Re: IETF 83 Venue

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On Jan 21, 2011, at 5:44 PM, Donald Eastlake wrote:

> I had the impression that it was the International Earth Rotation
> Service (www.iers.org), also headquartered in Paris, that was in
> charge of leap seconds, as stated here
> http://www.iers.org/nn_11252/IERS/EN/DataProducts/EarthOrientationData/bulC__MD.html
> 

It is now. However, it was the BIH (Bureau International de l'Heure) when the GMT was changed to UTC.

Regards
Marshall


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> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Marshall Eubanks <tme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> On Jan 21, 2011, at 3:48 PM, Clint Chaplin wrote:
>> 
>>> Hey, Paris lobbied heavily to have the Prime Meridian be fixed in Paris.  That would have really made them the center of the navigational world.
>>> 
>> 
>> Yes, and then they got the BIH, which got them the power to change GMT to UTC. (GMT no longer has any official existence.)
>> 
>> Marshall
>> 
>>> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:37 PM, todd glassey <tglassey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On 1/21/2011 10:22 AM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Ole Jacobsen <ole@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Does anyone see the irony of us even discussing concerns about, of all
>>>> things, FOOD when it comes to Paris?
>>>> 
>>>> What else is there to discuss in Paris?
>>>> 
>>> Making Paris the center of the world - ever look at French Navigation Charts - relative to Admiralty charts from any other nation?
>>> 
>>> Todd
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