[STDS-P1619] OPERATING PROCEDURES BALLOT

[Fabio Maino <fmaino@xxxxxxxxx>]

Title: P1619.2 BALLOT

IEEE SISWG E-MOTION 2008-02: Approve "SISWG Operating Procedure" Draft.
Votes MUST be sent by email to the group secretary: Fabio Maino [ fmaino at cisco.com].
Please CC the mailing list stds-p1619 at IEEE.ORG ONLY IF YOU'RE ATTACHING COMMENTS.

Please format your e-mail vote as follows:

<COMPANY NAME>
<Name of voting WG member>
<Vote: Yes/No/Abstain>
<COMMENTS>

To simplify processing, the subject of the mail should be "OPERATING PROCEDURES BALLOT".  Comments may be received in any format, such as adobe comment file (.fdf) or as comments in an excel spreadsheet (attached). Adobe comment file is the preferred format.

E-MOTION 2008-02: Approve "SISWG Operating Procedure" Draft

The IEEE Security in Storage Working Group approves the "SISWG Operating Procedure" draft.  This motion allows for editorial changes and minor corrections to be made to the draft without a re-vote in the working group. If after approval of this motion, major changes to the draft are deemed necessary by the working group, this vote shall be voided and a new vote shall be required for the working group to approve the "SISWG Operating Procedure" Draft.

Timeline:

E-Voting opens: August 15th, 2008, 5 pm PDT
E-Voting closes: September 14th, 2008, 5 pm PDT

Eligible E-voters:

Brocade
Cisco
Dell
Emulex
Hitachi Data Systems
Hitachi GST
Hifn
HP
IBM
Lexar Media
LSI Logic
Microsoft
nCipher
NetApp
Optica
PGP Corporation
PMC Sierra
Quantum Corp.
RSA Security/EMC
SafeNet
Seagate
SrongAuth
Sun Microsystems
Symantec
Voltage Security
Vormetric
Wave Systems
WinMagic

The voting is "per company", as it has been always the case in the P1619.2 workgroup.

Tabulation of votes:

For the motion to pass, we must have:
- at least 17 YES votes (2/3 of SISWG members).

The following paragraph is a quote from the "Operating Procedures for P1619" document:

When conducting a Working Group ballot on a draft document, each voting
Working Group member shall vote one of the following positions:

1. Affirmative (with or without comments)
2. Do Not Approve
   (Negative With Comments - the reasons for a negative vote shall be given and shall include specific wording or actions that, if implemented, would resolve the objection)
3. Abstain

Please use adobe comment files (.fdf, preferred format) or the attached spreadsheet when preparing comments.

The draft is available at:
https://siswg.net/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=131&Itemid=41


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Thanks!

Fabio Maino
Cisco Systems
425 East Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
Work: 4088537530

Attachment: SISWG_Comment_Disposition_Template.xls
Description: MS-Excel spreadsheet