 3 voters have changed to Approve
1 Disapprove voter with NO Comments
Have not received any comments in last 2 re-circulations
Attempts to contact this individual have not resulted in a response
Other Comments
156 Editorial and Minor Technical Comments submitted
The WG resolved all of these (42+156) Comments in draft D7.0
Draft D7.0 to be re-circulated for confirmation

7. Voting Results http://www.ieee802.org/21/ballot_1.html 100% LB #1
LB #1a
LB #1b
LB #1c
LB #1d
LB #1e
July-15 July-18
Draft
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
7.0
Total Voters 72
Approve 14 18 28 40 46 59 63
Disapprove with
Comments 39 42 33 21 15 3
Disapprove without
Comments - Invalid 2 1
Abstain 5
Total Ballots 58 61 62 64
Approval %
26%
30%
46%
66%
75%
95%
100%
Return %
81%
85%
86%
87%
88%

8. Comment Resolution Draft Total comments Submitted Technical Editorial
LB #1
LB #1a
LB #1b
LB #1c
LB #1d
LB #1e
Total
Draft
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
Total comments
Submitted
915
414
405
481
591
198
3004
Technical
579
287
303
341
410
141
2061
Editorial
336
127
102
140
181 57
943
Comments NOT part of Disapprove vote
469
212
237
330
156
1691
Comments part of
Disapprove vote
446
202
168
194
261 42
1313

9. Comments that support the Remaining disapprove votes and Working Group responses
None.
No comments from the only remaining Disapprove voter.

10. Confirmatory Email Messages
This is to confirm that I approve the LB #1e. Regards, -ajay (Ajay Rajkumar)
Thanks for taking care of my comments this week. Please not that I am approving the draft (in LB-1e) per the accepted comments and voting to move on into the SB process (cycles) - BR, Peretz Feder
I approve of the current draft (in LB-1e) and I intend to become a sponsor ballot member. Regards, Fran (Francis O’Brien)
The comment resolution procedure done on yesterday, July 17th 2007 was successful to resolve my issues. Therefore, I am approving our draft in LB-1e. Best Regards, Junghoon Jee

11. Schedule for Confirmation Ballot and Resolution Meeting
July Issue D7.0
July 29 – Aug Recirculation
Sept Comment Resolution, if required at #22

12. WG Motion
Motion the WG To develop and issue the Working Group Draft P802.21/D7.0, to authorize the WG Chair to forward P802.21/D7.0 to the EC for conditional approval to initiate a Sponsor Ballot on the Draft, to initiate a Working Group Letter Ballot confirmation recirculation to close around August 10, 2007, and to authorize the WG Chair to initiate a Sponsor Ballot on the Draft P802.21/D7.0
Moved By: Yoshi Ohba
Seconded By: Junghoon Jee
Yes: 27
No: 0
Abstain: 2
Result: Motion Passes

13. Motion
To grant conditional approval, under Clause 20, to forward P to Sponsor Ballot
Moved: Vivek Gupta
Seconded:
Approve:
Disapprove
Abstain:
Result: