http://www.altgothic.com/wiki/index.php/Timeline

 Convergence 17 Timetable

Bid Proposal Request Period BEGINS
2010 February 07 00:00EST (03:02GMT)
1. All Convergence 17 Bid Proposal Committee Chairpersons must contact
Axel (converge...@virulent.org) to have a web account set up on
altgothic.com to host their proposal web sites.

Bid Proposal Submission Period BEGINS
Bid Proposal Public Discussion and Debate Period BEGINS.
2010 February 14 00:00EST (05:00GMT)
   1. During this time Bid Proposal Committees must submit their Bid
Proposals and preliminary event budgets to Axel
(converge...@virulent.org) for inclusion on the Convergence 17 ballot.
After receipt of submission they must post their Bid Proposals to the
alt.gothic.* news groups' they may open their web sites to the public.
Posting to regional mailing lists, web communities, blogs etc. is
acceptable but not essential.
   2. See the Bids page for information on how to create and submit a
Convergence 17 proposal.
   3. The Convergence 17 Bid Proposal Public Discussion and Debate
Period also begins at this time. Discussions will take place primarily
on the alt.gothic* news group hierarchy.
   4. If you don't have a newsfeed that can access alt.gothic , Google
can help you out.

Bid Proposal Request Period ENDS
Bid Proposal Submission Period ENDS
2010 February 28 0:00EST (05:00GMT)
   1. Additional Convergence 17 Bid Proposals will NOT be accepted
after this date. If you submit after that date, we will hold on to it
for the Convergence 18 Bid Selection Process.

Proposal Modification Period ENDS
Ratification Period BEGINS
2010 March 12 0:00EST (05:00GMT)
   1. The Bidding Committees may no longer make any changes to their
bids.
   2. The proposal websites are frozen.
   3. The denizens of alt.gothic decide if they wish to reject any of
the bids, as per the ratification process.

Ratification Period ENDS
2010 March 23 0:00EST (05:00GMT)
The C*B*L determine which bids are ratified.
   1. The voting system is announced on alt.gothic.

Bid Clarification Period BEGINS
2010 March 23 0:00EST (05:00GMT)
The purpose of this period is to ensure that what is voted on is what
was ratified.
   1. The Bidding Committees may modify their bid websites to
incorporate clarifications of the bid that came up during
ratification.
   2. The Bidding Committees may not add net new content to the bid.

Bid Clarification Period ENDS
C*B*L Bid Review BEGINS
2010 March 25 0:00EST (05:00GMT)
   1. The Bidding Committees may no longer make any changes to their
bids.
   2. The proposal websites are frozen.
   3. The C*B*L will review the bids to ensure the changes are
appropriate.

C*B*L Bid Review ENDS
Voting Period BEGINS
2010 March 26 0:00EST (05:00GMT)
   1. The people decide.

Voting Period ENDS
2010 April 02 0:00EST (05:00GMT)
   1. Voting is closed and results will be reviewed and tallied.

Committees notified of Results
2010 April 02
   1. The C*B*L notifies the Chairs of the bids of the results.

Public Announcement of Results
2010 April 03
   1. On receipt of a response from the Chair of the winning bid, or
after 24 hours of sending the notification, the winning proposal and
relevant voting demographics are announced on altgothic.com and the
alt.gothic news groups.

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