The final tallies are in and the summarized results are as follows:
This means the product ballot process is valid because we have met the two requirements per SISO BPDP Section 4.3.6: minimum ballot return percentage of 75% – we hit 94.74%; and, less than 30% abstention – we had 1 abstention (i.e., 2.63%) on the Guidance Document.
From this point forward, the percentage-computations are to be based on the total number of accept/reject votes received (per SISO BPDP Section 4.3.6) – which is 35 for the Guidance and 36 for the Specification.
For the Guidance Document the 35 accept/reject votes break down as follows:
17 of the 35 voted to accept. That is a 48.57% response to accept
17 of the 35 voted to accept with comment. That is a 48.57% response to accept with comment
The above two provides an overall 34 of 35 votes for acceptance. That is a 97.14% response to accept
1 of the 35 voted to reject with comment. That is a 2.86% response to reject with comment
This means that the ballot result for the Guidance document has met the requirement for a valid and successful ballot per SISO BPDP Section 4.3.6: at least 65% of the accept/reject ballots must be for accept – we hit 97.14%. Therefore, the Guidance document can proceed on to the next step of the process which is the SISO BPDP Product Approval Step – Section 4.4 of the BPDP.
For the Specification the 36 accept/reject votes break down as follows:
16 of the 36 voted to accept. That is a 44.44% response to accept
19 of the 36 voted to accept with comment. That is a 52.77% response to accept with comment
The above two provides an overall 35 of 36 votes for acceptance. That is a 97.21% response to accept
1 of the 36 voted to reject with comment. That is a 2.77% response to reject with comment
This means that the ballot result for the Specification document has met the requirement for a valid and successful ballot per SISO BPDP Section 4.3.6: at least 75% of the accept/reject ballots must be for accept – we hit 97.21%. Therefore, the Specification document can proceed on to the next step of the process which is the SISO BPDP Product Approval Step – Section 4.4 of the BPDP.
In preparation for carrying both documents forward into the Product Approval Step (i.e., Section 4.4 of the BPDP) the Drafting Group (DG) is being tasked to take on the responsibility of the “editor” as called out in Section 4.3.7 of the BPDP. The DG will prepare all resolutions and recommendations - consistent with BPDP Section 4.3.7 - prior to the PDG Face-to-Face meeting, which is set for January 12th and 13th, 2006. Full days are planned: 9:00am until 5:00pm each day. The meeting will be held at the AEgis Technologies Office in Orlando, FL. All of you are invited, please plan on attending. Specifics on the location of the meeting can be found at AEgis’s web site: www.aegistg.com AEgis P.O.C. is Jake Borah: jborah@aegistg.com (voice - 407-380-5001). The DG team has been forwarded the comments.
The DG will be reviewing and preparing responses/recommendations to a total of 278 comments broken down as follows:
A total of 137 comments against the Guidance Document from 14 of the balloters: 103 are category 1; 24 are category 2; 1 is category 3; and, 9 are category 4;
A total of 141 comments against the Specification from 18 of the balloters: 87 are category 1; 50 are category 2; 1 is category 3; and, 3 are category 4;
Thank you all for your efforts, as I know you are all very busy – especially this time of year! We now look to the DG Team to carry the torch as we move toward the PDG Face-to-Face Jan 12th and 13th, 2006.
Again, I would like to thank you all for your work!!
v/r,
Larry Root
SISO BOM PDG Chair
