Sponsor Ballot – Draft Editing
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The Sponsor balloting procedure is specified by IEEE SA.
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All 802 WGs use a WG balloting process to improve the quality of drafts before beginning a
sponsor ballot.
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The composition of the WG ballot group and the Sponsor ballot group can be substantially
different.
– WG ballot groups are composed of WG voting members
– Sponsor ballot groups are composed of SA members who may not be members of 802
WGs and may join SA to participate in a specific ballot
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The tasks of the Sponsor Ballot comment resolution committee are assigned to the WG or
a designated subset
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The comment resolution committee is authorized to:
– Prepare proposed comment resolutions
– Revise and update the Draft
– Begin a sponsor ballot recirculation
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The goal is to complete all of the ballot conditions, including at least 75% approval with
appropriate comment resolution, before requesting the 802 EC that the draft should be
allowed by the EC to be submitted to RevCom for procedural review and subsequently to
the Standards Board for approval to publish.