Chris, Jean, Uwe
According to http://www.iccs-meeting.org/iccs2006/important-dates.html we are aiming for the following targets.
Notification of acceptance of papers January 31, 2006 Camera ready papers February 10, 2006 Early registration March 30, 2006
Note that there is only a very small (week and a half) gap between acceptance and final paper submission. This would make it difficult for an author to make little other than trivial changes in response to referee's remarks unless given in advance of that date.
Can I suggest the following schedule: 1) We get papers to referees this week, say the 16th Dec. Each paper will be assigned to one of us, as Assigned Organiser, and 2 others. The Assigned Organiser is responsible for chasing referee's reports. 2) Referees should complete a report recommending one of: strong acceptance, weak acceptance, weak rejection or strong rejection; together with any required or recommended corrections to achieve weak or strong acceptance state by Thur 19th January 2006. This gives us a little time to chase late referees and, if we can feedback to authors quickly, hopefully time for authors to improve their papers. 3) By Jan 31st we can formally accept, or accept subject to corrections to be approved by the assigned organiser, each paper. 4) Camera ready submitted on Feb 10th.
I'm seeking clarification on number of reviewers required from the conference.
Cheers
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