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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>[As this affects all WGs who meet with us (WG4) outside plenaries, please circulate this to WG1, WG5, and WG6 members, as appropriate.]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Here are a couple of things to think about in advance of the Berlin meeting:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Meeting Schedule: When we changed from 4 meetings/year to 3, the schedule for the non-plenary meetings wasn’t adjusted, so we’ve had March, June, and September meetings, leaving a 6-month gap between September and March. I propose that starting in 2015, we adopt a January, May, September schedule, so meetings are evenly spaced.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>January 2015 Meeting Host: I had a tentative offer, but that is no longer on the table. Please check if you can host multiple WGs for 4-5 days sometime that month. I’d like to announce a host and date block for that meeting as soon as a possible, and in any event no later than the close of our Prague meeting in June 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>FYI, below is our meeting location history.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Rex<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2009-01 WG4 - Okinawa, JP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2009-03 Plenary - Prague, CZ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2009-06 WG4 - Copenhagen, DK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2009-09 Plenary - Bellevue, WA, US<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2009-12 WG4 - Paris, FR<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2010-03 Plenary - Stockholm, SE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2010-06 WG4 - Helsinki, FI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2010-09 Plenary - Tokyo, JP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2010-12 WG4 - Beijing, CN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2011-03 Plenary - Prague, CZ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2011-09 Plenary - Busan, KR<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2012-02 WG4 - Prague, CZ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2012-06 Plenary - Brasilia, BR<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2012-10 Plenary - London, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2013-03 WG4 - Copenhagen, DK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2013-06 WG4 - Bellevue, WA, US<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2013-09 Plenary - Delft, NL<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>-------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2014-03 WG4 – Berlin, DE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2014-06 WG4 – Prague, CZ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2014-09 Plenary – Kyoto, JP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>