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Greetings: The PWG Printer Port Monitor MIB 1.0  from the Printer MIB WG of the Printer Working Group has completed its Last Call process. The Working Draft document and Normative MIB definition are being submitted by the Printer MIB Working Group chair for a Formal Approval vote by the PWG membership. The Working Draft being submitted can be downloaded at: ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/pmp/wd/wd-pmpportmib10-20050921.pdf The Normative MIB definition can be downloaded at: ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/pmp/wd/wd-pmpportmib10-20050921.mib The list of comments that were addressed as part of the Last Call are located at: ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/pmp/wd/PortMonMIB-ChangeLog-LastCallComments.doc The voting period will open on Monday October 3, 2005 and close at 10PM (Pacific Time) on Tuesday October 25, 2005. Valid votes are: Yes, No, No (with strong objection), Abstain. Any No vote requires that the voter state the reason for the No vote and a description of the changes required to turn the No vote to a Yes. Representatives from PWG member companies are strongly encouraged to submit a vote. To cast a vote, please send an email with the following subject line format: "PortMon MIB Spec. 1.0 Formal Vote-<company name>-<last name of voter>-<yes/no/abstain>" Example:  PortMon MIB Spec. 1.0 Formal Vote-Lexmark-thrasher-yes No votes MUST contain a reason in the body of the email. Please send your vote to the following email addresses: (Replacing "dot" with . and "at" with @): thrasher"at"lexmark"dot"com Ron"dot"Bergman"at"rpsa"dot"ricoh"dot"com harryl"at"us"dot"ibm"dot"com Note: If you have not received an acknowledgement of your vote within 48 hours of submitting your vote, please contact the PWG Chairman directly to ensure that your vote was received. Jerry Thrasher PWG Secretary