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Call to order on the day and starting time in the subject line of this email by Mark Hantel, IEEE 802.1 Maintenance TG Chair (Chair), who presided and wrote the minutes, assisted by Karen Randall, IEEE 802.1 Liaison Secretary. 

The following list reflects the attendance and affiliation of participants who recorded their attendance in IMAT or provided it separately:
Assmann, Ralf    	Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.
Finn, Norman     	Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
Gilb, James         	General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
Hamilton, Mark 	Ruckus Wireless
Hantel, Mark      	Rockwell Automation
Hernandez, Marco        	National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
Kehrer, Stephan		Hirschmann
Kiessling, Marcel       	Beckhoff Automation
Levy, Joseph       	InterDigital, Inc.
Marks, Roger     		Consensii LLC
Nakano, Hiroki   	CAHI Corporation
Parsons, Glenn   	Ericsson AB
Randall, Karen    	Randall Consulting
Turner, Max       		Ethernovia


Agenda items and dispositions:
1. Meeting introduction. The IEEE SA slides on IEEE Patent Policy and IEEE SA Copyright and Participation Policies were provided beforehand as part of "MEETING INTRODUCTION" http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/templates/admin-TG-intro-0323-v01.pdf .
The Chair showed this presentation advising that the following, provided beforehand, applies:
- IEEE's Patent Policy is described in Clause 6 of the IEEE SA Standards Board Bylaws;
- Early identification of patent claims which may be essential for the use of standards under development is strongly encouraged;
- There may be Essential Patent Claims of which IEEE is not aware. Additionally, neither IEEE, the WG, nor the WG Chair can ensure the accuracy or completeness of any assurance or whether any such assurance is, in fact, of a Patent Claim that is essential for the use of the standard under development.
- IEEE SA's copyright policy is described in Clause 7 of the IEEE SA Standards Board Bylaws and Clause 6.1 of the IEEE SA Standards Board Operations Manual;
- Any material submitted during standards development, whether verbal, recorded, or in written form, is a Contribution and shall comply with the IEEE SA Copyright Policy.
The Chair made the Call for Potentially Essential Patents thereby providing an opportunity for participants to identify patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) of which the participant is personally aware and that may be essential for the use of that standard: there were no responses to this Call prior to the end of the meeting.
The Chair asked participants to record their attendance in IMAT and, if they are unable to do so, to promptly provide their affiliation to the minute taker.

2. Approval of agenda. The Chair presented the agenda in https://1.ieee802.org/p802-revc-comment-resolution-agenda-december-12-2023-december-19-2023-and-january-9-2024/ .
Disposition: The agenda was reviewed, discussed, and agreed (informally, none dissenting) as presented.

3. EPD vs LPD Discussion
- Roger Marks presented: mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/24/11-24-0035-00-0arc-proposed-protocol-identification-updates-to-ieee-std-802.pdf
  Disposition: More discussion needed. 

4. Any Other Business. No other business was discussed by the Maintenance TG in this meeting.

5. Future meetings. The Maintenance TG meeting intends to meet next during the Jan 2024 IEEE 802.1 session in Heidelberg, Germany. 

Meeting adjourned on the day and ending time in the subject line of this email.

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