Re: [802SEC] Regarding ballot closings
Title: Re: [802SEC] Regarding ballot
closings
When you boil down all this discussion, I think it's worth
considering again the way we do this in 802.16. It's really not as
complicated as you might think. For example, this is entire the
deadline statement for a current ballot:
See: no reference to times or time zones. No
"midnight", no "11:59", no "Y", no
"IDLW", no "UTC-12", no "GMT", no
"Howland Island".
If you click the date, you get a web page that gives you the
specific date and time of the deadline in every major city. This link
is trivial to program. It's not necessary to include this link, but
people appreciate it.
If you click the date, you get a static web page that defines AOE
and lets people easily figure out their local time at the deadline. It
also has some informative geography, for educational and entertainment
purposes. I've updated that page a bit following our
discussions.
Roger
At 22:23 -0500 2005-01-06, Michael Lynch wrote:
Actually letter time zone designations
(e.g. "Z" for Greenwich or UTC) are used out side of the
military. Once explained/documented it should be no more difficult
that using UTC-12. Both presume that the individual understands the
difference between their time zone and Greenwich which is not
necessarily a given.
Regards,
Mike
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From: owner-stds-802-sec@ieee.org
[<mailto:owner-stds-802-sec@ieee.org>mailto:owner-stds-802-sec@ieee.org] On Behalf Of John Lemon
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 17:34
To: STDS-802-SEC@listserv.ieee.org
Subject: Re: [802SEC] Regarding ballot closings
I agree that some people will wonder if
it is not specified. I suggest that it should be specified as
"11:59 PM IDLW (UTC-12)". I believe that Y (or Yankee) is
used only by the military.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-stds-802-sec@ieee.org
[<mailto:owner-stds-802-sec@ieee.org]On>mailto:owner-stds-802-sec@ieee.org]On
Behalf Of Roger B. Marks
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 12:49 AM
To: STDS-802-SEC@listserv.ieee.org
Subject: Re: [802SEC] Regarding ballot closings
I agree that it's simplest to not quote a
time on the ballot announcement, but I do think there needs to be a
rule or procedure documenting the default deadline time so that there
is no ambiguity. It's not enough to just give people the benefit of
the doubt; sometimes, they don't want to have any doubt.
Also, Fiji won't work because it's on the
west side of the date line. You need the time zone just to the east of
the date line. It's known as "Y", "IDLW"
("International Date Line West"), or UTC-12
<<http://www.worldtimezone.com/utc/utc-1200.html>http://www.worldtimezone.com/utc/utc-1200.html>.
Roger
>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>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>http://tinyurl.com/65vnt
>>>For this purpose, I program 11:59 pm for clarity.
>>>
>>>AOE is documented here:
>>>
<http://ieee802.org/16/aoe.html>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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>Regards,
>Tony
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