This is a generic version of the timeline. A specific version of it is made for each conference and can be found in the document archive: http://www.ccsc.org/northwest/docarchive/
Timeline
| Relative Date | Specific Date | Activity |
|---|
| -19mo | February | Budget sent to Regional Representative for approval at national board meeting at SIGCSE |
| | | Timeline sent to Regional Representative for approval at May meeting |
| -13mo | September | Preliminary Call for Participation sent to current Conference Chair for inclusion in Conference Packet |
| -12mo | October | Regional Board meeting post conference. Solicit Conference committee members. |
| -12mo | October | Drafts of documents(?) emailed to Regional Board for review. |
| -12mo | October | Documents for Web Publication sent to Webmaster. |
| -11mo | November | Mail and email first Call for Papers. |
| -10mo | December | Check with Papers and Panels & Tutorials chairs for submission counts. If needed send out more CFPs. |
| -9mo | January | Mail and email last Call for Papers. |
| -9mo | January | Regional Board meeting at your conference site. Tour facilities. |
| | | Check with Papers and Panels & Tutorials chairs for submission counts. If needed send out more CFPs. |
| -7mo | March | Deadline for paper submissions. |
| -7mo | March | Papers mailed(or emailed) to referees. |
| -7mo | March | Deadline for Panel & Tutorial submissions. |
| -6mo | April | Deadline for paper reviews returned to Papers Chair. |
| -6mo | April | Program Committee meeting where papers, panels, and tutorials are selected. Program is set. |
| -5mo | May | Paper reviews returned to authors. Notification of acceptance of papers sent. |
| | | Notification of acceptance of Panels & Tutorials sent. |
| -5mo | May | Regional Board meeting at next year's conference site. |
| -4mo | June | Deadline for final drafts of papers. |
| -4mo | June | Papers sent to consortium editor for publication in journal. |
| -2mo | August | Mail and email Conference announcement and registration packet. |
| -1mo | September | Deadline for Student Poster abstract submissions. |
| 0 | October | Conference |
