waveform06/HIP 100 Africa EU868 - voting text

## HIP 100 Africa EU868 - voting text
- Author(s): [Adrian Clint](https://github.com/waveform06) & [Helium Foundation](https://github.com/dewi-alliance)
- Full HIP Text: [HIP 101](https://github.com/helium/HIP/blob/2ff77a15f060554155ec07410310ae3784c82345/0100-deploy-eu868-region-plan-to-the-majority-of-africa.md)
- Tracking Issue: [#809](https://github.com/helium/HIP/issues/809)
- Vote Requirements: veIOT
- Vote at: https://realms.heliumvote.com/dao/iot

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## Summary

This HIP recommends that the community provisionally sets the majority of the currently unspecified and EU433 region countries in the Africa region to the EU868 regional frequency plan.
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## Proposal Details:
That the listed countries in the HIP have the EU868 regional frequency plan assigned as a default operating frequency and deployed Helium Hotspots can then operate as light gateways supporting sensor uplinks, downlinks and Proof of Coverage, additionally Data Only Hotspots can support sensor uplinks and downlinks. Legalities of operation are still the responsibility of the local operator and Helium will support these operators in complying with any local frequency spectrum regulatory authorities requirements.

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## Approval Requirements:

This HIP is considered approved if 67% of the voting power is reached.

This HIP must reach the quorum of 100,000,000 veIOT to be considered valid.

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## Review
Community debate on these topics can be found on the Helium Discord. Please review any necessary discussion or consult with other community members to inform your position before voting.

Additionally, these changes may have been discussed further in recent Community Calls. Recordings of these calls are available to review [here](https://helium.foundation/community-call).

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## Resources
Additional information about the Governance process can be found in [Helium Docs](https://docs.helium.com/).

To participate in future Governance calls, please join the Community monthly on the last Wednesday of each month at 16:00 UTC.

You can read the full HIP 100 text [here](https://github.com/helium/HIP/blob/2ff77a15f060554155ec07410310ae3784c82345/0100-deploy-eu868-region-plan-to-the-majority-of-africa.md)
Join the conversation on Discord and see the #hip-100-deploy-eu868-region-plan-to-the-majority-of-africa for more details.

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**Disclaimer:** The Helium Network's rules for voting differ from the default rules on Realms.
*As a result, viewing the results on [realms.today](https://app.realms.today/dao/iot) is not representative of the actual outcome under the Helium Network's rules for HIP voting. For the correct results, please make sure to view on [Helium IOT Realms](https://realms.heliumvote.com/dao/iot) or the summary of HIPs on [Github](https://github.com/helium/HIP#readme).*
	- Author(s): [Adrian Clint](https://github.com/waveform06) & [Helium Foundation](https://github.com/dewi-alliance)
	- Full HIP Text: [HIP 101](https://github.com/helium/HIP/blob/2ff77a15f060554155ec07410310ae3784c82345/0100-deploy-eu868-region-plan-to-the-majority-of-africa.md)
	- Tracking Issue: [#809](https://github.com/helium/HIP/issues/809)
	- Vote Requirements: veIOT
	- Vote at: https://realms.heliumvote.com/dao/iot

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	## Summary

	This HIP recommends that the community provisionally sets the majority of the currently unspecified and EU433 region countries in the Africa region to the EU868 regional frequency plan.
	***

	## Proposal Details:
	That the listed countries in the HIP have the EU868 regional frequency plan assigned as a default operating frequency and deployed Helium Hotspots can then operate as light gateways supporting sensor uplinks, downlinks and Proof of Coverage, additionally Data Only Hotspots can support sensor uplinks and downlinks. Legalities of operation are still the responsibility of the local operator and Helium will support these operators in complying with any local frequency spectrum regulatory authorities requirements.

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	## Approval Requirements:

	This HIP is considered approved if 67% of the voting power is reached.

	This HIP must reach the quorum of 100,000,000 veIOT to be considered valid.

	***

	## Review
	Community debate on these topics can be found on the Helium Discord. Please review any necessary discussion or consult with other community members to inform your position before voting.

	Additionally, these changes may have been discussed further in recent Community Calls. Recordings of these calls are available to review [here](https://helium.foundation/community-call).

	***

	## Resources
	Additional information about the Governance process can be found in [Helium Docs](https://docs.helium.com/).

	To participate in future Governance calls, please join the Community monthly on the last Wednesday of each month at 16:00 UTC.

	You can read the full HIP 100 text [here](https://github.com/helium/HIP/blob/2ff77a15f060554155ec07410310ae3784c82345/0100-deploy-eu868-region-plan-to-the-majority-of-africa.md)
	Join the conversation on Discord and see the #hip-100-deploy-eu868-region-plan-to-the-majority-of-africa for more details.

	***

	Disclaimer: The Helium Network's rules for voting differ from the default rules on Realms.
	As a result, viewing the results on [realms.today](https://app.realms.today/dao/iot) is not representative of the actual outcome under the Helium Network's rules for HIP voting. For the correct results, please make sure to view on [Helium IOT Realms](https://realms.heliumvote.com/dao/iot) or the summary of HIPs on [Github](https://github.com/helium/HIP#readme).