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1. Introduction
The IEEE Project 802 (IEEE 802) LAN / MAN Standards Committee (LMSC) is the Standards
Committee for IEEE 802 Standards. It is referred to throughout this document as the IEEE 802
LMSC.
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Unless otherwise stated, when a signature is required on behalf of the IEEE 802 LMSC,
the IEEE 802 LMSC Chair provides that signature when authorized by the IEEE 802 LMSC.
Unless otherwise stated, the term Working Group indicates both IEEE 802 LMSC Working
Groups as well as IEEE 802 LMSC Technical Advisory Groups.
1.1 Suspension of the rules
Unless otherwise stated, none of the rules or requirements in this Operations Manual (OM) may
be suspended by vote of the IEEE 802 LMSC as would otherwise be allowed by Robert's Rules
of Order Newly Revised (latest edition).
In case of an extraordinary external circumstance that prevents the ordinary conduct of business,
suspension or modification of any IEEE 802 LMSC Operations Manual procedure for a specified
period of time, is permitted subject to approval by a motion with 2/3 of IEEE 802 LMSC voting
members voting approve. Any suspension or modification by this process expires no later than
the 120 days after the approval of the motion.
1.2 Precedence of documents
The operation of the IEEE 802 LMSC is subject to regulations contained in a number of
documents, including this OM. The regulating documents are identified in the following list and
are given in their order of precedence from highest to lowest. If any two documents in this list
contain conflicting regulations, the conflict shall be resolved in favor of the document of higher
precedence. Note that the IEEE 802 LMSC P&P references other precedence documents.
IEEE 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures
IEEE 802 LMSC Operations Manual (this document)
IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures
IEEE 802 LMSC Chair’s Guidelines and EC Policies Decisions
Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (latest edition) is the recommended guide for
parliamentary procedures not covered in the documents identified above.
1.3 IEEE 802 LMSC Chair’s Guidelines and EC Policy Decisions
In order to maintain some consistency of operation, the IEEE 802 LMSC Chair may maintain a
public document to be called the "IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guidelines and IEEE 802 LMSC
policy decisions". This document will give the reader a hint at how the IEEE 802 LMSC Chair
will be expected to deal with situations described therein. This is considered useful for recurring
situations and to avoid management which appears to be capricious. The scope of the document
is to be limited to matters of decision that are within the powers of the IEEE 802 LMSC Chair or
to record selected policy decisions decided by a vote of the IEEE 802 LMSC.
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In previous documents, the IEEE 802 LMSC was also referred to as the Sponsor, IEEE 802
LMSC Executive Committee, or EC.
IEEE 802 LMSC Operations Manual, v24 Revised August 31, 2020
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