1. 2nd Vice Chair Report September 2017
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September 2017
2nd Vice Chair Report September 2017
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Dorothy Stanley (HP Enterprise)

2. September 2017
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Abstract
This slide contains requested reports and status from the nd Vice-Chair:
Patent Slides
Policies and Procedures and Operations Manual for IEEE-SA, IEEE 802, and IEEE
Reminder on Posting Documents
Joining the reflectors
Joining 802 All List Server
Known proposed changes to 802 P&P, 802 OM, 802WG P&P, Chair’s Guidelines
Proposed revisions to OM
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3. Monday– 802.11 Opening Plenary
September 2017
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Second Vice Chair Report
Monday– Opening Plenary
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4. Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
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Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy.
Participants [Note: Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2]:
“Shall inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of each “holder of any potential Essential Patent Claims of which they are personally aware” if the claims are owned or controlled by the participant or the entity the participant is from, employed by, or otherwise represents
“Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other holders of potential Essential Patent Claims” (that is, third parties that are not affiliated with the participant, with the participant’s employer, or with anyone else that the participant is from or otherwise represents)
The above does not apply if the patent claim is already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance that applies to the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group
Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged
No duty to perform a patent search
Agenda item 2.1.1
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5. Patent Related Links Patent Policy is stated in these sources:
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Patent Related Links
All participants should be familiar with their obligations under the IEEE-SA Policies & Procedures for standards development.
Patent Policy is stated in these sources:
IEEE-SA Standards Boards Bylaws
IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual
Material about the patent policy is available at
If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at or visit
This slide set is available at
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6. Call for Potentially Essential Patents
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Call for Potentially Essential Patents
If anyone in this meeting is personally aware of the holder of any patent claims that are potentially essential to implementation of the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group and that are not already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance:
Either speak up now or
Provide the chair of this group with the identity of the holder(s) of any and all such claims as soon as possible or
Cause an LOA to be submitted
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7. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
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Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws.
Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent claims.
Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions.
Relative costs, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different technical approaches may be discussed in standards development meetings.
Technical considerations remain primary focus
Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets.
Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation.
Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed … do formally object.
See IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details.
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8. Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings
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Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings
Participation in any IEEE 802 meeting (Sponsor, Sponsor subgroup, Working Group, Working Group subgroup, etc.) is on an individual basis
Participants in the IEEE standards development individual process shall act based on their qualifications and experience. ( section 5.2.1)
IEEE 802 Working Group membership is by individual; “Working Group members shall participate in the consensus process in a manner consistent with their professional expert opinion as individuals, and not as organizational representatives”. (subclause “Establishment”, of the IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures)
Participants have an obligation to act and vote as an individual and not under the direction of any other individual or group. A Participant’s obligation to act and vote as an individual applies in all cases, regardless of any external commitments, agreements, contracts, or orders.
Participants shall not direct the actions or votes of any other member of an IEEE 802 Working Group or retaliate against any other member for their actions or votes within IEEE 802 Working Group meetings, see section and the IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures, subclause “Chair”, list item x.
By participating in IEEE 802 meetings, you accept these requirements. If you do not agree to these policies then you shall not participate. (Latest revision of IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures:
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9. 802 Ground rules Respect … give it, get it NO product pitches9
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802 Ground rules
Respect … give it, get it
NO product pitches
NO corporate pitches
NO prices
NO restrictive notices –
Presentations must be openly available
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10. IEEE-SA policy documents
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IEEE-SA policy documents
IEEE Code of Ethics
IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Affiliation FAQ
Antitrust and Competition Policy
Letter of Assurance Form
IEEE-SA Patent Committee FAQ & Patent slides
and
Agenda item
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11. Current IEEE-SA Rule documents
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Current IEEE-SA Rule documents
The current version of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws is available at: 
(HTML version) 
(PDF version) 
The current version of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual is available at: 
(HTML version) 
(PDF version) 
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12. Current IEEE 802 rules documents
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Current IEEE 802 rules documents
IEEE 802 Policies & Procedures (Approved June 2014)
IEEE 802 Operations Manual (Approved 17 Mar 2017)
IEEE 802 Working Group Policies &Procedures (29 Jul 2016)
IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guidelines (Approved 17 Mar 2017)
Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings
Policies and Procedures hierarchy:
IEEE 802 Procedural document website:
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13. September 2017
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July Rules Changes
No changes proposed in July for LMSC P&P, WG P&P, OM, Chair’s Guidelines
802 Rules meeting discussion topics
Create a change to the OM to describe ICAID approval process.
Plan LMSC P&P update on new AudCom baseline, include dominance material from WG P&P
Discussion of visa request process
Potential Chair’s Guideline update: tutorials are non-badged events
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14. Current IEEE 802.11 rules documents
September 2017
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Current IEEE rules documents
IEEE WG OM: (Approved 17 Mar 2017)
Use of Participation slide in IEEE 802 Meetings
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15. September 2017
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July 2017 IEEE OM changes
Document contains the current IEEE Operations Manual (approved March 2017).
Further changes proposed:
Addition of WG final minutes approval
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16. Please Return Ballots on WGLBs to avoid loss of voting rights
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Please Return Ballots on WGLBs to avoid loss of voting rights
Document , see Section 7.1
The Voter responds to 2 out of 3 consecutive mandatory WG letter ballots, where a valid response is received in the initial mandatory WG letter ballot or any of its subsequent recirculation ballots.
NOTE – A voter’s status is evaluated at completion of a WG letter ballot series.
The length of a WG letter ballot series is “1” if the initial WGLB fails
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Reflectors
There is an reflector for the working group, plus one for each task group.
Write access to the reflectors allowed for those who are members with status: aspirant, nearly-voter, potential-voter, voter.
To make a request, visit the reflector request page:
Gathers information and sends an to Vice Chair
If you change your address – please let me know. I will perform a global change to the list servers.
Public read access to all reflectors is available via the home page on the “WG ” menu.
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Dorothy Stanley (HP Enterprise)

18. IEEE 802-ALL EMAIL List Server
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IEEE 802-ALL List Server
IEEE 802-ALL List Server
IEEE 802 only provides ed session announcements. To join this list and stay informed about upcoming plenary sessions, send to with no subject and with the following 2 lines appearing first in the body of the message:
subscribe  stds-802-all
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19. Reminder for Posting Documents
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Reminder for Posting Documents
From the OM –
All submissions presented to and all minutes shall be posted to the document server.
Please check to ensure all documents are posted
If you have a “pending” document that is in error, let Adrian or Jon or Dorothy know.
Secretaries should put “Minutes” in the lower left corner for “minutes” of meetings.
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20. Wednesday – 802.11 Mid-Week Plenary
September 2017
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nd Vice Chair Report
Wednesday – Mid-Week Plenary
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21. Friday – 802.11 Closing Plenary
September 2017
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nd Vice Chair Report
Friday – Closing Plenary
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22. September 2017
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References
IEEE 802 Participation slide
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