PROGRESS REPORT ON Arnie Greenspan Chair Member Standards Board Piscataway, NJ September 27, 2007

BACKGROUND Last report presented in June Last report presented in June  Reported significant progress  Reported on WG efforts to develop a new broad based consensus draft containing significant proposal inputs from Motorola, Kyocera, Samsung, LGE and Qualcomm

GOALS Joint mission of this Standards Board the IEEE-SA OC for the 802 EC, OC and myself was to: Joint mission of this Standards Board the IEEE-SA OC for the 802 EC, OC and myself was to:  Address the issue of dominance within  Produce a good consensus standard in a fair and open manner

SIGNIFICANT NEW EVENTS The OC held a series of interviews and investigated the perception of dominance within The OC held a series of interviews and investigated the perception of dominance within  At the San Francisco meeting the OC recommended several actions to the unconflicted EC including changing the voting method in from individual voting to a hybrid entity/member approach  This new voting approach is believed to address both positive and negative dominance in the short and long term

WHAT IS HYBRID MEMBER /ENTITY VOTING Voting in will be done by a designated voter selected by an eligible entity Voting in will be done by a designated voter selected by an eligible entity Eligibility of an entity in is derived through an individual that has established membership by complying with the membership. Attendance rules of 802 and and who has declared affiliation with that entity while establishing membership. Eligibility of an entity in is derived through an individual that has established membership by complying with the membership. Attendance rules of 802 and and who has declared affiliation with that entity while establishing membership.

WHAT IS HYBRID/MEMBER ENTITY VOTING cont’d Corollaries of this approach ar: Corollaries of this approach ar:  Each entity will have one vote  In order to maintain voting rights the entity must maintain a designated voter who is a member of  New entities that desire voting rights or members of who wish to vote on behalf of a new entity must attend 4 meetings, 2 of which are plenary meetings after declaring their affiliation to that entity. (This is an 802 rule)  An existing member of may become the designated voter of an entity that has existing rights at the next meeting after declaring affiliation to that entity The approach and rules implemented by precludes potential abuses such as individual members making their membership votes available to differing entities on a meeting by meeting basis

PROGRESS UNDER THE NEW VOTING APPROACH The new voting approach for was implemented in San Francisco in July The new voting approach for was implemented in San Francisco in July Under these voting rules Under these voting rules  The WG established 15 entity voters  The entity voters voted to advance the draft to Letter Ballot status 13 approve 0 opposed 0 opposed 2 abstain 2 abstain

BETWEEN MEETINGS All current entities of were contacted and told of the new voting approach and requested to designate a voter All current entities of were contacted and told of the new voting approach and requested to designate a voter Responses expanded the entity voter list from 15 to 25 Responses expanded the entity voter list from 15 to 25 Instructions were sent for the Working Group Letter Ballot and a 40-day Letter Ballot was begun Instructions were sent for the Working Group Letter Ballot and a 40-day Letter Ballot was begun

BALLOT RESULTS Nineteen ballots were received from the potential 25 entity voters - a greater than 50% response The ballot response was: 10 yes4 no5 abstain Two ballots were received past the deadline, 1 yes and 1 no. All comments late and otherwise were acted upon. The two late ballots were not counted for statistical purposes, resulting in a 75% approval of the Letter Ballot

COMMENT RESOLUTION 1785 comments were received: 818 Technical 820 Editorial 147 Hybrid At the September meeting ALL comments were addressed by working incredible hours

COMMENT RESOLUTION CONT’D 13 Entity voters were present in Hawaii which constituted a quorum Two votes were taken: Approval of the San Francisco minutes by acclamation Approval of the San Francisco minutes by acclamation Affirmations of the comment resolutions by the Working Group in a vote of Affirmations of the comment resolutions by the Working Group in a vote of 8 approve4 abstainThe Chair not voting

NEXT ACTIONS The modified draft will be posted sowing the changes due to comment resolution A 30-day recirculation ballot will be undertaken under Letter Ballot recirculation rules The ballot will open October 7 and close November 6 - one week before the 802 Plenary meeting in Atlanta