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

Fri Apr 7 20:09:09 EDT 2006

Dear All,

Sorry for being away for the ML discussion yesterday.
The time suggested is fine for me and I will join
in on April 13.

Regards

Venka

Helena Mitasova wrote:
> 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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>>>>> --Puneet Kishor
>>>>> www.eidesis.org/punkish/
>>>>>
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>> Puneet Kishor
>> www.eidesis.org/punkish/
>>
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