[OSGeo-Edu] proposed meeting Apr 13, UTC 13 (was Re: [OSGeo-Edu] proposed meeting Apr 11)

Fri Apr 7 12:33:35 EDT 2006

On Apr 7, 2006, at 9:22 AM, Charlie Schweik wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Using the URL Ned provided, I get 9:00AM Thursday for my time in the  
> East Coast US (near Boston).  I have to be teaching in a classroom at  
> 9:30, so I could probably only attend the first 15 minutes. If that  
> time works for the rest of the committee, I could however, ask a  
> research assistant to participate for me for this meeting in my  
> absence.

I would be happy to move the meeting time up by an hour (or two even),  
but the folks on the West Coast NA (California and BC) would be rubbing  
sleep out of their eyes.

Of course, once we decide the time, there is the issue of other  
commitments. I would be just as happy to do this on the weekends when  
it is least likely for clashes with other appointments.
>
> But I think it would be good to continue to work to find a regular  
> day/time that we can reserve for these types of meetings in the  
> future. So maybe on the wiki (perhaps this is done and I need to check  
> it) we post times that work for us in UTC using NED's calendar system?  
> It would be good to have an idea where in the world we all are located  
> too -- I don't have a good sense of that.

Well, the TZ information is already there... I even created a  
spreasheet with the relevant time calculations neatly color-coded and  
all. Of course, the recent DST shift threw a wrench into all that, but  
only by an hour.

As I said, my time (GMT-6) around 8a or 9a seems to be the most  
convenient around the world. Yes, once we get this first meeting  
rolling, perhaps we can also give some thought to regularizing the  
meeting... maybe once a month or so other than any extraordinary calls  
for meetings.

>
> Thanks for your efforts Puneet and Ned.
>
> Charlie Schweik
>
>
> Puneet Kishor wrote:
>> Ned,
>>
>> I got my times from the URL you gave me... yes, it is indeed likely  
>> that I have the DST locations off by an hour.
>>
>> Nevertheless, 8am at my location (Chicago-area) seems to yield the  
>> most amenable times for most everyone from GMT-8 all the way to  
>> GMT+9. I have flaky internet connectivity from where I am right now  
>> (email works mostly, but the web is on/off). If there is something  
>> drastically wrong with the time I have proposed, could you please  
>> tell me where I am wrong?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> On Apr 7, 2006, at 8:05 AM, Ned Horning wrote:
>>
>>> Puneet,
>>>
>>> Here is the URL for a meeting time of Thursday April 13 at 13:00 UTC:
>>> edu.osgeo meeting time around the world
>>> <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html? 
>>> month=4&day=13&year=20
>>> 06&hour=13&min=0&sec=0&p1=0>
>>>
>>> The times you listed are not accurate. I think you're still mixed up  
>>> with
>>> daylight savings time.
>>>
>>> Ned
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Puneet Kishor [mailto:punkish at eidesis.org]
>>>> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 10:44 AM
>>>> To: discuss at edu.osgeo.org
>>>> Subject: [OSGeo-Edu] proposed meeting Apr 13, UTC 13 (was Re:  
>>>> [OSGeo-Edu]
>>>> proposed meeting Apr 11)
>>>>
>>>> No one more confused than I -- not only do I have to contend with  
>>>> this
>>>> #^&*%^ Daylight Savings Time change, I live in GMT-6, but since
>>>> yesterday I am in GMT-8... what fun!
>>>>
>>>> Ok, here is another try --
>>>>
>>>> Proposed: UTC (or GMT/Zulu)-time used: Thursday, April 13, 2006 at
>>>> 13:00:00
>>>>
>>>> Times at other relevant locations
>>>> GMT-8: Tue 06:00 AM
>>>> GMT-6: Tue 08:00 AM
>>>> GMT-5: Tue 09:00 AM
>>>> GMT-0: Tue 02:00 PM
>>>> GMT+1: Tue 03:00 PM
>>>> GMT+2: Tue 04:00 PM
>>>> GMT+9: Tue 11:00 PM
>>>>
>>>> Hope this works for most everyone.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 7, 2006, at 6:02 AM, Ari Jolma wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Is this correct? I'm confused but relieved if it is since I can  
>>>>> sleep
>>>>> two hours more.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ari
>>>>>
>>>>> Ned Horning wrote:
>>>>>> Puneet,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here is a link to the meeting time for varied time zones:
>>>>>> edu.osgeo meeting time around the world
>>>>>> <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?
>>>>>> month=4&day=11&year=20
>>>>>> 06&hour=5&min=0&sec=0&p1=0>
>>>>>> From your note I'm assuming the meeting time is Wednesday the  
>>>>>> 12th at
>>>>>> 5:00
>>>>>> GMT.
>>>>>> Ned
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: Puneet Kishor [mailto:punkish at eidesis.org]
>>>>>>> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 1:17 AM
>>>>>>> To: discuss at edu.osgeo.org
>>>>>>> Subject: [OSGeo-Edu] proposed meeting Apr 11
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am proposing a meeting for Tue Apr 11, at 11p GMT-6 (figure out
>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>> respective times). This will be an "getting our feet wet"  
>>>>>>> meeting.
>>>>>>> Markus won't be around, and I am not sure who else will not be
>>>>>>> around.
>>>>>>> But, some of us have confirmed our availability.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We will use IRC. Markus has put together a helpful cheat-sheet at
>>>>>>> http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/twiki/bin/view/GRASS/HowToIRC. I  
>>>>>>> myself
>>>>>>> am
>>>>>>> new to IRC, but have installed Chatzilla, and that seems to work
>>>>>>> quite
>>>>>>> well. There are a few other open source IRC clients out there.  
>>>>>>> Just
>>>>>>> Google for 'em.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The agenda of the meeting will be --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1. To introduce ourselves and our interests (sort of a repeat of  
>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>> is there on the wiki already, but it will help get everyone know  
>>>>>>> each
>>>>>>> other).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2. To try and identify a few key threads in the variety of  
>>>>>>> interests
>>>>>>> that we want to pursue.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 3. To attempt to aggregate ourselves into sub-committees that  
>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>> pursue the various threads separately. We can't all be  
>>>>>>> everything to
>>>>>>> everyone, so we have to break up our goals into sub-goals, and  
>>>>>>> try
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> accomplish those -- from higher research, to curriculum, to
>>>>>>> pre-packaged tools, to evangelism... lets begin to identify them
>>>>>>> consensually.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If too many of us are not going to be available Apr 11, I will be
>>>>>>> happy
>>>>>>> to reconvene after Apr 17 when Markus is also around, else lets  
>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>> things started sooner rather than later.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One caveat -- I too will be on the road (am already on the road  
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> hate
>>>>>>> it). In fact, Apr 11, I will be in a hotel where I know the  
>>>>>>> internet
>>>>>>> works quite well. In all probability everything will be fine  
>>>>>>> from my
>>>>>>> side, but in case something goes kaput, you know I will blame the
>>>>>>> hotel.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>> Puneet Kishor
>>>>>>> www.eidesis.org/punkish/
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Prof. Ari Jolma
>>>>> Kartografia ja Geoinformatiikka / Cartography and Geoinformatics
>>>>> Teknillinen Korkeakoulu / Helsinki University of Technology
>>>>> tel: +358 9 451 3886 address: POBox 1200, 02015 TKK, Finland
>>>>> Email: ari.jolma at tkk.fi URL: http://www.tkk.fi/~jolma
>>>>>
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