====== OBSOLETE ====== 

**DRAFT NEXPReS Timeline**



this is COMPLETELY a draft and tentative
add a column for Period, just so that it is obvious 

^ mon ^ year ^ month^ description               ^ WP1  ^ WP2  ^ WP3  ^ WP4  ^ WP5  ^ WP6  ^ WP7  ^ WP8  ^
| Nov | 2009 |   -  | Proposal Due              |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Dec | 2009 |   -  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Jan | 2010 |   -  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Feb | 2010 |   -  | First Info                |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Mar | 2010 |   -  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Apr | 2010 |   -  | Contract Discussions      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| May | 2010 |   -  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Jun | 2010 |   -  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Jul | 2010 |   -  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Aug | 2010 |   1  | Project begins.           | establish project office     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Sep | 2010 |   2  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Oct | 2010 |   3  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Nov | 2010 |   4  | Confirmation of new hires |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Dec | 2010 |   5  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Jan | 2011 |   6  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Feb | 2011 |   7  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Mar | 2011 |   8  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Apr | 2011 |   9  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| May | 2011 |  10  | Project Meeting 1         | Board Meeting     | EVN-NREN Lightpath meeting     |     |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Jun | 2011 |  11  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Jul | 2011 |  12  | P1 done                   |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Aug | 2011 |  13  | P2 begins                 |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Sep | 2011 |  14  |                           | P1 Review     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Oct | 2011 |  15  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Nov | 2011 |  16  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Dec | 2011 |  17  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Jan | 2012 |  18  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Feb | 2012 |  19  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Mar | 2012 |  20  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Apr | 2012 |  21  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| May | 2012 |  22  |                           | Board vidconf  |      |  eVSAG meeting    |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Jun | 2012 |  23  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Jul | 2012 |  24  | P2 done                   |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Aug | 2012 |  25  | P3 begins                 |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Sep | 2012 |  26  |                           | P2 Review     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Oct | 2012 |  27  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Nov | 2012 |  28  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Dec | 2012 |  29  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Jan | 2013 |  30  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Feb | 2013 |  31  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Mar | 2013 |  32  |                           |  Board vidconf  |  Lightpath Meeting  |    eVSAG Sci/Tech workshop   |     |      |      |      |      | 
| Apr | 2013 |  33  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| May | 2013 |  34  |                           | Board vidconf  |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Jun | 2013 |  35  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Jul | 2013 |  36  | P3 done                   |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Aug | 2013 |  37  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Sep | 2013 |  38  |                           | P3 Review     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Oct | 2013 |  39  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Nov | 2013 |  40  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Dec | 2013 |  41  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 
| Jan | 2014 |  42  |                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 




 

===== important events =====

new hires.  assump that interviews are held month 1 and 2 and hiring begins in month 3.  This means that on quarter is w/o spending.

hardware purchase: we must identify the amortization rules and thresholds for each partner.  specifically, which partners are able to charge costs immediately to ensure that spending can be claimed against the project.