Requirements for Voting on Drafts

Draft standards within Working Group 802.3 pass through a two stage balloting process, first through Working Group Ballot, then through Sponsor Ballot. For an overview of this process see subclause 7.1 of the Operating Rules of IEEE Project 802 Working Group 802.3, CSMA/CD LANs.

If you wish to vote on a Working Group 802.3 draft standards at the Working Group Ballot stage you need to become a Voting Member of Working Group 802.3. If you wish to vote on a Working Group 802.3 draft standard at the Sponsor Ballot stage you need to either be a member of the IEEE Standards Association, or pay an equivalent per ballot fee, and join the particular balloting group.

Note: A Frequently Asked Questions page is available covering the most commonly asked questions about the balloting process as well as some additional explanatory material.

If you wish to vote on 802.3 standards at the Working Group Ballot stage you need to become a Voting Member of Working Group 802.3.

• Membership is by individual, not company.

• To become a voter:
  • Attend and sign the attendance book at least 75% of the sessions of two Working Group 802.3 Plenary meetings (within the last four).
  • Full attendance at a two day or more duly constituted Working Group 802.3 Interim Meeting can be substituted for attendance at one plenary.
  • Have complete and current contact information recorded in the Working Group 802.3 database.
  • Request to become a voter during a Working Group 802.3 Opening or Closing plenary meeting when additions to the voter list are solicited by the Chair from the "Potential Voter" list.

• To remain a voter you must:
  • Maintain current contact information in the Working Group 802.3 database.
  • Have 75% attendance during at least two of the last four plenaries (Attendance at an interim can substitute for attendance at no more than 1 plenary).
  • Participate in Working Group ballots. You can be dropped for not returning or abstaining in two of the last three ballots.

To ensure that you are notified about balloting group formation for IEEE 802.3 draft standards you are advised to signed up for the IEEE 802.3 activity area (replacing and equivalent to invitation pool) on myProject. To do this:

• Make sure you have an IEEE Web Account.
• Log on to myProject, and join the IEEE 802.3 'Ethernet Working Group' activity area. After logging in, use the 'Select Activity Profile' link to access your activity profile. IEEE 802.3 can be found under 'IEEE Computer Society', 'Local and Metropolitan Area Networks'.
  

After you have completed this, whenever a balloting group is formed for a proposed IEEE 802.3 standard you will be asked if you wish to be in that particular balloting group.

To vote at Sponsor Ballot level on an 802.3 project, you must:

• Either [a] be a member of the IEEE Standards Association or [b] pay an equilivent per ballot fee.
• Log on to myProject and join the project balloting group while the invitation is open. (You must join the ballot group for every project on which you want to vote.)

When you have joined the balloting group, you will receive notice when the ballot opens.