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

Puneet Kishor punkish at eidesis.org
Fri Apr 7 12:52:22 EDT 2006


Thanks Helena... 10 am East Coast US is ok for West Coast US, but 9 am  
for me, which is not copacetic on a work day as I have to be in my  
office by 9a (it would be fine on the weekends). Which is why I  
suggested 8 am my time, which would be as early as 6 am for West Coast  
US, and as late as 11 pm Japan. Yes, a tad late for Japan, but  
workable. With 17 time zones to account for, this is like a water  
balloon... push in one place, and it pops out in another.

I do have considerably more leeway on the weekends, actually from  
Fri-Sun, so keep that in mind as you all ponder your availability.



On Apr 7, 2006, at 9:35 AM, Helena Mitasova wrote:

> For FOSS4G we use 11am eastern time (New York), which works for  
> everybody from Europe (late afternoon),
> east coast (close to noon) and west coast (morning), except for Japan  
> (that would be 1AM)
> We could move it up to 10am, which will be still good for Europe and  
> East coast/Midwest but West coast will have to wake up early (7am)
> and Japan will be midnight). Venka, if you are here - let us know what  
> time would be still acceptable
> if you have time to participate,
>
> Helena
>
> Helena Mitasova
> Dept. of Marine, Earth and Atm. Sciences
> 1125 Jordan Hall, NCSU Box 8208,
> Raleigh NC 27695
> http://skagit.meas.ncsu.edu/~helena/
>
>
>
> On Apr 7, 2006, at 12:22 PM, 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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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>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Puneet Kishor
>>>>> www.eidesis.org/punkish/
>>>>>
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