IEEE 802.15.4b timeline

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IEEE 802.15.4b timeline Date Submitted 11
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IEEE 802.15.4b Timeline
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This Week

• 1 at the opening plenary at the Interim, SG4b
  becomes TG4b automatically
• 2 at the mid-week meeting at the Interim, the
  new TG4b officers are voted in.
• 3 Our primary Interim activity is to assemble
  individual contributions.

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Fast Schedule

• 4 At the Jul04 Plenary, we will vote on the
  individual contributions that will comprise the
  draft.
• 5 Draft complete by Sep04 Interim. (This is
  the hardest part of the schedule!)
• 6 At Sep04 meeting, we move the draft be put to
  letter ballot.
• 7 30 day letter ballot period between Sep04 and
  Nov04 meetings.
• 8 Our primary Nov04 meeting activity is comment
  resolution
• 9 Put draft into recirc ballot in Nov04
  meeting.

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Fast Schedule

• 10 15 day recirculation ballot period between
  Nov04 and Jan05
• 11 Comment resolution during Jan05 meeting.
• 12 At Jan05 meeting, seek approval from ExCom
  to go to sponsor ballot.
• 13 30 day sponsor ballot between Jan05 and
  Mar05 meetings
• 14 Comment resolution during Mar05 meeting
• 15 10 day recirculation ballot between Mar05
  and May05 meetings
• 16 At May05 meeting, seek approval from ExCom
  to submit draft to RevCom.
• 17 RevCom meets in June.
• 18 At Jul05 meeting, rejoice, drink champagne,
  laugh and cry over TG3a.

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Notes about Fast Schedule

• Between voting on the contents of the draft
  (4, July 04) and submitting a complete draft
  (5, September 05) is only two months. I have
  ideas on how to manage this, but this should be
  viewed as a red flag. Let's discuss.
• If we have an outstanding NO vote going into
  the Jan05 meeting (12), rather than seeking a
  sponsor ballot, we can seek conditional approval
  under procedure 10. (We did this on TG4, as I
  recall.) There will follow a 15 day recirculation
  ballot, and assuming no new NO votes, will enter
  the 30 sponsor ballot period.

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Slow Schedule

• 1-4 same as fast schedule
• 5-16 add two months to each item.
• 17 RevCom meets in November.
• 18 At Nov05 (or Jan06) meeting, rejoice, drink
  champagne, and still cry over TG3a. )