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Inquiries concerning the standards and recommended practices of a hibernating Working Group
shall be directed to the chair of the hibernating Working Group. The chair shall attempt to
resolve the inquiry using the core of experts, as necessary. If the chair is unable to resolve the
inquiry, the chair may petition the IEEE 802 LMSC to reactivate the Working Group.
4.3 PAR Study Groups
4.3.1 PAR Study group operation
Unless otherwise stated, PAR Study Group in this document refers to any PAR Study Group,
whether formed as a subgroup of IEEE 802 LMSC (Standards Committee PAR Study Group) or
as a subgroup of a Working Group or Technical Advisory Group (Working Group PAR Study
Group).
Progress of each PAR Study Group shall be presented at the closing IEEE 802 LMSC of each
IEEE 802 LMSC Plenary Session by the appropriate Working Group, Technical Advisory
Group, or Standards Committee PAR Study Group Chair. PAR Study Groups may elect officers
other than the Chair, if necessary. Because of the limited time duration of a PAR Study Group,
no letter ballots are permitted.
The election of a Standards Committee PAR Study Group Vice Chair is subject to confirmation
by the IEEE 802 LMSC.
4.3.2 Voting at PAR Study Group meetings
Any person attending a PAR Study Group meeting may vote on all motions (including
recommending approval of a PAR). A vote is carried by 75% of those present and voting
Approve or Disapprove.
4.4 Industry connections activity operations
The Industry Connections Activity shall operate either as
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a subgroup of the Working Group to which the IEEE 802 LMSC delegates the activity, or
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a subgroup of the IEEE 802 LMSC
Approval of the subgroup requires a majority vote, as indicated in “Actions requiring approval
by a majority vote” subclause (7.1.1) of the IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures.
5. IEEE 802 LMSC sessions
There is no membership requirement for attendance at an IEEE 802 LMSC plenary session or an
interim session of an IEEE 802 LMSC subgroup; they are open forums. However, anyone who
attends any portion of a technical meeting that is part of an IEEE 802 LMSC plenary session or
an interim session of an IEEE 802 LMSC subgroup is obligated to comply with the registration
requirements for the session.
For the purposes of this OM, a technical meeting is defined as, but is not limited to, any meeting
of a Working Group, Technical Advisory Group, PAR Study Group, any of their subgroups, or
any call for interest at an IEEE 802 LMSC session.
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