1. After this meeting… Voting period begins
Voting information to be sent 22nd July
AREA sponsor members votes will count 4 points
Contributor and Non-Commercial/Academic members votes count 2 points
Members who contributed one or more research ideas for consideration can vote. Their vote will count 1 point towards the idea of their choice
Close of voting period is midnight (EST) Aug 10th

2. After voting… Research Committee will review
Member participation levels
If there is a tie (two projects with equal number of votes)
Materials for public campaign to solicit proposals
Make recommendation to the Board of Directors
Board will have one week to vote

3. Project RFP AREA will issue a public request for proposals (RFP)
Proposals will be accepted prior to Sep 16
Research Committee will
Perform due diligence on proposals
Recommend to BoD to award the project to one bidder
Contract put in place to perform research for AREA

4. Timeline Recap
Date
Milestone
Jun 27, 2019
Call to members for research topics (secure page on website)
Jul 11, 2019
Close of member research topic submission
Jul 18, 2019
AREA members pitching session
Jul 22, 2019
AREA opens members voting on project ideas
Aug 10, 2019
AREA members voting on project ideas closes
Aug 25, 2019
AREA publishes call for proposals to research groups (bidders)
Sep 16, 2019
Deadline for bidders to submit their responses
Sep 23, 2019
Project awarded to winning bidder
Oct 02, 2019
Project kickoff and start date
Dec 01, 2019
Preliminary results shared by project research team
Jan 9, 2020
Project conclusion and publishing of project results to AREA members

5. Thank you for your participation!