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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>This is just to remind PWG members that balloting for
advancement of the </span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Imaging
State & Counter MIB v2 </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>is in progress. This MIB was originally approved as a
binding of the Counter Spec. It has recently been upgraded to include Imaging state
information, in lieu of generating an additional MIB for MFD/MFP state
reporting. It has been prototyped by Samsung, some text has been clarified, and
has gone though PWG last call with no comments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If
possible, please give some time to considering this specification and cast your
vote.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Many
thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Bill
Wagner, CoChairman, WIMS WG </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> owner-pwg-announce@pwg.org
[mailto:owner-pwg-announce@pwg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Harry Lewis<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 22, 2008 1:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> pwg-announce@pwg.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> PWG-ANNOUNCE> PWG Formal Approval commencement for the
Imaging State & Counter MIB v2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PWG Formal Approval
commencement for the Imaging State & Counter MIB v2 – Voting ends
Tuesday March 18, 2008</span></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","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. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","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. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Valid votes are: Yes, No,
No (with strong objection), Abstain. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","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. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Representatives from PWG
member companies are strongly encouraged to submit a vote. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To cast a vote, please send
an email with the following subject line format: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"Counter MIB v2 Formal
Vote-<company name>-<last name of
voter>-<yes/no/abstain>" </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Example: Counter MIB v2
Formal Vote-InfoPrint-lewis-yes </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>No votes MUST contain a
reason in the body of the email. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please send your vote to the
following email addresses: <br>
(Replacing "dot" with . and "at" with @): </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>thrasher"at"lexmark"dot"com
<br>
wamwagner"at"comcast"dot"net <br>
harryl"at"us"dot"ibm"dot"com </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>REFERENCE MATERIAL</span></b>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","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 </span><a
href="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wimscountmib20-20080123.pdf_"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wimscountmib20-20080123.pdf</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. </span><br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Associated
documents that assist in understanding the primary document are:</span> <br>
<a href="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wimscountmib20-20080123.mib_"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wimscountmib20-20080123.mib</span></a><u><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></u><br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Plaintext
ASN.1 MIB</span> <br>
<a href="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wimscountmib20-20080123-mib.pdf_"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wimscountmib20-20080123-mib.pdf</span></a><u><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></u><br>
<u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Color
highlighted ASN.1 MIB</span></u> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","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.</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Specific
information on the changes from the previously approved informational document
was presented at the February Plenary, and is available at </span><a
href="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/white/wims-countmib20-pwg-last-call-20080207.pdf_"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/white/wims-countmib20-pwg-last-call-20080207.pdf</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Note: <br>
The PWG Definition of the Standards Development Process Version 2.0 <br>
located at: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/process/pwg-process20.pdf"><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/process/pwg-process20.pdf</span></a><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","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. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Harry Lewis </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PWG Secretary</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Harry
Lewis</span></b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:gray'><br>
Program Manager - Intellectual Property & Standards<br>
Phone: 303-924-5337<br>
e-mail: harryl@us.ibm.com</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><br>
</span><a href="http://www.infoprint.com/"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>infoprint.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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