Re: [LEAPSECS] countdown to WRC-15, CEPT ECC CPG

2015-10-06 Thread Kevin Birth
s@leapsecond.com>> Cc: LEAPSECS <leapsecs-boun...@leapsecond.com<mailto:leapsecs-boun...@leapsecond.com>> Subject: Re: [LEAPSECS] countdown to WRC-15, CEPT ECC CPG Rob "LEAPSECS" <leapsecs-boun...@leapsecond.com<mailto:leapsecs-boun...@leapsecond.com>>

Re: [LEAPSECS] countdown to WRC-15, CEPT ECC CPG

2015-10-05 Thread Steve Allen
Hi Rob, On Mon 2015-10-05T06:25:25 -0700, Rob Seaman hath writ: > Consensus already exists that ITU can do whatever it wants by > defining a new timescale under a new name. The web hits are consistent with ongoing negotiations between parties who are forging their voting positions in private

Re: [LEAPSECS] countdown to WRC-15, CEPT ECC CPG

2015-10-05 Thread Rob Seaman
Do you know the artist’s name? We had some artists-in-residence a few years ago who heard the spiel about leap seconds. — > On Oct 5, 2015, at 12:02 PM, Steve Allen wrote: > > Hi Rob, > > On Mon 2015-10-05T06:25:25 -0700, Rob Seaman hath writ: >> Consensus already exists

Re: [LEAPSECS] countdown to WRC-15, CEPT ECC CPG

2015-10-05 Thread Joseph M Gwinn
Rob "LEAPSECS" <leapsecs-boun...@leapsecond.com> wrote on 10/05/2015 03:02:58 PM: > From: Steve Allen <s...@ucolick.org> > To: Leap Second Discussion List <leapsecs@leapsecond.com> > Date: 10/05/2015 03:03 PM > Subject: Re: [LEAPSECS] countdown to W

Re: [LEAPSECS] countdown to WRC-15, CEPT ECC CPG

2015-10-05 Thread Rob Seaman
And the report of the International Astronomical Union’s UTC Working Group describes a similar lack of consensus to what Steve describes: http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc/earthor/utc/report_WG_UTC_2014.pdf Sometimes a lack of consensus implies a lack of interest. This is not such a case.

[LEAPSECS] countdown to WRC-15, CEPT ECC CPG

2015-10-04 Thread Steve Allen
WRC-15 is just a month hence. The deadline for submission of proposals is October 19, and so far the contributions do not show anything related to Agenda Item 1.14. The final meeting of the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Authorities (CEPT) Electronic Communications

Re: [LEAPSECS] countdown to WRC-15

2015-08-30 Thread Tom Van Baak
st...@ntp.org To: Leap Second Discussion List leapsecs@leapsecond.com Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2015 12:49 PM Subject: Re: [LEAPSECS] countdown to WRC-15 I've not been able to follow these discussions. I look forward to the time when there's less pressure on my schedule. Has anybody put

Re: [LEAPSECS] countdown to WRC-15

2015-08-29 Thread Brooks Harris
Thanks Steve, I was wondering what was going on (but lazily didn't go hunting). Did the question change? It seems like the current statement is more elaborate, if seemingly somewhat tangled, from earlier versions? ...LEAPSECS/ITU-R/R15-WRC15PREPWORK-C-0008!!PDF-E.pdf WRC-15 agenda item 1.14

[LEAPSECS] countdown to WRC-15

2015-08-29 Thread Steve Allen
Regional meetings continue about the fate of the leap second as various bodies consider their position on WRC-15 Agenda Item 1.14. http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/conferences/wrc/2015/Pages/reg-prep.aspx shows that the Arab group just finished, and the European and Russian meetings are still pending.

Re: [LEAPSECS] countdown to WRC-15

2015-08-29 Thread Harlan Stenn
I've not been able to follow these discussions. I look forward to the time when there's less pressure on my schedule. Has anybody put forth the following position: - The various current popular timescales are of significant value. - (a variety of points covering the backstory, foundation, and