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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Greetings:<br><br>VOTES ARE CONFIDENTIAL! See voting instructions below.<br><br>This email initiates the Formal Approval vote by the PWG membership on the IPP Transaction-Based Printing Extensions specification, which is located at:<br><br> <a href="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ipp/wd/wd-ipptrans10-20131008.pdf">ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ipp/wd/wd-ipptrans10-20131008.pdf</a><br><br>The complete list of PWG Last Call issues and resolutions is located at:<br><br> ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ipp/wd/lcrc-ipptrans10.txt<br><br><br>VOTING PERIOD: This Formal Vote will start Today, 8 October 2013 and will end at 10pm (US Pacific Time) on Friday, 8 November 2013.<br><br>Valid votes are: Yes, No, No (with Strong Objection), Abstain.<br><br><br>Representatives from PWG member companies are strongly encouraged to exercise their right to vote.<br><br>PWG Privacy Policy: Your vote is confidential and will not be disclosed by PWG officers or document editors.<br><br><br>HOW TO VOTE:<br><br>Send an email with *exactly* the following subject line format:<br><br> IPP Transaction-Based Printing Formal Vote-<company name>-<voter's last name>-<Yes/No/Abstain><br><br>Example:<br><br> IPP Transaction-Based Printing Formal Vote-Acme-McGee-Yes<br><br><br>Rules:<br><br>(1) Any "No" vote MUST state the reason for the "No" vote and MUST contain a description of the *technical* changes required to turn the "No" vote into a "Yes" vote - otherwise the "No" vote will NOT be counted, per PWG Process/3.0.<br><br>(2) Any "No" vote MUST NOT contain *editorial* comments, per PWG Process/3.0.<br><br>(3) Any "Yes" vote MAY contain "editorial" comments, per PWG Process/3.0.<br><br>(4) Any "Yes" vote MUST NOT contain any *technical* comments, per PWG Process/3.0.<br><br>(5) Any "Abstain" vote counts toward quorum, but not approval.<br><br><br>WHERE TO SEND YOUR VOTE:<br><br>Please send your vote to *all* of the following email addresses (replacing "dot" with '.' and "at" with '@'):<br><br>msweet "at" apple "dot" com (Mike Sweet, PWG Chair, IPP Transaction-Based Printing Extensions Editor)<br><br>blueroofmusic "at" gmail "dot" com (Ira McDonald, PWG Secretary, IPP WG Co-Chair)<br><br>ptykodi "at" tykodi "dot" com (Paul Tykodi, IPP WG Co-Chair)<br><br><br>Please do NOT simply reply to this note on PWG-Announce or the IPP WG list (to preserve the confidentiality of your vote).<br><br><br>Notes:<br><br>(1) This Formal Vote is being conducted under the rules of the PWG Process/3.0 and the current PWG Policy on Intellectual Property and Confidentiality agreement. The 2012 PWG Membership Agreement calls out both of these documents and the links are provided below.<br><br>(2) To be eligible to vote the member MUST have submitted a signed copy of the 2012 PWG Membership Agreement and paid their dues.<br><br>The PWG Definition of the Standards Development Process Version 3.0 is located at:<br><br> http://www.pwg.org/chair/membership_docs/pwg-process30.pdf<br><br>The PWG Policy on Intellectual Property and Confidentiality is located at:<br><br> http://www.pwg.org/chair/membership_docs/pwg-ip-policy.pdf<div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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