Thanks Joseph and Milton for your responses and Alissa for also addressing my last 2 comments .. I agree to all your edits (I guess it was a wrong email attachment but I checked Dropbox).. I also agree to publishing the updated timeline together with the proposal finalization process .. I think ultimately we should also make sure the FAQ links to the updated version .. Regarding the testing, I have to admit that I'm a bit unclear now on what we're trying to convey/request .. A yes/no/optional answers to the below may help .. - Are we requesting tests/stress tests to be carried out for all submitted proposals? - Are we requesting documentation of such tests, how they were carried out and their results? - Are we requesting that those tests be put in action and continue to be effective till July and beyond? - Will we be re-checking on the results of those tests again in July? I think what confuses me is that we've agreed to delete this from the PFP: "Consideration of how the proposal documented the stress tests or scenario analysis that they were subjected to and whether those results when considered in combination create any possible concerns", because, and I stand to be corrected, that this was not explicitly requested from the operational communities, which, to me, seems to be a bit conflicting with what we're asking for in step 4 of the timeline .. Hope I was able to clarify my point and happy to be convinced that there is no issue here and that both documents are in synch :) .. Kind Regards --Manal -----Original Message----- From: Alissa Cooper [mailto:alissa@cooperw.in] Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 4:12 AM To: Manal Ismail Cc: ICG Subject: Re: [Internal-cg] Publication of proposal finalization process Thanks, Manal. Indeed ever since the inaccuracy in step 7 was pointed out I have been thinking that we needed to revise the timeline. I think it would make sense to update the timeline language and publish it together with the proposal finalization process. I've attached an edited timeline <https://www.dropbox.com/s/n5pzeikw5fju9k8/TimelineDiscussion-v7-alc.doc x?dl=0> that addresses your points 2 and 3 below and makes some editorial fixes. I'm not sure that I agree about your point 1 - or perhaps I just don't know how to address it. I think the March-July time frame is when communities should be testing their arrangements, if they feel specific testing is warranted. Do you have a suggested edit for Step 4? Do others have comments on this? Could we try to wrap up the timeline document at the same time as the proposal finalization process (i.e., Monday) since the edits are minimal and at least the one I've proposed for step 7 takes language directly from the proposal finalization process? Thanks, Alissa