Timeline
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Milestones
| Deliverable | Important Dates |
| Milestone: WG and Sponsor Approve WG Draft 5.1 | January 2021 |
| Mandatory Editorial Coordination (MEC) Draft 5.2 | February 1 – March 8, 2021 |
| Ballot Group Formation | February 1 – March 8, 2021, balanced outcome with 466 subject matter experts |
| Comment Resolution Group (CRG) Formation | February 8 – March 8, 2021, received 38 self-nominations |
| Stakeholder Webinars | Webinars for national and international stakeholders
•Objective was to raise awareness for the open ballot group formation •Reviewed i) purpose and scope of standard and ii) key draft requirements •Provided step-by-step instructions for how to join the ballot group February 2021: refer to https://sagroups.ieee.org/2800/resources/ for slide decks & recordings |
| Milestone: SA Initial Ballot of Draft 6.0 (successful) | March 10 – April 10, 2021 with 79% response rate (>75% was required)
84% approval rate (>75% was required) | 1,407 comments received (659 are “must be satisfied”) |
| Comment Resolution Group meets weekly | CRG resolved SA Initial Ballot comments |
| Public Review closed | May 9, 2021 (search for “2800” at https://publicreview.standards.ieee.org) |
| CRG Comment Resolutions and Draft 6.1 Completed | June 9, 2021 |
| WG Approval of Recirculation Draft (Draft 6.1) | June 9, 2021 |
| Recirculation 1 (successful) | June 10 – July 9, 2021, with 86% response rate (>75% is required)
89% approval rate (>75% is required) | 406 comments received (235 are “must be satisfied”) |
| Recirculation 1 – Comment Resolution | July – August/September 2021*
July 21, 2021: CRG call, then SubGroup leads resolving SA Recirculation 1 comments, subsequent CRG calls TBD |
| CRG Comment Resolutions and Draft 6.2 Completed | August/September 2021* |
| Recirculation 2 | September 2021* (14 days + comment resolution) |
| Recirculation 3 | November 2021* (5 days + comment resolution) |
| Milestone: Submission to RevCom | Dec 11, 2021 or Feb / Mar / May 2022?* |
| Milestone: Publication | Q1 or Q2 of 2022* |
* Tentative dates