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

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

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

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

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