Just found this message about deadlines for getting topics on the agenda in Beijing. We might be somewhat behind schedule for that one. Harald -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [dispatch] Reminder: DISPATCH deadlines for IETF-79 - One week left to notify us of plans to submit proposals Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:06:42 -0500 From: Mary Barnes <mary.ietf.barnes@gmail.com> To: DISPATCH <dispatch@ietf.org> CC: rai@ietf.org, rai-ads@tools.ietf.org Hi all, Another reminder - the deadline for IETF-79 topics for DISPATCH is next Monday, August 30th (5 pm PST). Thanks, Mary. On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Mary Barnes <mary.ietf.barnes@gmail.com <mailto:mary.ietf.barnes@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi all, Just a reminder that the first deadline for IETF-79 for the DISPATCH WG topics is two weeks from Monday. Regards, Mary. On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Mary Barnes <mary.ietf.barnes@gmail.com <mailto:mary.ietf.barnes@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi folks, The following summarizes the deadlines for topics for DISPATCH for IETF-79: * August 30, 2010. Cutoff date to notify the chairs/DISPATCH WG of plans to submit a proposal. [Two weeks prior to BoF proposal deadline] * Sept. 6, 2010. Cutoff for charter proposals for topics. [One week prior to BoF proposal deadline] * Sept. 20, 2010. Topics that are to be the focus of IETF-79 are announced. [One week before deadline to request WG slots] * Oct. 18th, 2010. -00 draft deadline. * Oct. 25th, 2010. Draft deadline. These deadlines have been published on the DISPATCH WG wiki page: http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/dispatch/trac/wiki Note that these dates are closer to the end of the meeting than those for IETF-78 because there is just over 3 months between the end of IETF-78 and beginning of IETF-79 (versus the 4 months we had between this meeting and Anaheim). Note that registration and WG/Bof scheduling for IETF-79 starts on August 9th: http://www.ietf.org/meeting/cutoff-dates-2010.html#IETF79 DISPATCH sets the first deadline such that it's still possible to request a BoF for topics that may be wider in scope and require broader community review. The deadlines for BoFs are set by the leadership so that there is time to consider BoFs in the scheduling. Also, as Gonzalo noted in a separate email, WGs need to have a draft charter at the time they request a WG slot. Further information on the motivation for the DISPATCH planning model is provided in the wiki. Regards, Mary DISPATCH WG co-chair