1. TGn Meeting Report - July 13 ‘09
doc.: IEEE /0659r1
July 2009
TGn Meeting Report - July 13 ‘09
Date: 2009-July-09
Authors:
Name
Company
Address
Phone
Bruce Kraemer
Marvell +1 -
321 4 27
4098
marvell
.com
5488 Marvell Lane,
Santa Clara, CA, 95054
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2. July 2009
doc.: IEEE /0659r1
July 2009
Welcome to San Francisco, CA July Hyatt Embarcadero Meeting Room = N (Pacific Concourse) One room – no parallel sessions
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3. July 2009
Meeting Protocol
Please announce your affiliation when you first address the group during a meeting slot
Slide 3
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4. Register Indicate attendance Attendance
July 2009
Attendance
Register
Indicate attendance
See document r0 for more details
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Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

5. Attendance, Voting & Document Status
July 2009
Attendance, Voting & Document Status
Make sure your badges are correct
If you plan to make a submission be sure it does not contain company logos or advertising
Questions on Voting status, Ballot pool, Access to Reflector, Documentation, member’s area
see Adrian Stephens –
Cell Phones Silent or Off
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6. Policies July 2009 Policies and Procedures:
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July 2009
Policies
Policies and Procedures:
IEEE Patent Policy -
Are there any patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) that the participant believes July be essential for the use of that standard? Minute any responses that were given, specifically the patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of the patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) that were identified (if any) and by whom.
Affiliation FAQ -
Anti-Trust FAQ -
Ethics -
IEEE Policies and Procedures -
IEEE 802 Policies and Procedures –
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7. Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
July 2009
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July 2009
Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. Participants:
“Shall inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of each “holder of any potential Essential Patent Claims of which they are personally aware” if the claims are owned or controlled by the participant or the entity the participant is from, employed by, or otherwise represents
“Personal awareness” means that the participant “is personally aware that the holder July have a potential Essential Patent Claim,” even if the participant is not personally aware of the specific patents or patent claims
“Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other holders of such potential Essential Patent Claims” (that is, third parties that are not affiliated with the participant, with the participant’s employer, or with anyone else that the participant is from or otherwise represents)
The above does not apply if the patent claim is already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance that applies to the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group
Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2
Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged
No duty to perform a patent search
Slide #1 - July 08
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Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

8. July 2009
Patent Related Links
All participants should be familiar with their obligations under the IEEE-SA Policies & Procedures for standards development.
Patent Policy is stated in these sources:
IEEE-SA Standards Boards Bylaws
IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual
Material about the patent policy is available at
If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at or visit
This slide set is available at
Slide #2 – July 08
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9. Call for Potentially Essential Patents
July 2009
If anyone in this meeting is personally aware of the holder of any patent claims that are potentially essential to implementation of the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group and that are not already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance:
Either speak up now or
Provide the chair of this group with the identity of the holder(s) of any and all such claims as soon as possible or
Cause an LOA to be submitted
Slide #3 – July 08
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10. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
July 2009
doc.: IEEE /0659r1
July 2009
Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws.
Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent claims.
Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions.
Relative costs, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different technical approaches July be discussed in standards development meetings.
Technical considerations remain primary focus
Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets.
Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation.
Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed … do formally object.
See IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details.
Slide #4 – July 08
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Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

11. TGn Minutes July 2009 Slide 11 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

12. TGn Minutes of May ’09 11-09-0565r0 Executive Summary:
July 2009
TGn Minutes of May ’ r0
Executive Summary:
TGn met for 5 time slots. During this session, the resolutions for comments from SB2 were resolved and a P802.11n D10.0 has been created and the draft shall be sent out for recirculation. A plan for completion was crafted. A new timeline will be published. Contingency plans noting a path for completion, using various options was presented. Dependency on TGw was documented as part of the contingency planning.
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13. July 2009
Approve Minutes
Motion to approve May ‘09 (Montreal) TGn minutes as contained in r0
Move: Jon Rosdahl
Second:
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Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

14. TGn CRC Teleconference Minutes
July 2009
TGn CRC Teleconference Minutes
SB#3 CRC minutes r0 (posted Jun 14)
SB#4 CRC minutes r0 (posted Jun 25)
SB#5 CRC minutes r0 (posted Jul 08)
Motion to approve TGn telecon minutes as listed.
Move: Jon Rosdahl
Second:
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15. TGn Quick Review of Events prior to this meeting
July 2009
TGn Quick Review of Events prior to this meeting
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Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

16. TGn Ad Hoc Organization
July 2009
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July 2009
TGn Ad Hoc Organization
Ad Hoc Topic
Ad hoc leader
In SF?
PHY
Vinko Erceg
Yes
MAC
Matt Fischer
Coexistence
Eldad Perahia
GEN
Joseph Levy No
Editorial
Adrian Stephens
CA Doc
Sheung Li
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17. One Page History of TGn July 2009 July 2009 July 2008
doc.: IEEE /0748r5
doc.: IEEE /0659r1
One Page History of TGn
July 2009
HTSG formed – First meeting (Sep-11-’02 Monterey)
TGn formed – First meeting (Sep-15-’03 Singapore)
Began call for proposals (July 17 ’04 Garden Grove)
32 First round presentations (Sep 13 ’04 Berlin)
Down selected to one proposal (Mar ’05 Atlanta) –first confirm vote failed. Confirmation vote #2 failed - reset to 3 proposals -left the July ‘05 meeting with a serious deadlock. (Cairns)
3 proposal groups agreed to a joint proposal activity (Jul ’05 San Francisco)
JP proposal accepted by vote of 184/0/4, editor instructed to create draft (Jan ’06 Waikoloa)
Baseline specification converted into Draft 1.0 (335p). Letter ballot issued (LB84) July 20, ’06 (Denver) and closed on April 29, ‘06 (failed)
Draft 1.0 Comment resolution begins (May ’06 Jacksonville)
Approved 6711 editorial and 1041 technical resolutions; Created Draft (Jul ’06 San Diego)
Approved 568 technical resolutions (Sep ’06 Melbourne); Created Draft 1.06 (388p)
Approved 703 technical resolutions (Nov ’06 Dallas); Created Draft 1.09 (444p)
Approved 496 technical resolutions (Jan ’07 London); created D (500p); went to WG letter ballot Feb 7, ’07 with D 2.0; closed July 9, ’07
LB97 on TGn D2.0 passed with 83.4% approval. (Mar ’07 Orlando) Began comment resolution on with target of Draft 3.0 completion and release to ballot in Sep ’07.
Approved 1470 editorial resolutions and approved TGn draft Also approved 450 technical comment resolutions. (May 07 Montreal) Cumulative insertion of resolutions contained in TGn draft (494p)
Approved 750 technical resolutions and approved TGn draft (July 07 San Francisco) Cumulative insertion of resolutions now contained in TGn draft (498p)
Approved 507 technical resolutions and approved recirculation ballot for TGn draft 3.0 (544p). (Sep 07 Waikoloa) Recirculation passed.
Approved 282 editorial resolutions and approved TGn draft Approved 97 technical resolutions. (Nov 07 Atlanta) Cumulative insertion of resolutions now contained in TGn draft (558p)
Approved 313 technical comment resolutions (Jan ‘08 Taipei). Cumulative approved comments now in D3.03. Additional ad hoc comment resolutions contained in speculative edits D3.04, D3.05, D3.06.
Approved 190 technical comment resolutions (Mar ’08 Orlando). Approved recirculation ballot for TGn draft 4.0 (547p).
Approved 349 comment resolutions (May ’08 Jacksonville). Approved recirculation ballot (LB129) for TGn draft 5.0 (547p). Ballot closed June 12 with 1112 comments.
Approved 1112 comment resolutions (July ’08 Denver). Approved recirculation ballot (LB134) for TGn draft 6.0 (557p). Ballot closed August 12 with 195 comments.
Approved 195 comment resolutions (Sep ’08 Waikoloa). Approved recirculation ballot (LB136) for TGn draft 7.0 (557p). Ballot closed Sep 30 with 48 comments.
Approved 48 comment resolutions resulting from LB136 (Nov ’08 Dallas). Approved recirculation ballot (LB138). Granted conditional approval to move to Sponsor ballot. Zero no votes received. Moved ahead with Sponsor ballot. Sponsor Ballot closed Jan 10 ’ comments received, 77.8 % affirmative.
TGn CRC began Sponsor ballot comment resolution (Jan ’09 Los Angeles). Completed comment resolution, prepared D8.0 and began 1st SB recirc 19 Feb 09 which closed 06 Mar Comments received % affirmative.
Completed comment resolution (Mar ’09 Vancouver) and began 2nd sponsor recirc which closed April 04 and generated 28 Comments for which resolutions are underway.
Completed resolution of 28 comments from SB2 (May’09 Montreal), generated new draft (D10.0) for SB3 which received 20 comments. Prior to July meeting also completed comment resolution, created D11.0 for SB4 which generated 15 comments and subsequently SB5 which received one comment. No additional draft changes or ballots are planned.
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Bruce Kraemer (Marvell), Sheung Li (SiBEAM)
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18. TGn – Sponsor Ballot Recirc #1
July 2009
TGn – Sponsor Ballot Recirc #1
IEEE Recirculation Sponsor Ballot #1 asked the question “Should P802.11N Draft 8.0 be forwarded to RevCom?”
The official results for the 15 day Recirculation Sponsor Ballot #1 follow:  
Ballot Opening Date:   Thursday February 19 , 2009 - 23:59 ET Ballot Closing Date:   Friday March 06, 2009 - 23:59 ET 
RESPONSE RATE: This ballot has met the 50% returned ballot ratio requirement
This ballot has met the <30% abstention ratio requirement 277 eligible people are in this ballot group.     169 affirmative votes    42 negative votes  
17 abstention votes
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232 votes received  =  83 % valid returns                                   =  7 % valid abstentions   APPROVAL RATE: 169  affirmative votes       =   % affirmative   42  total negative votes  =     % negative
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19. TGn - Sponsor Ballot Recirc #2
July 2009
TGn - Sponsor Ballot Recirc #2
IEEE P802.11n 15 day Recirculation Sponsor Ballot #2 asked the question “Should  P802.11n  Draft 9.0 be forwarded to RevCom?”
Ballot Opening Date:  Thursday  March 20 , 2009 - 23:59 ET Ballot Closing Date:     Friday       April 04, 2009 - 23:59 ET 
RESPONSES: 277 eligible people are in this ballot group.     171  affirmative votes    41  negative votes  
  17 abstention votes
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229 votes received  =  83 % valid returns                                  =   7 % valid abstentions   APPROVAL RATE: 171  affirmative votes       =      80.7 % affirmative    41  total negative votes  =     19.3  % negative
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20. TGn - Sponsor Ballot Recirc #3
July 2009
TGn - Sponsor Ballot Recirc #3
IEEE P802.11n 15 day Recirculation Sponsor Ballot #3 asked the question “Should  P802.11n  Draft 10.0 be forwarded to RevCom?”
Ballot Opening Date:  Friday  May 15 , 2009 - 23:59 ET Ballot Closing Date:     Saturday   May 30, 2009 - 23:59 ET 
RESPONSES: 277 eligible people are in this ballot group.     190  affirmative votes    26  negative votes  
  17 abstention votes
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237 votes received  =  86 % valid returns                                  =   7 % valid abstentions   APPROVAL RATE: 190  affirmative votes       =      88.0 % affirmative    26  total negative votes  =     12.0  % negative
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21. TGn - Sponsor Ballot Recirc #4
July 2009
TGn - Sponsor Ballot Recirc #4
IEEE P802.11n 15 day Recirculation Sponsor Ballot #4 asked the question “Should  P802.11n  Draft 11.0 be forwarded to RevCom?”
Ballot Opening Date:  Friday  June 05 , 2009 - 23:59 ET Ballot Closing Date:     Saturday       June 20, 2009 - 23:59 ET 
RESPONSES: 277 eligible people are in this ballot group.     195  affirmative votes    22  negative votes  
  17 abstention votes
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238 votes received  =  83 % valid returns                                  =   7 % valid abstentions   APPROVAL RATE: 195  affirmative votes       =      89.9 % affirmative    22  total negative votes  =     10.1  % negative
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22. TGn - Sponsor Ballot Recirc #5
July 2009
TGn - Sponsor Ballot Recirc #5
IEEE P802.11n 10 day Recirculation Sponsor Ballot #5 asked the question “Should  P802.11n  Draft 11.0 be forwarded to RevCom?”
Ballot Opening Date:  Tuesday  June 23 , 2009 - 23:59 ET Ballot Closing Date:     Friday       July 03, 2009 - 23:59 ET 
RESPONSES: 277 eligible people are in this ballot group.     198  affirmative votes    20  negative votes  
  17 abstention votes
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238 votes received  =  86 % valid returns                                  =   7 % valid abstentions   APPROVAL RATE: 198  affirmative votes       =      90.8 % affirmative   20  total negative votes  =      9.2  % negative
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23. Primary San Francisco Meeting Documents
July 2009
doc.: IEEE /0659r1
July 2009
Primary San Francisco Meeting Documents
SB #0-5 Comment Composite r16
July Meeting Report r0
Closing Report r0
May Meeting Minutes r0
SB#3 Telecon minutes r0
SB#4 Telecon minutes r0
SB#5 Telecon minutes r0
TGn Draft
EC presentation r1
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24. July TGn CRC Agenda July 2009 Slide 24 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

25. July 2009
Master Schedule Plan
Nov ’08 - Requested (conditional) approval for sponsor ballot
Sponsor ballot pool formed during July/August ‘08
Released Draft 7.0 to SB #0 in November ’08
Released Draft 8.0 to SB #1 recirc in Feb ‘09
Begin & Complete SB #1 comment resolution in July
Release Draft 9.0 for SB #2 before April 1
Release Draft 10.0 for SB #3 by May 18
Prepare for July EC Request to go to RevCom
unconditional approval preferred
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26. July WG11 Agenda July 13 July 14 July 15 July 16 am1 am2 pm1 pm2 eve
lunch
pm1
pm2
dinner
eve
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27. TGn CRC – July ‘09 Schedule – Topics
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July 2009
TGn CRC – July ‘09 Schedule – Topics
July 13
July 14
July 15
July 16
Time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
am 1
8:00-10:00 X
Full TGn
Opening reports
am 2
10:30-12:30
lunch
12:30-13:30
pm 1
13:30-15:30
pm 2
16:00-18:00
eve
19:30-21:30
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Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

28. Agenda Plan and Topics Primary topic: Review Status
July 2008
July 2009
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July 2009
Agenda Plan and Topics
Primary topic: Review Status
General Order – TGn Full
Monday – no meetings
Tuesday – no meetings
Wednesday – Opening report , Status review, EC presentation
CRC Plans from July to September
Teleconference plan?
Timeline review
Thursday - Fix any problems unresolved on Wednesday
Any other Business for the agenda?
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Bruce Kraemer (Marvell), Sheung Li (SiBEAM)
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29. Approve Work Plan Agenda
July 2009
Approve Work Plan Agenda
Motion to approve July ’09 TGn agenda as contained on slide (with any minuted amendments) as contained in 0659 r1.
Move:
Second:
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Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

30. May Schedule Plans July 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 10 11 12 1314 20 21 27 28 01 03 04 17 18 22 24 25 02 06 08 09 15 16
July
SB#3 ballot start
July
TGw ballot close
July
SB#3 ballot close
Jun
telecon
telecon
SB#4 ballot start
Jun
Jun
EC package
SB#4 ballot close
Jun
Clean draft
ballot start
telecon
telecon
Jul
Jul
Clean draft
ballot close
telecon
Jul
EC presentation
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31. Actual Events July 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 10 11 12 13 14 1516 20 21 22 23 27 28 01 03 04 05 17 18 24 25 26 02 06 08 09
July
SB#3 ballot start
July
TGw ballot close
July
SB#3 ballot close
Jun
telecon
telecon
SB#4 ballot start
Jun
Jun
EC package
SB#4 ballot close
Jun
telecon
Clean draft
ballot start
Jul
Clean draft
ballot close
Jul
telecon
Jul
EC presentation
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32. 2009 Timeline – July EC Unconditional
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Prelim
EC package
Wed Jun 17
EC review
Fri Jul 17
RevCom
Package
Fri Jul 31
RevCom Meeting Thu Sep 10
StdsBd Meeting Fri Sep 11
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
40 days
13-17 31
Oct
Nov
Dec
16-20
50 days 09
7 8 9
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33. TGn Timeline – Published
July 2009
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July 2009
TGn Timeline – Published
Event Name
Accepted Dates
Actual
Previously Published
CURRENTLY pUBLISHED
PAR Approved
Sep ‘03
Initial WG Letter Ballot
Mar ‘06
Recirculation WG Letter Ballot
Oct ‘07
Form Sponsor Ballot Pool
Jul ‘08
Initial Sponsor Ballot
Dec ‘08
Recirculation Sponsor Ballot
Jan ‘09
Final WG Approval
Nov ‘09
Jul ‘09
Final EC Approval
RevCom/ Stds Board Approval
Jan ‘10
Publication
Mar ‘10
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34. 802 OM- Clause 13- Conditional Approval
July 2009
802 OM- Clause 13- Conditional Approval
Conditions:
a) Recirculation ballot is completed. Generally, the recirculation ballot and resolution should occur in accordance with the schedule presented at the time of conditional approval.
b) After resolution of the recirculation ballot is completed, the approval percentage is at least 75% and there are no new valid DISAPPROVE votes.
c) No technical changes, as determined by the WG Chair, were made as a result of the recirculation ballot.
d) No new valid DISAPPROVE comments on new issues that are not resolved to the satisfaction of the submitter from existing DISAPPROVE voters.
e) If the WG Chair determines that there is a new invalid DISAPPROVE comment or vote, the WG Chair shall promptly provide details to the Sponsor.
f) The WG Chair shall immediately report the results of the ballot to the Sponsor including:
the date the ballot closed, vote tally and comments associated with any remaining disapproves (valid and invalid), the WG responses and the rationale for ruling any vote invalid.
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35. Moving thru EC to RevCom
July 2009
Moving thru EC to RevCom
TGn EC RevCom report in preparation r1
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36. July ’09 to Sep ‘09 TGn Teleconference Plan
doc.: IEEE /0659r1
July 2009
July ’09 to Sep ‘09 TGn Teleconference Plan
Call time: 11:00 – 13:00 ET
Call number:
Wednesday
Blocking events
Topic
Meeting chair
Bridge #
Passcode
July 15
Plenary
July 22
EC result
July 29
RevCom Pack
Aug 05
Aug 12
Aug 19
Aug 26
Sep 02
Sep 09
Sep 16
Sep 23
Interim
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Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

37. End of Chair's Opening Report
July 2009
End of Chair's
Opening Report
Slide 37
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Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

38. Any other business? July 2009 Slide 38 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

39. Recess July 2009 Slide 39 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell