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All active Working Groups shall meet during each IEEE 802 Plenary Session. All Working
Group meetings during each Plenary Session shall be exclusively in-person. Additionally, IEEE
802 LMSC Working Groups and Technical Advisory Groups are allowed to have electronic
meetings to make decisions between Plenary Sessions, but such meetings do not count for
participation credit.
The Working Group Chair may designate specific individual experts who are allowed to
participate in Working Group discussions via electronic means during a face-to-face meeting for
the benefit of the group. These individuals are not considered to be attending the meeting and so
they are not required to pay meeting fees and they do not get participation credit. The
participation of these individuals should be limited to specific technical topics. Such participation
shall be documented in the minutes of the Working Group meeting.
5.1 Plenary sessions
Plenary sessions are the primary LMSC sessions. All active IEEE 802 LMSC Working Groups
hold their plenary sessions during IEEE 802 LMSC plenary sessions.
IEEE 802 LMSC may collect fees, usually a registration fee, from all attendees of any portion of
any technical meeting that is a part of an IEEE 802 LMSC plenary session to cover the expenses
of the plenary session and the expenses of operating IEEE 802 LMSC.
5.1.1 IEEE 802 LMSC plenary
The IEEE 802 LMSC plenary session consists of optional IEEE 802 LMSC plenary meetings,
IEEE 802 LMSC meetings, and Working Group meetings. The plenary session may also offer
tutorial programs. If tutorials are offered on Monday, other meetings of IEEE 802 LMSC
subgroups shall not be scheduled to overlap with the time of the tutorial programs. The plenary
meeting is a meeting of individuals interested in local and metropolitan area network standards.
The function of the plenary meeting is information dissemination. The IEEE 802 LMSC Chair
sets the agenda for IEEE 802 LMSC plenary meetings and may chose not to hold the meeting if
there are no items for the agenda.
Each Working Group, Technical Advisory Group, and Standards Committee PAR Study Group
Chair shall provide a status report to the Recording Secretary no later than one week after the
conclusion of the closing IEEE 802 LMSC meeting. This status report shall include a description
of the progress made during the week, as well as plans for further work and future meetings. The
Recording Secretary shall post these status reports on the IEEE 802 LMSC web page no later
than two weeks after the close of the plenary session.
The plenary meeting is conducted by the IEEE 802 LMSC Chair or a designated delegate.
5.1.2 IEEE 802 LMSC plenary venue selection
The rules in this subclause may be suspended by 2/3 vote of the IEEE 802 LMSC.
The Executive Secretary presents proposed plenary venues to the IEEE 802 LMSC. Proposed
plenary venues shall consist of different regions of the world. Each year there shall be at least
one plenary that is both outside the United States and the North American continent.
The venue and date for each plenary session shall be approved by the IEEE 802 LMSC prior to
signing venue-related commitments on behalf of the IEEE 802 LMSC.
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