Information Flow Chart and Schedule of Activities
(last amended November 1, 2021)
Highlighted sections in this document suggest training of all new committee members on operating procedures
July 2022: (34 months out)
- Interim/Steering Committee Meets
- Steering Committee Selection Finalized
- Congress Organizational Structure Finalized
- Coordinators and Writing Committee Chairs Selection Process Begins
November 2022: (31 months out)
- Steering Committee Meets
- Manual of Operating Procedures Completed
- Coordinators and Writing Committee Chairs Selected
- Writing Committee Members Selection Process Begins
February 2023: (27 months out)
- All Writing & Special Committees Activated
March-July 2023: (22 to 26 months out)
- Interim Amendment Process ends
- SBMTC Submits Recommendations for Revisions to Document Content to Vehicle Specifications Coordinator
- Writing Committees Hold First Meeting, Begin Review Process
Note: Writing Committees should meet at least semi-annually until NCST
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Revisions Submission Process Begins (all parties begin process of offering proposed additions/revisions/deletions to document)
July 2023: (22 months out)
November 2023: (19 months out)
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Writing Committees and Coordinators Orientation Workshop by Steering Committee
- Steering Committee Meets
- Begin State Delegation Selection Process (Minimum 3 members Maximum 7 members)
- Steering Committee Meets with Writing Committees to Review Procedures and Progress (Go over Writing Committee Instructions)
February 1, 2024: (16 months out)
- Deadline for State Delegation Members to Selected by each State (Minimum 3 members Maximum 7 members)
- Deadline for State Delegations to Begin Developing Proposed Revisions/Additions to the NSTSP Publication (Send State Delegation Amendment Instructions)
June 1, 2024: (11 months out)
- Deadline for the General Public and States Delegation Submission Change Request Proposals to Writing Committees for Additions/Revisions/Deletions to the NSTSP Publication (Reinforce Writing Committee Instructions)
July 2024: (10 months out)
- Steering Committee (by Teleconference or Meeting)
September 1, 2024: (8 months out)
- Deadline for Writing Committee Draft Proposals to be Completed and submitted to Coordinator for Review
October 2024: (7 months out)
- Deadline for Writing Committee Draft Proposals to be submitted to Editing and Technical Assistance Committees for editing and online preparation
- Steering Committee teleconference
November 2024: (6 months out)
- Deadline for Writing Committee Proposals to be Posted Online for State Delegations Review, Comment and Response (Send State Delegation Response Instructions)
- Review Meeting with Coordinators and Writing Committee Chairs (Go over Writing Committee Instructions)
February 1, 2025: (3 months out)
- Deadline for Comments, Recommendations and New Proposals from State Delegations, NASDPTS Suppliers Council, or Steering Committee on Writing Committee Proposals to be Completed and Forwarded NCST Chairperson
- NCST Chairperson Forward State Delegations’, Others’ Comments to Appropriate Writing Committees for final analysis, and decision making
March 1, 2025 (2 months out)
- Deadline for Writing Committees to Finalize and Submit Proposals to Editing Committee
April 1, 2025: (1 month out)
- Deadline for Editing Committee to prepare all Final Congress Ready Proposals
- Deadline for Congress Ready Proposals to be Posted Online and sent to State Delegation Chairperson(s)
May 3 - 7, 2025:
- Schedule of On-site Activities in Des Moines, Iowa to be determined
