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Voting and Participation Rights

Voting and Participation Rights

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Member participation and voting status are tracked in the table below. Group members wishing to vote should enter their Name, Affiliation, and desired Role.

  • New Groups: No additional actions are required for initial participation and voting setup.

  • Existing Groups: If the table already has meeting columns, join the next meeting, introduce yourself to the chair/vice-chair, and express your intent to vote.

For each meeting, the group will add a column to record participation, titled with the meeting date (e.g., “Meeting Feb 29, 2024”), and update Voting Status afterward. Additional field and policy details are below the table.

This table should not include email addresses as it will be publicly viewable.

Name

Affiliation
(Company, Organization, or “Individual”)

Role
(“Participant”, “Observer”)1

Voting Status
(“Voting”, “Probation”, Blank)2

Attendance CW04, 21 Jan 2025

Attendance CW06, 04 Feb 2025

Attendance CW08, 18 Feb 2025

Attendance CW10, 04 Mar 2025

Attendance CW12, 18 Mar 2025

Attendance CW14, 01 Apr 2025

 

Name

Affiliation
(Company, Organization, or “Individual”)

Role
(“Participant”, “Observer”)1

Voting Status
(“Voting”, “Probation”, Blank)2

Attendance CW04, 21 Jan 2025

Attendance CW06, 04 Feb 2025

Attendance CW08, 18 Feb 2025

Attendance CW10, 04 Mar 2025

Attendance CW12, 18 Mar 2025

Attendance CW14, 01 Apr 2025

 

 

Participants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Weaver

Akeana

Participant

Voting primary

N

Y

Y

Y

 

 

 

Sanjay Patel

Akeana

Participant

Voting secondary

 

 

Y

 

 

 

 

Ren Guo

Alibaba Damo Academy

Participant

Voting

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

 

Bing Yu

Andes Technology Corporation

Participant

Voting

Y

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

David Higham

Codasip

Observer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas Roecker

IFX

Participant

Voting

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Itai Yarom

MIPS

Participant

Voting

N

N

Y

 

 

 

 

Tianbin Fan

Nuclei

Participant

Voting

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

Christian Herber

NXP

Observer

 

 

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

Ved Shanbhogue

Rivos Inc.

Participant

Voting

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

Monia Chiavacci

SiFive

Observer

 

N

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

Richard York

SiFive

Participant

Voting

N

Y

Y

Y

 

Y

 

Jack Andrew

SiFive

Observer

 

N

Y

N

Y

 

Y

 

Jon Stephan

SiFive

Observer

 

N

Y

N

Y

 

 

 

Srini Krishnaswami

Synopsys

Participant

Voting

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

 

Sam Visalli

Tenstorrent

Participant

Voting - Primary

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Y

 

Ken Dockser

Tenstorrent

Participant

Voting - Secondary

N

 

Y

 

 

 

 

Daniel Gracia Pérez

Thales

Observer

 

 

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

Jeff Maguire

Ventana

Participant

Voting

Y

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

Andy Frame

VyperCore

Observer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Observers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eudora Zhu

Alibaba Damo Academy

Observer

 

 

 

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cay Blomqvist

Individual

Observer

 

N

 

Y

 

 

 

 

Luis Miguel Pinho

INESC TEC

Observer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicolas Gerlin

Infineon

Observer

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

Nathan Ma

Nuclei

Observer

 

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The voting policy is defined in the RISC-V Policies Procedures document.

Participant

  • Active contributor and voting member of the workgroup.

  • Voting status is tracked in the Voting Status column, and criteria for maintaining voting status are outlined below.

  • Obligations include attending meetings and voting on all Technical Committee questions, work item proposals, and drafts.

Notes:

  1. Single Voter Rule: Each entity (company/organization) can have only one voting member. Participants from the same entity should decide who will hold voting status.

  2. Individual Members: Individual participants can vote and represent themselves. However, if they work for a RISC-V member organization, they are treated as part of that entity.

Observer

  • Non-voting participant.

  • Registration is optional but ensures access to documents, meeting attendance, and the ability to submit comments.

Voting: Member is in good standing and eligible to vote.
Probation: Member cannot vote due to one of the following:

  • Initial criteria for voting not yet met.

  • Lost voting rights and not yet reinstated.
    None/Blank: Member is either an Observer or a Participant but not the designated voter for their entity.

Voting rights may be removed per Section 2B, item #4 of the policy for:

  1. Inactivity: Missing 2 out of 3 consecutive meetings (in-person, virtual, or correspondence). Attending any meeting in a multi-meeting week counts for the entire week.

  2. Failure to Vote: Not voting on any Proposal, Stable, or Freeze Milestone ballots.

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