Voting participation

A participant gains Voter status in IEEE 802.11 by properly attending 2 of 4 consecutive plenary sessions (one of which may be substituted by an interim session).

"Properly attending" means that a participant has:

• Recorded their contact details and affiliation.
• Recorded attendance for 75% of the "normal" meeting slots at the session.
• Registered for the session and paid the registration fee.

"Normal" meeting slots are designated as such by the WG Chair, but are typically the meeting slots between and including the opening and closing plenary meetings that occur during normal work hours for the timezone in which the session is held. Session meeting slots outside these hours are designated as "extra." Attending both "normal" and "extra" meeting slots counts toward your attendance credit. With a typical session schedule, the 75% attendance requirement is met by attending 12 meeting slots at a plenary session and 13 meeting slots at an interim session. The session agenda will note the required attendance credit.

You can view your current status here.

After the first meeting, a participant will be an Aspirant.
After the second meeting, a participant will be a Potential Voter.
A Potential Voter becomes a Voter at the start of the next attended plenary session provided that the participant has:

• Recorded their contact details and affiliation.
• Recorded attendance for at least one 802.11 meeting slot.
• Registered for the session and paid any required meeting fee.

Promotion from Potential Voter to Voter is automatic, provided these conditions are satisfied.

(There was previously a requirement for a request to be made to the 802.11 chair to gain this status, this requirement has been removed. No request to the 802.11 chair is needed.)