1. 802.11 2nd Vice Chair’s Report – Mar 2012
May 2011
doc.: IEEE /0051r2
March 2012
nd Vice Chair’s Report – Mar 2012
Date:
Authors:
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

2. March 2012
Introduction
This presentation is a status update on attendance, membership, balloting and documentation matters.
If you are new to , read document 11-10/0274 **
That document covers material every member needs to know: Places to look for information, Policies and Procedures, Patent Policy, WG Guidelines, Network, Attendance, Membership, Documentation, Reflectors
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Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

3. 802.11 Assigned Numbers Authority (ANA)
March 2012
Assigned Numbers Authority (ANA)
The ANA is Adrian Stephens
The purpose of the ANA is to ensure we have no conflicts for numbers between parallel developments. Such a conflict has the potential to create interoperability problems.
The ANA Process:
Request by TG Editor (or TG chair) to ANA
ANA checks for conflicts with TG Editors
ANA issues revised spreadsheet showing any changes
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4. ANA - 2 The latest database is 11-11/0270r8 (Dec 2011)
March 2012
ANA - 2
The latest database is 11-11/0270r8 (Dec 2011)
Changes since last meeting: REVmb final allocations
Changes since last meeting: TGac initial allocations
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5. Current Membership Status
May 2011
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March 2012
Current Membership Status
Status
Number
Aspirant
124
Potential Voter 59
Voter
298
Definitions:
Aspirant: a member who has attended 1 qualifying meeting
Potential Voter: a member who has attended 2 qualifying meetings and will become a voter at the start of the next plenary they attend
Data as of
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

6. Recent voting member history
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March 2012
Recent voting member history
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

7. March 2012
WG Balloting - ePoll
Each WG letter ballot sequence (i.e., task group) has its own voting pool set to the voting members of at the time the ballot first reaches 75% approval.
I get asked all the time “should I vote on this ballot”
The answer is “go check the voters list published with each and every ballot”. There’s a link on the home page during the ballot.
The mechanism we will use to collect votes/comments is the ePoll mechanism provided by the IEEE-SA.
Use either individual comments or the template .csv spreadsheet provided.
Can also supply comments using .xls format
You will need to sign in using your IEEE-SA web account
Last ballot was generally successful, but some improvements are necessary based on experience from LB187
Will be meeting IEEE-SA officers this week to progress
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

8. Recording Attendance Record attendance using this URL:
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Recording Attendance
It is a requirement that attendees register, in order that a correct record of attendees and their disclosed affiliations can be recorded in the minutes.
You must record 75% attendance of eligible slots in a session for that session to count towards gaining or maintaining voting membership
You need a single IEEE-SA web account
The IEEE SA web account requires a working address
do not remove your address from the account
Use the address associated with that web account when registering attendance
If you change addresses, update the web account, don’t create a new web account, or your membership status may not be calculated properly
Record attendance using this URL:
Click the “802.11” attendance link on the left hand side
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

9. Session graphic Jan 2012 March 2012 17 Normal slots, 2 Extra slots
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Session graphic Jan 2012
Register once
17 Normal slots, 2 Extra slots
75% attendance requires 13 slots attended
Closing plenary requires only 1 registration for 2 slot credit
Source: 11-11/1595r0
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

10. March 2012
Online Calendar
This session’s meetings are also shown on the calendar on the home page (
This is a Google calendar
There are multiple ways of accessing this information, for example from a cell-phone, or as a remote calendar.
Note: the schedule on this calendar will be updated, but any room changes will not.
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11. Documentation March 2012 May 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-11/0051r2
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

12. Local File Document Server information
May 2011
doc.: IEEE /0051r2
March 2012
Local File Document Server information
Local FTP server: ftp://newton.events.ieee.org (anonymous)
External Document Server
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

13. Synchronizing while at the meeting
March 2012
Synchronizing while at the meeting
Particularly important when external bandwidth is limited and unreliable
Use anonymous ftp
Host: ftp://newton.events.ieee.org
User: anonymous
Password: <your- -address-here>
Destination directory: /802.11/10
Freeware tools are available, for example search for “syncback free” **
** Other tools are available. The IEEE does not endorse the use of any particular tool.
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

14. Email Reflectors March 2012 May 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-11/0051r2
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

15. May 2011
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March 2012
Reflector Requests
There is an reflector for the working group, plus one for each task group.
Access to the reflector is limited to those who are members with status: aspirant, nearly-voter, potential-voter, voter.
To change your access, visit the reflector request page:
Gathers information and sends an to Vice Chair
If you change address – please let me know. I will perform a global change to the list servers.
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

16. March 2012
Backup
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17. Membership – Historic Data
March 2012
Membership – Historic Data
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18. Documents – historic data
March 2012
Documents – historic data
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