1. Session #58 802.16 Maintenance Task Group Closing Plenary Report
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2. Session #58 802.16 Maintenance Task Group Closing Plenary Report November 13, 2008
Chair: Jon Labs
Chief Editor: Joe Schumacher

3. Activities of the Week 6 sessions: Attendance: 40 ±20 people
Tuesday 13:00-18:00
Tuesday 17:30-22:00
Wednesday 8:00-12:00
Wednesday 13:00-18:00
Thursday 8:00-12:00
Thursday 13:00-19:45
Attendance: 40 ±20 people

4. Activities of the Week Administrative:
Approved agenda (IEEE maint-08/027r1).
Approved minutes from Session #57 (IEEE maint-08/022r1)
Reviewed the IEEE Patent Policy:
Recorded minutes → IEEE maint-08/026 (to be uploaded to Maintenance directory)

5. Resolution of Comments for Rev2 SB R1
IEEE /054r2 (in WG upload dir)
Technical Binding: 44
Editorial Binding: 3
Technical Non-Binding: 101
Editorial Non-Binding: 73
General: 5
Total:
~45 contributions to be considered
Resolution summary:
122 Agree
68 Principle (includes comments authors withdrew)
37 Disagree
0 Out of Scope
0 Unresolvable

6. Rev2 Development Plan between Session #58 and #59
Dec 1: Generate and release Rev2/D7a (delta version), D8 (clean version)
Dec 4: Initiate Sponsor Recirc Ballot
Dec 20: Sponsor Recirc Ballot closes (~15 days)
Dec 21: Open call for reply comments
Jan 9: Close call for reply comments
Jan 12-15: Resolve comments at Session #59

7. Resolution of Comments
TG Motions
To accept the database IEEE /054r2 as the comment resolutions from the Rev2 Sponsor Ballot Recirc R1. (18/0/0)
To authorize the editor to generate the document P802.16Rev2/D8 according to the resolutions in IEEE /054r2. (17/0/0)

8. Motion
TG Chair has been authorized by the task group (12/0/0) to make the motion:
“To accept the resolutions of the comments from the Rev2 Sponsor Ballot Recirc R1, as recorded in IEEE /054r2, to develop draft P802.16Rev2/D8 according to those resolutions, and to initiate a Sponsor Recirculation Ballot.”

9. Motion
TG Chair has been authorized by the task group (11/0/0) to make the motion:
“To request conditional approval from the 802 EC to forward P802.16Rev2 draft to RevCom.”

10. Other Activities
Drafted and reviewed Liaison Statement L /077 (uploaded to the Liaison Directory)

11. Motion
TG Chair has been authorized by the task group (10/0/0) to make the motion:
“To forward L /077d1 to the WG as the proposed Liaison statement to the WiMAX Forum in response to L /065, with editorial modifications supplied by the WG Chair.”

12. SB Disapprove Voter Status
Disapprove Balloters (have yet not indicated an intent to flip vote in the next SB Recirc):
Phillip Barber
Sean Cai
Erik Colban
Hyunjeong Kang
Sang Youb Kim
Roger Marks
Maximilian Riegel
Kenneth Stanwood
158 Approve / 8 Disapprove / 14 Abstain
 95.2 % Approval