Board meeting Guests
- Board#155 meeting will be held on 04 December 2025.
Should you wish to attend this Board meeting as a guest, you are invited to send your request for participation before 13 November 2025 to the (ETSI Board Support Staff).
6 Special attendance at Board meetings
6.1 Void
6.2 Chairs of Technical Committees, ETSI Projects, Industry Specification Groups, Special Committees and Software Development Groups, may also be invited by the Chair to attend a particular Board meeting as Guests for discussion of agenda items relating to their group. They shall have the right to speak and to present a written contribution but should only participate actively during the discussion of agenda items concerning their group.
Chairs of Technical Committees, ETSI Projects, Industry Specification Groups, Special Committees and Software Development Groups, can be requested by the Chair of the Board to leave the meeting temporarily in the case where the Board handles confidential or personal matters.
The intention of the Chair of the Board to invite Chairs of Technical Committees, ETSI Projects, Industry Specification Groups, Special Committees and Software Development Groups, should be clearly stated in the draft agenda.
6.3 The Chair may invite representatives of other standardization organizations or specification providers to attend the Board meetings as Guests during discussion of particular agenda items affecting them. Such representatives shall have the right to speak and to present a written contribution.
6.4 ETSI members can ask for an invitation to attend Board meetings as Guests. Interested members should make their request to the Chair three (3) weeks before the Board meeting is scheduled. The Chair may also invite ETSI members to attend Board meetings as Guests.
A Guest who has significant commercial or societal interests on a particular agenda item shall have the right to speak and to present a written contribution. They may also request the deferment of any decision which affects them.
The number of Guests invited to Board meetings will normally be limited to five (5).
Depending on the Board meeting location, the Chair of the Board may have to consider the local environment when determining the number of Guests invited.
ETSI members already represented through a Board member are not expected to send Guests to Board meetings.
The request to attend Board meetings is honored on a first-come, first-served basis. Guests which have attended a Board meeting will receive a lower priority when considering the requests for attending subsequent Board meetings. Guests do not normally actively participate in Board meetings. Guests shall not make ongoing Board discussions public.
The names of the Guests shall be indicated to the Board in advance of the meeting.
6.5 Guests can be requested by the Chair of the Board to leave the meeting temporarily in the case where the Board handles confidential or personal matters.