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<br><font size=3 face="sans-serif"><b>PWG Formal Approval commencement
for the Imaging State & Counter MIB v2 – Voting ends Tuesday March
18, 2008</b></font>
<p><font size=3 face="sans-serif">On Feb 21, 2008 the PWG Steering Committee
approved WIMS working group Last Call exit for the <b>Imaging State &
Counter MIB v2</b>. At the request of the WIMS working group Chairman,
Bill Wagner – TIC, and according to my duties as Secretary of the PWG,
I hereby initiate the Formal Approval process for advancing this work product
to PWG Candidate Standard. </font>
<p><font size=3 face="sans-serif">Formal Approval occurs by vote of the
PWG membership. The voting period will open on Monday February 25, 2008
and close at 10PM (Pacific Time) on Tuesday March 18, 2008. </font>
<p><font size=3 face="sans-serif"><b>Valid votes are: Yes, No, No (with
strong objection), Abstain. </b></font>
<p><font size=3 face="sans-serif">Any No vote requires that the voter state
the reason for the No vote and a description of the changes required for
turning the No vote to a Yes. </font>
<p><font size=3 face="sans-serif">Representatives from PWG member companies
are strongly encouraged to submit a vote. </font>
<p><font size=3 face="sans-serif">To cast a vote, please send an email
with the following subject line format: </font>
<p><font size=3 face="sans-serif">"Counter MIB v2 Formal Vote-<company
name>-<last name of voter>-<yes/no/abstain>" </font>
<p><font size=3 face="sans-serif"><b>Example: Counter MIB v2 Formal Vote-InfoPrint-lewis-yes
</b></font>
<p><font size=3 face="sans-serif">No votes MUST contain a reason in the
body of the email. </font>
<p><font size=3 face="sans-serif">Please send your vote to the following
email addresses: <br>
(Replacing "dot" with . and "at" with @): </font>
<p><font size=3 face="sans-serif"><b>thrasher"at"lexmark"dot"com
<br>
wamwagner"at"comcast"dot"net <br>
harryl"at"us"dot"ibm"dot"com </b></font>
<p><font size=3 face="sans-serif"><b>REFERENCE MATERIAL</b></font>
<p><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Because there were no last call comments,
there is no need for a LCRC document or for a revision of the document
put up for last call. The document is at </font><a href="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wimscountmib20-20080123.pdf_"><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif"><u>ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wimscountmib20-20080123.pdf</u></font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">.
</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Associated documents that assist in
understanding the primary document are:</font>
<br><a href="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wimscountmib20-20080123.mib_"><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif"><u>ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wimscountmib20-20080123.mib</u></font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><u>
</u></font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">- Plaintext ASN.1 MIB</font>
<br><a href="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wimscountmib20-20080123-mib.pdf_"><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif"><u>ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wimscountmib20-20080123-mib.pdf</u></font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><u>
</u></font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><u>- Color highlighted ASN.1 MIB</u></font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">These MIB documents are not normative
and are not in themselves to be voted on. However, the WIMS working group
would welcome any comments members would like to make on these ancillary
documents.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Specific information on the changes
from the previously approved informational document was presented at the
February Plenary, and is available at </font><a href="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/white/wims-countmib20-pwg-last-call-20080207.pdf_"><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif"><u>ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/white/wims-countmib20-pwg-last-call-20080207.pdf</u></font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">.</font>
<p><font size=3 face="sans-serif">Note: <br>
The PWG Definition of the Standards Development Process Version 2.0 <br>
located at: </font>
<p><a href="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/process/pwg-process20.pdf"><font size=3 color=blue face="sans-serif"><u>ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/process/pwg-process20.pdf</u></font></a><font size=3 face="sans-serif">
</font>
<p><font size=3 face="sans-serif">A list of Primary and Alternate representatives
from PWG member companies will be provided to the working group chair in
case "reminder" notices are necessary to meet the voting requirements
listed in the process document. </font>
<p><font size=3 face="sans-serif">Harry Lewis </font>
<p><font size=3 face="sans-serif">PWG Secretary</font><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
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Program Manager - Intellectual Property & Standards<br>
Phone: 303-924-5337<br>
e-mail: harryl@us.ibm.com</font><font size=1 color=blue face="Arial"><br>
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