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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’m simply trying to make the gaps between F2F meetings more uniform. And since we’re tied to a Plenary each September, that left only one obvious alternative, every 4 months around that. We have some good synergy at F2F meetings and to go up to 6 months between (September to March), I think, has the potential for us to lose some momentum.<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'>That said, I have no personal stake in the schedule of the non-Plenary meetings.<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'>We do, however, need to be flexible, depending on when hosts may have space available. Some National Standards groups allocate their meeting rooms well in advance.<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><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='color:windowtext'> Francis Cave [mailto:francis@franciscave.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 25, 2014 7:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> SC 34 WG4<br><b>Cc:</b> Francis Cave<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: 2015 F2F Meeting Schedule and Hosts<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Rex<br><br>In 2012 we (briefly) managed an every-four-months pattern of meetings: February - June - October. Is it your view that a January - May - September pattern would be easier to schedule?<br><br>Francis<br><br><br><br>On 25/02/2014 23:43, Rex Jaeschke wrote:<span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><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.]</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Here are a couple of things to think about in advance of the Berlin meeting:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>FYI, below is our meeting location history.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Rex</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2009-01 WG4 - Okinawa, JP</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2009-03 Plenary - Prague, CZ</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2009-06 WG4 - Copenhagen, DK</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2009-09 Plenary - Bellevue, WA, US</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2009-12 WG4 - Paris, FR</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2010-03 Plenary - Stockholm, SE</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2010-06 WG4 - Helsinki, FI</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2010-09 Plenary - Tokyo, JP</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2010-12 WG4 - Beijing, CN</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2011-03 Plenary - Prague, CZ</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2011-09 Plenary - Busan, KR</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2012-02 WG4 - Prague, CZ</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2012-06 Plenary - Brasilia, BR</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2012-10 Plenary - London, UK</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2013-03 WG4 - Copenhagen, DK</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2013-06 WG4 - Bellevue, WA, US</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2013-09 Plenary - Delft, NL</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>-------------</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2014-03 WG4 – Berlin, DE</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2014-06 WG4 – Prague, CZ</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2014-09 Plenary – Kyoto, JP</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>