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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">It looks like CESG will have a major make-over with all upcoming changes!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Peter – Thank you in advance for your dedication and years of service to CCSDS. It will be hard to find a substitute for you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">NDSSC <ndssc-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org> on behalf of Shames, Peter M (US 312B) via NDSSC <ndssc@mailman.ccsds.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 9:48 AM<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>[EXTERNAL] Re: [Ndssc] My intention to retire from CCSDS and JPL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Sami,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My thanks to you for the recognition, and for your support since you have been in your CMC position. It has been a pleasure to work with you, along with the other CMC and CESG members.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please do issue the calls for SEA AD (and DAD) candidates. I was quite sincere in wanting to make the transition a smooth one, but to accomplish that we will need to have selected candidates and enough overlap to allow some mentoring to
take place.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would ask that the CMC treat my announcement as a request for SEA Systems Architecture WG Chair candidates as well (and Deputy WG Chair too). Since picking the candidates for those positions is an AD role please send me your candidates
and their names and resumes by 30 days from today, or 26 August 2024.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards, Peter<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Asmar, Sami W (US 9100) <sami.w.asmar@jpl.nasa.gov><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 9:32</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Shames, Peter M (US 312B) <peter.m.shames@jpl.nasa.gov>, CMC (cmc@mailman.ccsds.org) <cmc@mailman.ccsds.org>, CESG <cesg@mailman.ccsds.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Castano, Rebecca (US 9000) <rebecca.castano@jpl.nasa.gov>, Kazz, Greg (US 312B) <greg.j.kazz@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>Re: My intention to retire from CCSDS and JPL</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear Peter, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We all thank you sincerely for your incredible service to CCSDS. We also look forward to celebrating your career and along with the other upcoming retirees in London.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Even though I am glad you will remain in your roles until approximately January 2025, I will formally kick off the process requesting nominations to fill the AD role relatively soon so that the new person
has some time to overlap with you and benefit from your experience. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">As it happens, I will request nominations for the Deputy AD as well, which long overdue, since Takeuchi-san has transitioned to be the JAXA Delegate to CCSDS.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sami </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Shames, Peter M (US 312B) <peter.m.shames@jpl.nasa.gov><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 2:49</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">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>Castano, Rebecca (US 9000) <rebecca.castano@jpl.nasa.gov>, Kazz, Greg (US 312B) <greg.j.kazz@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>My intention to retire from CCSDS and JPL</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dear CCSDS Management Council (CMC) and Engineering Steering Group (CESG),</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span 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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span 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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span 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”</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0E2841;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:windowtext">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><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0E2841;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:windowtext">The SE Area currently includes: Security WG, Systems Architecture WG, Delta-DOR WG, and Time Management WG, plus
SANA responsibilities.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span 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).
</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span 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.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span 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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span 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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">And now I’m making plans to go sailing…</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Best regards, Peter Shames</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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