Re: [802SEC] Regarding ballot closings
That is indeed the simplest solution.
Regards,
Tony
At 04:09 06/01/2005, Geoff Thompson wrote:
>Actually, I suggest that the implementation be that we only specify the
>closing date
>
>
>...and that as long as it makes it by 11:59 pm of that date in Fiji then it
>is OK
>
>Geoff
>
>At 03:44 PM 1/5/2005 -0800, John Lemon wrote:
>>Rather than create a new "timeless zone" that no on has ever heard of and
>>is certainly not standard, I suggest using one of the following (listed in
>>decreasing preference):
>>
>>1) Specify the ending time to be 11:59 PM in the time zone in which the
>>person is currently located.
>>2) Specify the last minute of the day through one of the following means:
>> a) 11:59 AM UTC of the following day -- truly international, but
>>perhaps a bit too difficult for some
>> b) 11:59 PM NUT (Niue Time)
>> c) 11:59 PM BET (Bering Time)
>>
>>John Lemon
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-stds-802-sec@ieee.org [mailto:owner-stds-802-sec@ieee.org]On
>>Behalf Of Roger B. Marks
>>Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 12:58 PM
>>To: STDS-802-SEC@listserv.ieee.org
>>Subject: Re: [802SEC] Regarding ballot closings
>>
>>
>>Geoff,
>>
>>Yes, I created the AOE (Anywhere on Earth) deadline a few years ago
>>to be geographically neutral. We use it for all 802.16 deadlines. [I
>>haven't tried to introduce it to t he Balloting Center.]
>>
>>AOE isn't a time zone, and there isn't any "11:59 pm AOE". For
>>instance, we currently have a deadline of "13 January 2005 AOE". The
>>ballot is active as long as, anywhere on earth, 13 January is not yet
>>over.
>>
>>I include in the ballot announcement a link to a web site set to show
>>the deadline in major cities. For example, this is "13 January 2005
>>AOE":
>> http://tinyurl.com/65vnt
>>For this purpose, I program 11:59 pm for clarity.
>>
>>AOE is documented here:
>> http://ieee802.org/16/aoe.html
>>The page includes some other tools for calculating the deadline.
>>
>>I do believe that the AOE deadline helps to maintain our
>>geographically-neutral identity, and I do recommend it throughout 802.
>>
>>Roger
>>
>>
>>At 11:30 -0800 2005-01-04, Geoff Thompson wrote:
>> >Mat-
>> >
>> >One of the things that I think 802 should do in light of its desire to make
>> >itself more internationally oriented is to quite being so US centric (dare
>> >I say, even US power-center centric, i.e. Eastern Time) on its ballots.
>> >
>> >A while back (I believe it was) Roger implemented a time zone called AOE
>> >(Anywhere on Earth) which was effectively the last time zone east of the
>> >international date line. I believe that all 802 ballots should close at
>> >11:59 PM AOE.
>> >
>> >This would be just one more little step to being country neutral and a
>> >little less jingoistic.
>> >
>> >Cheers,
>> >
>> >Geoff
>>
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