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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear Peter,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Today is my first back to work after summer leave. Among the pending e-mail I found yours as well as the replies from Sami and Tim. So, my apologies for a late reply. Hopefully, you will be sailing
when this one reaches you</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">😊</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I would just say that I have worked well with you for a quite a long time, first in one of the WGs in your area (Security), later as well in SDLS (joint SLS-SEA WG) and finally as CESG colleague
(SLS AD).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">We are going to miss you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">With my warmest regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Ignacio</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:NotesEsa;color:#4F4F4F;mso-ligatures:none">Ignacio Aguilar Sánchez</span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
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Keplerlaan 1, PO Box 299, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:ignacio.aguilar.sanchez@esa.int"><span style="color:blue">ignacio.aguilar.sanchez@esa.int</span></a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> CESG <cesg-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Shames, Peter M (US 312B) via CESG<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 24, 2024 11:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Asmar, Sami W (US 9100) <sami.w.asmar@jpl.nasa.gov>; CMC (cmc@mailman.ccsds.org) <cmc@mailman.ccsds.org>; CESG <cesg@mailman.ccsds.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Kazz, Greg (US 312B) <greg.j.kazz@jpl.nasa.gov>; Castano, Rebecca (US 9000) <rebecca.castano@jpl.nasa.gov>; Hart, Matthew J (US 3120) <matthew.j.hart@jpl.nasa.gov>; NDSSC Mailing List (ndssc@mailman.ccsds.org) <ndssc@mailman.ccsds.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CESG] My intention to retire from CCSDS and JPL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">Dear CCSDS Management Council (CMC) and Engineering Steering Group (CESG),<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">For some time now my answer to the occasional “When do you plan to retire?” question has been “In a year or two.” This note is to inform you that the answer to that question is now “Early in
2025, probably as early January.” I have not yet established a fixed date, but that time-frame is what I am planning toward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">I’ve been working within CCSDS since 2000, so you could say that I have a lot invested in the organization. My intention is to make this transition as smooth as possible. For planning purposes
I want you all to be aware of the several different roles that I have, since all of them need to be filled, but not necessarily by a single person.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">Systems Engineering Area (SEA) Director: This involves all of the usual duties of any AD, plus the Systems Engineering Area has the identified
role, in the CCSDS Org & Proc (A02.1-Y-4c), of being the sole Area in what is called the “Systems Domain”<o:p></o:p></span></li><ol start="1" type="a">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;mso-ligatures:none">The Systems Engineering Area (SEA) covers system-wide engineering aspects that are so pervasive that they span both the Informatics and Telematics Domains. The AD has
the prerogative to define, in alignment with the CCSDS Strategic Plan, the set of projects that this Area contains at any point in time.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#215F9A;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;mso-ligatures:none">The SE Area currently includes: Security WG, Systems Architecture WG, Delta-DOR WG, and Time Management WG, plus SANA responsibilities.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">Systems Architecture WG Chair: The SAWG provides key cross cutting documents, including the Reference Architecture for Space Data Systems
(RASDSv2, now in Agency Review), the Space Communications Cross Support Architecture documents (ISO layers 1-4, ARD is now in update, ADD is due next), the Application and Support Layer Architecture (ISO layers 5-7, ASL was published in Nov 2020), and the
Reference Architecture for Space Information Management (RASIM, which is now starting to be updated).
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">Space Assigned Numbers Authority (SANA) Steering Group Chair (SSG): Responsible for providing operational and policy guidance to the SANA
and the SANA Operator. Editor for the SANA Policy and Procedures documents (SANA Procedures, Registry Management Policy, and WG Guidelines for SANA). Nominally assigned to the SEA AD, but could be another Area Director with an interest in the SANA.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">The Fall 2024 meeting in London is the last meeting where I expect to be present and operating as the SEA AD and SAWG Chair. I also expect that there will be the usual call for candidates for
these two elected positions. I intend to be available to help mentor whoever gets elected into these positions between the time that they are appointed and when I retire.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">It has been an honor and a privilege to be given these roles and to work with our really excellent international team of CCSDS colleagues. I have valued all of the inter-personal discussions
and interactions, even the “challenging” ones. They all represented opportunities for personal growth, learning, and contributing to space exploration, and those attributes, in the end, feel like what is best about CCSDS.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">And now I’m making plans to go sailing…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">Best regards, Peter Shames<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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