Hello
Jerry,
I believe that Hassan
has a valid complaint here.
The section 2.9.2 to
which you both refer is prefaced by an intro paragraph (section 2.9) that
states (among other things):
The rules and procedures governing WG letter ballots,
comment resolution and confirmation letter ballots are contained in the
Policies and Procedures of IEEE Project 802 (see ref.
[rules3], 5.1.4.2.2). . . . The following additional requirements are
imposed within WG 802.20.
It’s clear that the
rules following that introduction are for the Working Group, not merely
special rules for a Task Group. While requirement 1 in section 2.9.2
does specifically apply to a Task Group and cannot apply to our situation (we
had no Task Group), the other requirements (2 through 7) do not refer to Task
Groups and either explicitly mention the Working Group or make no reference to
a group. Specifically, requirement 7 states:
7. The draft must be approved for submittal to
WG letter ballot at the 802.20 WG closing plenary. This will be a technical
motion requiring at least 75% approval.
This is not a special
rule for Task Group procedures. We didn’t follow this requirement.
The draft was not available at the close of the January meeting, and there was
no approval at our closing plenary.
I think we can avoid
a lot of procedural troubles later if we hold off a bit and rescind the letter
ballot until we get Working Group approval of the draft. At this point,
our best bet for avoiding problems later is to slow down a bit and make sure
we are following our published procedures now.
My
2c.
Hank
Hank Eilts
Texas Instruments
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From:
Jerry1upton@AOL.COM [mailto:Jerry1upton@AOL.COM]
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 10:58
AM
To:
STDS-802-MOBILITY@listserv.ieee.org
Subject: Re: [802-20-GENERAL:] 802.20
Letter Ballot 1
The section of the 802.20 P&P
you reference in your compliant, section 2.9.2 is additional requirements
imposed within 802.20 on Task Groups. Currently 802.20 has no Task Groups
(TGs). At the Working Group level the rules are the same as the 802
P&P. I am very sure of this interpretation as I wrote the current
802.20 P&P.
I hope this clarifies your
concerns.
The Letter Ballot is valid and I
encourage members to complete and submit their ballots before the upcoming
deadline.
In a message dated 2/8/2006
7:18:23 PM Central Standard Time, hassan.yaghoobi@INTEL.COM
writes:
Dear Jerry,
We have complaint on initiation of this
letter ballot. Please see the attached document. We request your prompt
response and action on this matter.
Sincerely,
Hassan Yaghoobi
Intel
Corporation