Time line.. beginning at the N-1 the ISSRE Conference

• November N-1  ISSRE Conference is Held
• ISSRE Conference N-1
• Call for Papers of N
• Note that papers should be submitted in camera ready format in pdf.
• ISSRE Organizing Committee N, meeting
• ISSRE Program Committee N, meeting
• Begin Industry support solicitation.
• Get START program going before PC selection.
• Capture the skill definition and matching
• December N-1
• Website
• Detailed CFP with the dates for submission
• Complete Hotel details if possible.
• Collect mailing lists from sources: IEEE, Michael, LAAS etc.
• Submit CFP ad in IEEE Software or IEEE Software to appear in Feburary.
• Schedule PC meeting, location and dates.. Use the face to face meeting at the N-1 conference to iron out preferences, etc.
• Consideration:  example Washington DC has worked well for 3 years in a row (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003). ?????
• January
• TMRF should be complete
• Begin monthly conference call on status - clarify role and responsibilites,
• Assess status
• Check with IEEE to ensure publication of ad in Feb issue
• Ensure that the electronic submissions system is working - and google can find it.
• Feburary
• Ensure that IEEE lists the conference.. and this will not happen if the TMRF is incomplete - so get that done in Jan
• Reminders to all earlier authors - individually sent.
• March
• April
• Monitor submissions and move dates if necessary, but not more than once.   If one needs to extend the dates - provide advance notice of change, and promptly reflect changes in the web pages.
• Usually April 20^th is the end of submissions for full papers. 
• Begin the referee bid process - and START helps do that.
• Clear directions to referees on due dates and the referee process
• May
• Nag, nag, nag the referees for the reports.
• Solicit submissions for Industrial Practices and Tutorials.
• June
• Minimum of three refereee reports should be in by the June 1^st.
• June 1^st is deadline for the submision of Industry Practices and Tutorials
• Form the review process for the Industry Practices sub-committee.
• When there is clear shortage of referees or huge discrepencies on the results, additional reviews are to be solicited from dependable committee members.
• June 2^nd week is the typical date for the Program Committee Meeting. And this occurs before the DSN conference.
• Collect additional reviews that were additionally provided during the PC meetings.
• Generate the first draft of the papers and sessions right after the PC meeting.
• Publish on the website - all confirmed papers (excluding sheparded papers) immediately and mark as Preliminary.
• Communicate results:  Tutorials.
• Create FA sub-committee at the PC meeting
• Create the IP sub-committee at the PC meeting
• Create the Student paper sub-committee PC meeting
• July
• July 1^st (roughly two weeks after the PC meeting) send the accept/rejects to the authors.
• On line registration opens,
• Customization of the letters to authors - such as sheparding needs to be launched and a followup set up with the PC member.
• Suggested switching of papers between tracks - such as paper to fastabstract, etc. needs to be done.
• Clear directions from the authors point of view of what to do with a paper?
• Send to IEEE the list of accepted authors, and notify the authors that they will get print and submit directions from IEEE.
• Inform authors that registration is required before final submit date for papers to be printed in the proceedings.
• Check with shepards on the commit date for changes recommended by the PC.
• End of July - Communicate results for Industrial Practices papers.
• August
• Check on the schedule for the final submissions of papers to IEEE and communicated to authors.
• FastAbstract deadline?
• September
• Complete the FA final submissions
• October
• Preregistration closes October 3^rd week
• Print supplimental proceeding - talk to Mladen Vouk about the ins and outs of this process.. it is only a 15 minute phone call and will save you 15 days.
• Cancel under subscribed tutorials.    
• November
• 2^nd or 3^rd week Conference N
• December