3GPP 21.900 v20.0.0 — the document's own text
8.1 Email drafting phase
Taught in 8. How a 3GPP meeting decides, and the word it decides in (How standards actually get made, in depth).
An email drafting session can be launched, either on a dedicated exploder list as a cybermeeting or as an informal discussion between interested delegates. Objectives can extend from debating an existing contribution, a Liaison Statement or a Change Request to progressing the service requirements of a specific Work Item and involving one or more Working Groups.
In case of "cybermeeting", the Chair of the discussions shall issue an un-ambiguous guideline including:
- the objectives and agenda of the meeting;
- input document(s) to be clearly specified;
- start date and end date of the debates;
- afterwards, summary of results of the "cybermeeting".
The end-goal being to reach an "agreement" on the deliverable, either at the next meeting or via an email approval procedure.