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

Fri Apr 7 13:21:06 EDT 2006

So as long as nobody at West coast complains about Thursday April 13  
6am, let us settle at your suggested 8am (Chicago), which puts
Japan actually at 10pm. Please everybody check your times here (I  
hope I have it right)
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html? 
month=4&day=13&year=2006&hour=8&min=0&sec=0&p1=64
and if we don't hear and substantial complaints we can consider the  
time settled. After the first meeting, we can decide whether this  
would be the regular time. My experience from other IRC chats is that  
you don't have to worry much if you miss a meeting - there
is a log that you can read after the meeting and provide your  
feedback on mailing list.

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 12:52 PM, Puneet Kishor wrote:

> 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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