| Date |
Event |
| August 08 | Meeting registration deadline |
| August 17 | Organizational meeting in Boulder |
| September 27 | Workload features freeze
(no new features are added unless absolutely necessary) |
| October 25 | Polygraph code freeze
(no code changes unless absolutely necessary) |
| November 25 | Official cache-off
registration is due (along with a non refundable deposit) |
| December 09 | Vendors specify load levels
for performance tests, power and space requirements |
| December 14 | Time slots are announced |
| December 17 | Full payment is due |
| January 17 | Cache-off starts |
| February 4 | Cache-off ends (may be a week earlier) |
| February 23 | First report draft released to participants |
| February 25 | Optional ``vendor comments'' are due |
| February 28 | Official report is made public at 17:30 Boulder time |
| April 10 | Network World magazine
review, also on NWFusion.com Web site |