IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee

IEEE 802 Policies and Procedures Development

This page contains drafts of the 802 policies and procedures and operating manual and documents related to their development.

March 2025 plenary (hybrid)

• Updated Operations Manual from closing (including changes from November 2024)
• Approved IEEE 802 LMSC Operations Manual, Revision 27
• Compare file IEEE 802 LMSC Operations Manual version 27 to version 26, Revision 0
• Updated Chairs Guidelines from closing
• IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guidelines, Revision 38
• Compare file IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guidelines version 38 to version 37, Revision 0
• Motions for LMSC Ops Manual Changes - Mar 2025, Revision 1
• Slides 33 Motion to replace paragraph 4.2 of IEEE 802 LMSC Chair’s Guidelines
• Updated after the rules meeting, presented at opening
• March 2025 rules meeting, Revision 3
• Presented for rules meeting
• March 2025 rules meeting, Revision 1

November 2024 plenary (hybrid)

• Operations Manual and Chair's Guidelines were updated after March 2025 closing to include these changes
• Motion for LMSC Ops Manual Changes - Nov 2024, Revision 1
• Slides 23 and 24 Motion to replace paragraph 4.5 of IEEE 802 LMSC Chair’s Guidelines
• Updated after the rules meeting, presented at opening
• November 2024 rules meeting, Revision 1
• Presented for rules meeting
• November 2024 rules meeting, Revision 0

November 2023 plenary (hybrid)

• Prsented at closing meeting and updates from closing
• Approved IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guidelines, Revision 37
• Rules Motions for November, Revision 1
• Updated after the rules meeting, presented at opening
• November rules meeting, Revision 1
• Presented for rules meeting
• November rules meeting, Revision 0

July 2023 plenary (hybrid)

• Prsented at closing meeting and updates from closing
• Approved IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guidelines, Revision 36
• Rules Motions for July, Revision 1
• Updated after the rules meeting, presented at opening
• July rules meeting, Revision 1
• Presented for rules meeting
• July rules meeting, Revision 0

March 2023 plenary (hybrid)

• Updated rules documents
• Approved Operations Manual, Revision 26
• Approved IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guidelines, Revision 35
• Sample endorsement letter, ODT format, Revision 0
• Sample endorsement letter, Word 365 (docx) format, Revision 0
• Sample affiliation letter, ODT format, Revision 0
• Sample affiliation letter, Word 365 (docx) format, Revision 0
• Presented at closing meeting
• Motions for closing meeting, Revision 1
• Proposed changes to Operations Manual, Revision 1
• Updated after the rules meeting, presented at opening
• March rules meeting, Revision 1
• Presented for rules meeting
• March rules meeting, Revision 0

November 2022 plenary (hybrid)

• Presented at closing meeting and updates from closing
• Approved IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guidelines, Revision 34
• Motions for closing meeting, Revision 0
• Updated after the rules meeting
• Novmeber rules meeting report, Revision 1
• Presented for rules meeting
• Novemer rules meeting, Revision 0

July 2022 plenary (hybrid)

• Presented at closing meeting and updates from closing
• Approved IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Polices and Procedures, Revision 25
• Approved IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guidelines, Revision 33
• Motions for closing meeting, Revision 2
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guidelines, Revision 32pre0
• Updated after the rules meeting
• July rules meeting report, Revision 4
• Presented for rules meeting
• Proposed rule changes, Revision 0

March 2022 plenary (electronic)

• Presented at closing plenary meeting and updates from closing
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures, Revision 4
• Motions for closing meeting, Revision 1
• Presented at opening LMSC meeting
• March rules report, Revision 1
• Presented for rules meeting
• March rules report, Revision 0
• Minutes of the Rules Subgroup

December 2021 interim conference call

• Approved IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures, Revision 23
• Motions for December call, Revision 1
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures, Revision 3
• Background information on IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures, presented to AudCom, Revision 0

Via email ballot, 3 December 2021

• Approved IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures, approved by email ballot, Revision 22

November 2021 plenary (electronic)

• Presented at the closing meeting and updated from closing
• Approved IEEE 802 LMSC Operations Manual, Revision 25
• Rules motions for closing meeting, Revision 2
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Operations Manual, Revision 5
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures, Revision 1
• Presented at rules meeting
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies & Procedures, Revision 0
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Operations Manual, Revision 4

Between July 2021 and November 2021 plenaries (electronic)

All historical revisions for the IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies & Procedures, from Revision 0 to Revision 21 are posted to mentor.

Note that version numbering is not continuous. In particular versions 04 through 09 do not exist. Versions 00 through 03 used dates instead of version numbers. To match the version numbering for mentor, a single page explaining this was put in place ov version 04 through 09.

• Minutes from Rules meeting conference calls, Revision 0
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Operations Manual, Revision 2
• August rules meeting, after August 24 electronic meeting, Revision 6
• August rules meeting, after August 10 electronic meeting, Revision 4
• Comparison of Working Group Policies & Procedures version 09 and 10, Revision 0
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies & Procedures, Revision 10
• August rules meeting, after August 3 electronic meeting, Revision 1
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies & Procedures, Revision 09

July 2021 plenary (electronic)

• Presented at closing meeting and approved documents
• Chair's Guidelines, Revision 31
• July 2021 Rules Report and Motions, Revision 1
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Operations Manual, Revision 0

Between March 2021 and July 2021

• June 8, 2021, rules conference call
• Presentation on call for Working Group rules updates, Revision 0
• Minutes from rules meeting, Revision 0
• Summary of IEEE 802 Working Group Policies & Procedures changes due to change in AudCom baseline, Revision 1
• Comparision of 2017 and 2020 AudCom baselines for Working Group Policies & Procedures, Individual Method, Revision 0
• June 1, 2021 IEEE 802 LMSC conference call
• June rules report, Revision 0
• Summary of IEEE 802 Working Group Policies & Procedures changes due to change in AudCom baseline, Revision 0
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies & Procedures, Revision 7
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guidelines to becom revision 31, Revision 2
• May 19, 2021 rules conference call
• Minutes from call, Revision 0
• May rules meeting presentation, Revision 1

March 2021 plenary (electronic>

No rules discussion, motions or actions were, thankfully, done during this plenary.

The proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Policies & Procedures, revision 5, had been accepted by the IEEE Standards Association Standards Board.

January 2021 IEEE 802 LMWC conference call

• LMSC polices and procedures update, approved for AudCom submission, Revision 5
• Rules motions for January, 2021, Revision 0
• Proposed LMSC polices and procedures update, Revision 4

November 2020 plenary (electronic)

• Presented at closing meeting and updates from closing
• Approved Chair's Guidelines, Revision 30
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Policies & Procedures, Revision 3, based on proposed updates presented at closing
• Proposed updates to IEEE 802 LMSC polices and procedures update, Revision 3
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guidelines, Revision 30pre8
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guidelines (showing changes), Revision 30pre8
• Presented to AudCom special meeting on IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures
• Summary of IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures deviations from 2017 baseline Revision 0
• Updated after the rules meeting
• October rules update, Revision 2
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guidelines, Revision 30-pre7
• Presented for rules meeting
• October rules update, Revision 0 presented at the meeting (29 October 2020)
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guidelines, Revision 30-pre6

July 2020 plenary (electronic)

• Presented at closing plenary meeting and updates from closing
• July rules report, Revision 1
• Rule motions for closing (4 August 2020)
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Operations Manual, Revision 24pre2
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Operations Manual (showing changes), Revision 24pre2
• Criteria for Standards Development template, in OpenDocument format (.odt), Revision 2
• Criteria for Standards Development template, in MS Word format (.doc), Revision 2
• Updated after the rules meeting
• Proposed WG Policies and Procedures, Revision 0
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Operations Manual, Revision 24pre0
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Operations Manual (showing changes), Revision 24pre0
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guidelines, Revision 30-pre
• Presented for rules meeting
• July rules Status, Revision 0 presented at the meeting
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures, Revision 2

March 2020 through July 2020 plenary

• 15 July 2020 ad-hoc conference call
• July Rule status/updates, Revision 1
• July Rule status/updates, Revision 2, updated after the meeting
• Cumulative minutes of the ad-hoc calls, Revison 6
• 7 July 2020 IEEE 802 LMSC Electronic Meeting
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures, Revision 2
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Operations Manual, Revision 0
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Operations Manual, showing changes, Revision 0
• Proposed schedule for July electronic plenary
• 20 May 2020 ad-hoc conference call
• May rule changes for discussion, Revision 0
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Operations Manual, Revision 5 approved by email ballot, 27 May 2020
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Operations Manual (showing changes), Revision 5
• Cumulativew minutes from the ad-hoc meeting, Revision 5
• 6 May 2020
• Presentation for discussion, Revision 6
• Presentation for discussion, updated after call, Revision 7
• Rule change tracking document
• Cumulative minutes from the ad-hoc meeting, Revision 4
• 5 May 2020, IEEE 802 LMSC electronic meeting
• Presentation on rules status
• 29 April 2020 ad-hoc conference call
• Presentation for discussion, Revision 4
• Presentation for discussion, updated after call, Revision 5
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures, Revision 17 (this is based on the 2014 approved version)
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Operations Manual, Revision 4
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Operations Manual, showing changes, Revision 4
• Cumulativew minutes from the ad-hoc meeting, Revision 3
• 22 April 2020 ad-hoc confernece call
• Presentation for discussion, Revision 3
• Cumulative minutes from the ad-hoc meeting, Revision 2
• 15 April 2020 ad-hoc conference call
• Presentation for discussion, Revision 1
• Cumulative minutes from the ad-hoc meeting, Revision 1
• 8 April 2020 call
• Presentation for discussion, Revision 0
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures, Revision 15
• Comparison with SASB approved in 2014, Revision 6
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Operatons Manual, Revision 3
• 1 April 2020 IEEE 802 LMSC conference call
• Temporary rule changes to handle not holding face to face meetings, for discussion on the call
• 25 March IEEE 802 LMSC conference call
• Updated temporary rule changes, based on discussions during call
• Temporary rule changes to handle not holding face to face meetings, for discussion on the call

November 2019 documents

• Approved documents from plenary meeting
• IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guideline, Revision 29
• Questions for AudCom regarding IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures
• Presented ad IEEE 802 LMSC closing meeting
• Rules motions for closing meeting, Revision 1
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures, Revision 13
• Updated after Sunday rules meeitng
• Proposed Chair's Guidelines, Revision 4
• Submitted for rules meeting
• Rule changes for November, Revision 0
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures, Revision 12

July 2019 documents

• Approved documents from plenary meeting
• IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guideline, Revision 28
• Presented ad IEEE 802 LMSC closing meeting
• Rules motions for closing meeting, Revision 3
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures, Revision 11
• Proposed Chair's Guidelines, Revision 3
• Updated after Sunday rules meeting
• Rules meeting summary, Revision 2
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures, Revision 10
• Comparison of IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures with previous, revision 4
• AudCom checklist for IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures, Revision 0
• Submitted for rules meeting
• Rule changes for July, Revision 0

March 2019 documents

• Presented at IEEE 802 LMSC closing meeting
• Rules motions for closing IEEE 802 LMSC meeting, Revision 1
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures, Revision 8
• Comparison of proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures with previous, Revision 3
• Updated after Sunday rules meeting
• Proposed Rule Changes, Revision 1
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures, Revision 5
• Comparison of proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures with existing, Revision 1
• Proposed Operations Manual, Revision 0
• Proposed Operations Manual, showing changes, Revision 0
• Submitted for rules meeting
• Proposed rule changes for March 2019, Revision 0
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures, Revision 7
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures, Revision 4

November 2018 documents

• Presented at IEEE 802 LMSC closing meeting
• Rules motions for closing IEEE 802 LMSC meeting, Revision 4
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures, Revision 6
• Updated after Sunday rules meeting
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures, Revision 4
• Comparison of IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures with previous, Revision 2
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures, Revision 3
• Summary of proposed changes to IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures, Revision 1
• Proposed rule changes for November 2018, Revision 2
• Submitted for rules meeting
• Proposed rule changes for November 2018, Revision 0
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures, Revision3
• Comparison of IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures with previous, Revision 1
• Minutes from the rules ad-hoc telephone calls, Revision 1
• Tutorial on 2018 rule changes and minute taking, Revision 0

July 2018 documents

• Presented at IEEE 802 LMSC closing meeting
• Rules motions for closing IEEE 802 LMSC meeting, Revision 4
• Updated after Sunday rules meeting
• Proposed IEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures, Revision 2
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures, Revision 1
• Summary of proposed changes to IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures, Revision 1
• Proposed rule changes for July 2018, Revision 1
• Submitted for rules meeting
• Proposed rule changes for July 2018, Revision 0
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures, Revision 1
• Summary of proposed changes to IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures, Revision 0
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures, Revision 0

March 2018 documents

• Presented at closing IEEE 802 LMSC meeting
• Rules motions for closing IEEE 802 LMSC meeting
• Proposed IEEE 802 Operations Manual, Revision 5
• Proposed IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guidelines, Revision 2
• Proposed rule changes for March 2018, Revision 5
• Updated after Sunday rules meeting
• Proposed rule changes for November, Revisions 4
• Proposed IEEE 802 Operations ManualRevision 4
• Proposed Chair's Guidelines, Revision 2
• Submitted for rules meeting:
• Proposed rule changes for November, Revision 0
• Proposed IEEE 802 Operations ManualRevision 2
• Proposed Chair's Guidelines, Revision 0

November 2016 documents

• Updated after Sunday rules meeting
• Proposed rule changes for November, v01
• Proposed IEEE 802 Participation requirements slide, v0.1
• Submitted for rules meeting:
• Proposed rule changes for November, v00
• IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guidelines updates
• Proposed Chair's Guidelines, v23.1 and with changes from v23 shown
• Proposed IEEE 802 Participation requirements slide

July 2016 documents

• IEEE 802 LMSC Operations Manual updates
• After rules meeting and EC opening: v18.2 and with changes from v18 shown
• Submitted for rules meeting: v18.1 and with changes from v18 shown
• IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures updates
• After rules meeting and EC opening: v18.3 with track changes enabled.
• Submitted for rules meeting: v18.2 with track changes enabled.

March 2016 documents

• IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guidelines updates
• Proposed for approval at closing meeting based on comments from opening meeting: Proposed Chair's Guidelines, v23pre
• Changes based on rules meeting: Proposed Chair's Guidelines, v22
• Submitted for rules meeting: Proposed Chair's Guidelines, v21.1

November 2015 documents

• IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures update
• Proposed Working Group P&P using December, 2013 baseline, v17.6, updated to reference Industry Connection activity formation
• Proposed Working Group P&P, showing changes from v17.5 to v17.6
• Proposed Working Group P&P using December, 2013 baseline, v17.5, deemed without issue by AudCom and SASB
• IEEE 802 LMSC Operations Manual future changes. These are proposed to occur with approval of the updated WG P&P.
• Proposed Operations Manual, v17.3, including Industry Connections Activity creation
• Proposed Operations Manual, v17.3 with changes shown
• Proposed Operations Manual, v17.1
• Proposed Operations Manual, v17.1 with changes shown
• IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guidelines updates
• Proposed Chair's Guidelines, v21
• Proposed Chair's Guidelines, v21 with changes shown

July 2015 documents

• IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures update
• Proposed Working Group P&P using December, 2013 baseline, v17.5, comparision with v16 (current WG P&P), and comparison with 17.2
• Summary of proposed changes to WG P&P, version 0
• Discussion of comments received from AudCom and proposed responses , version 9
• AudCom checklist for v17.3, including responses from AudCom reviewers received July 2015
• IEEE 802 LMSC Operations Manual future changes. These are proposed to occur when the WG P&P is approved.
• Proposed Operations Manual, v17.1
• Proposed Operations Manual, v17.1 with changes shown
• Changes to the Chair's Guidelines
• Proposed addition for a respository for approved CSDs
• Older documents, superseded by the above
• Proposed Working Group P&P using December, 2013 baseline, v17.4, comparision with v16 (current WG P&P), and comparison with 17.3
• Summary of changes to WG P&P, version 6
• AudCom checklist for v17.3 and response from 2nd Vice Chair

March 2015 documents

• IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures update
• Proposed Working Group P&P using December, 2013 baseline, v17.3
• Proposed Working Group P&P using December, 2013 baseline, v17.2, comparision with v16 (current WG P&P), and comparison with 17.1
• Proposed Working Group P&P using December, 2013 baseline, v17.1
• Summary of changes to WG P&P, version 3
• IEEE 802 LMSC Operations Manual future changes
• Proposed Operations Manual, v17.1
• Proposed Operations Manual, v17.1 with changes shown

November 2014 documents

• Proposed Working Group P&P using December, 2013 baseline, v17
• Summary of changes to WG P&P, version 0

November 2012 documents

• Proposed P&P using August, 2012 baseline, v12, approved by EC 16 Nov. 2012, pending AudCom approval
• Summary of proposed P&P changes, version 3, approved by EC 16 Nov. 2012
• Proposed new 5C version 3, not approved by EC
• Proposed changes to OM and WG P&P, version 4, approved by EC 16 Nov. 2012
• Proposed changes to Chair's Guidelines, version 1, approved by EC 16 Nov. 2012

July 2012 documents

• Proposed OM changes regarding expenditures not requiring approval
• Various proposed P&P changes
• Various proposed OM changes
• Proposed changes to OM and Chair's guidelines regarding meeting manager
• Proposed changes to OM regarding Plenary venue selection

July 2010 documents

• Policies and Procedures, approved by EC on 16 July, 2010, pending approval by AudCom
• Operations manual, approved by EC on 16 July, 2010
• 802 Working Group Policies and Procedures, approved by EC on 16 July, 2010

November 2009 documents

• 802 Working Group Policies and Procedures, approved by EC on 20 November, 2009, with editorial updates, last updated 13 February, 2010
• Operations manual, approved by EC on 20 November, 2009, with editorial updates, last updated 13 February, 2010
• 802 Working Group Policies and Procedures, approved by EC on 20 November, 2009
• Operations manual, approved by EC on 20 November, 2009

EC ballot documents, comments due before November plenary, 13 November, 2009

• Draft LMSC WG Policies and Procedures, 18 July, 2009
• Draft LMSC Operations Manual, 18 July, 2009
• Draft LMSC Policies and Procedures, 18 July, 2009
• Spreadsheet for entering comments, please use.

July 2009 documents (creation of uniform WG P&P)

• LMSC P&P candidate for ballot
• WG generic P&P candidtate for ballot
• WG P&P, 25 June, 2009
• Initial draft WG P&P, 13 June, 2009
• Approved by the LMSC, 13 June, 2009

Drafts approved by 802 EC (Approved PNP is found here)

• Policies & procedures — Version submitted to RevCom with broken link fixed.
• Operations manual
• Policies & procedures — Version submitted to RevCom (has a broken link)

November 2008 documents

• Updated ballot document (Nov. 13, 2008) as proposed resolution
• Updated ballot document (Nov. 12, 2008) as proposed resolution

August 2008 documents

• Policies & Procedures, clean version
• Policies & Procedures, marked up version
• Operations Manual, clean version
• Operations Manual, marked up version
• Comment
• Comment resolution for the Operations Manual
• Feedback on the baseline P&P to be sent to AudCom.
resolution for the Policies & Development

May 2008 documents

• Proposed operations manual (16 March 2008)
• Proposed policies and procedures (16 March 2008)
• Rationale for the change and description of editing instructions
• Ballot response form (.xls)

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