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[council] Time for the next NC telecon





All,

The next NC telecon will be held on Friday March 31th,
i.e. during the difficult week as far as time zones are concerned.

The infos I took from the http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ are:
   Santiago (Chile) -- DST ends March 12th 2000
   Melbourne (Australia) -- DST ends March 25th 2000
   Europe -- DST starts March 26th 2000
   NorthAmerica (the part of USA, Canada and Mexico that observes
   Daylight Saving Time) -- DST starts April 2th 2000

Which means that during this only week (March 27-31) we are going
to have 7 hours difference between Europe and US East Coast
(instead of usual 6).
      UTC+1+1DST in continental Europe
      UTC-5+0DST on the US East Coast

Ken called the NCtelecon for "14:30 CET (that is 08:30 us eastern
standard time)", we need to adjust, 14:30 CET is 07:30 US East.

First option  -- March 31th, 14:30 CET (12:30 UTC):
                              7:30 US East Coast
                             21:30 Japan/Korea
                             22:30 Melbourne (Australia)
it is much better than expected for Erica, but more difficult for
US collegues (6:30 for Caroline in St Louis and 4:30 in California
for ICANN staff).

Second option -- March 31th, 15:30 CET (13:30 UTC): 
                              8:30 US East Coast  
                             22:30 Japan/Korea 
                             23:30 Melbourne (Australia)
(7:30 for Caroline in St Louis and 5:30 in California
for ICANN staff).

Ken, would you mind please take a decision between the two ?

Unfortunatelly we do not have much choice, and we may consider
only two options for the subsequent NC telecon
(with the usual 6 hours difference between Europe and US East Coast,
no more time troubles until October)

Option A
(9:00 US East Coast, 15:00 CET, 22:00 Japan/Korea, 23:00 Melbourne)
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    Local time between April 2nd and October, 2000.
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    Reference (Coordinated Universal Time)     UTC         13:00
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    California, USA                            UTC-8+1DST   6:00
    Missouri, USA                              UTC-6+1DST   8:00
    Washington DC, USA                   (EST) UTC-5+1DST   9:00
    Ottawa, Canada                             UTC-5+1DST   9:00
    Santiago, Chile                            UTC-4+0DST   9:00
    Montevideo, Uruguay                        UTC-3+0DST  10:00
    Buenos Aires, Argentina                    UTC-3+0DST  10:00
    Nouakchott, Mauritania                     UTC+0+0DST  13:00 
    Dublin, Ireland                            UTC+0+1DST  14:00
    Brussels, Belgium                    (CET) UTC+1+1DST  15:00
    Barcelona, Spain                     (CET) UTC+1+1DST  15:00
    Madrid, Spain                        (CET) UTC+1+1DST  15:00
    Frankfurt, Germany                   (CET) UTC+1+1DST  15:00
    Paris, France                        (CET) UTC+1+1DST  15:00
    Seoul, Korea                               UTC+9+0DST  22:00
    Tokyo, Japan                               UTC+9+0DST  22:00
    Melbourne, Australia                      UTC+10+0DST  23:00
    ------------------------------------------------------------

Option B
(17:00 US East Coast, 23:00 CET, 6:00 Japan/Korea, 7:00 Melbourne)
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    Local time between April 2nd and October, 2000.
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    Reference (Coordinated Universal Time)     UTC         21:00
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    California, USA                            UTC-8+1DST  14:00
    Missouri, USA                              UTC-6+1DST  16:00
    Washington DC, USA                   (EST) UTC-5+1DST  17:00
    Ottawa, Canada                             UTC-5+1DST  17:00
    Santiago, Chile                            UTC-4+0DST  17:00
    Montevideo, Uruguay                        UTC-3+0DST  18:00
    Buenos Aires, Argentina                    UTC-3+0DST  18:00
    Nouakchott, Mauritania                     UTC+0+0DST  21:00 
    Dublin, Ireland                            UTC+0+1DST  22:00
    Brussels, Belgium                    (CET) UTC+1+1DST  23:00
    Barcelona, Spain                     (CET) UTC+1+1DST  23:00
    Madrid, Spain                        (CET) UTC+1+1DST  23:00
    Frankfurt, Germany                   (CET) UTC+1+1DST  23:00
    Paris, France                        (CET) UTC+1+1DST  23:00
    Seoul, Korea                               UTC+9+0DST   6:00
    Tokyo, Japan                               UTC+9+0DST   6:00
    Melbourne, Australia                      UTC+10+0DST   7:00
    ------------------------------------------------------------

Elisabeth