RE: [council] Comment deadlines

[Raúl Echeberría <raul@inia.org.uy>]

At 23:36 08/01/00 -0500, Jonathan Weinberg wrote:


I support it.


>Caroline --
>
>	I think both views have merit.  On the one hand, the overall comment
>period was sufficiently long that I don't think anyone can complain of
>being unreasonably rushed.  On the other hand, I really don't think there
>would be any negative reaction from the WG if the deadline were delayed for
>a few hours, and there might be some negative reaction, from the supporters
>of the request, if the deadline is not extended.   (Given that -- for
>better or for worse -- a disproportionate number of comments may come in
>from the U.S. West Coast, it does seem sort of silly to have a deadline set
>at 9am Monday morning for people in that time zone.)  Further, I suspect
>that a number of comments may come from people who aren't used to dealing
>with international organizations and simply assume, without thinking, that
>the deadline is COB in their own time zone -- it seems draconian to exclude
>them for a procedural slipup.  So my leaning is to grant the request, on
>the theory that in general we should accomodate such requests when it's
>harmless to do so.
>
>Jon
>



Raul Echeberria
raul@inia.org.uy