Hello Mr Whyte, Mr Hanson, and good day to you. I would like to participate in this meeting. Please can I have connect details.
My comments as follows: The proposal to drop leap seconds has generated considerable anxiety for the reason that it appears as though a small number of people are deciding on behalf of humanity that clock time shall drift apart from astronomical time. There does not seem to be any mitigating comments to the contrary from yourselves. Perhaps fears can be allayed if your study group would publically comment about what your plan for the future actually is. Dropping leap seconds is perfectly sensible if the intention is to let the misalignment between clock time and astronomical time be taken care of through other mechanisms. Such a discussion would also include what your plans are for the NTP infrastructure and the 100 million computers that keep their time in sync with it and thereby in sync also with UTC - even if such plans are currently speculative. Indeed it would be prudent to coordinate the standardization of NTP along with UTC, since NTP is the most widely used time synchronization mechanism. Kind regards -paul -------- The attached draft input document from the Chair of US WP7A has been uploaded to the US SG-7 website for consideration during Monday’s US SG-7 telecon. It is consistent with the agreed U.S. position agreed prior to last year’s WP7A meeting. Please provide any comments to the author with a copy to me by COB Friday. This will be the only open meeting of US SG-7. Any subsequent meetings will be restricted to members of the U.S. Delegation only. Wayne Whyte Chair, US SG-7 ====================================== Wayne A. Whyte, Jr. NASA Headquarters International Spectrum Program Manager Collocated: NASA Glenn Research Center Mail Stop 54-2 21000 Brookpark Rd Cleveland, OH 44135 Ph. (216) 433-3482 Fax (216) 977-7444 e-mail: wayne.a.wh...@nasa.gov ====================================== _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs