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allows a decision to be reached in less than 10 days. Ballots where the possibility of an early
close exists must be clearly marked accordingly. Otherwise, the tally of votes shall not be made
until at least 24 hours after the close of the ballot to allow time for delivery of the e-mail votes.
If at the end of the ballot insufficient votes have been received to pass the ballot, the ballot fails.
The motion and tally of any email votes since the last IEEE 802 LMSC meeting shall be
included in the minutes of the next IEEE 802 LMSC meeting.
4.1.3 Meetings
IEEE 802 LMSC meetings are open to observers. However, some meetings may occur in
Executive, as described in the “Executive Session” subclause of the IEEE Project 802 LMSC
Policies and Procedures. An open discussion or acknowledgement of a request to participate in a
particular discussion is determined by the IEEE 802 LMSC Chair.
The IEEE 802 LMSC meets in-person during plenary sessions. At the discretion of the Chair,
between plenary sessions, meetings via electronic means may be scheduled.
4.1.4 Procedure for limiting the length of the IEEE 802 sponsor meetings
a)
The reports from the Working Groups and Technical Advisory Groups should deal
primarily with issues related to IEEE 802 LMSC as a whole or inter-group coordination.
Reports of those items that will be covered in the plenary meeting should be minimized.
b)
The maker of the motion, after the motion has been seconded, has up to five minutes to
explain the motion and to answer questions about it.
c)
Each IEEE 802 LMSC member has two minutes of uninterrupted time to state an opinion
about the motion. It is not necessary that all two minutes be used.
d)
The opening IEEE 802 LMSC meeting shall start at 8:00 a.m. and end no later than 10:30
a.m. on Monday morning and the closing IEEE 802 LMSC meeting shall start at 1:00
p.m. and shall end no later than 6:00 p.m. on Friday of the plenary session.
e)
If the IEEE 802 LMSC so modifies a Working Group’s motion that the Working Group
Chair believes the Working Group membership may no longer support the revised motion
then the Working Group should be given the opportunity to reconsider what action it
wishes to take and present it to the IEEE 802 LMSC at the next IEEE 802 LMSC
meeting. This action can be accomplished by a Privileged Non-debatable “Request to
Defer Action” made by the affected Working Group Chair which will automatically cause
all action on the motion to be deferred until the next regular IEEE 802 LMSC meeting.
4.2 IEEE 802 LMSC Working Groups
The function and operation of Working Groups is described in the IEEE 802 LMSC Working
Group Policies and Procedures.
Revised drafts approved in subsequent Working Group letter ballot for forwarding to a Standards
Association recirculation ballot do not require IEEE 802 LMSC approval for forwarding.
The chair of a hibernating Working Group shall maintain a list of experts that are available to
answer questions and provide clarification about the standards and/or recommended practices
generated by the Working Group.
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