On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 7:49 PM, IAB Chair <iab-chair@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Stephane:
I think that the use of the local timezone make it easy for people to look it up on the agenda. I do agree that inclusion of UTC as well would have been very helpful. I'll try to remember to do that in the future.
Russ
Why is it so hard to even mention the offset of the local time from UTC if not anything else on the Agenda itself ? Everyone is aware of the offset from the timezone they are in but may not be aware of the local timezone offsets during the time of the year (think day-light savings) and the place (several countries have different timezones so different cities within same country can have different times).
I think the problem here is of the mindset within the IETF which looks at IETF meetings as local physical meetings rather than a place of congregation of people (whether physical or remote) at certain point in time. If IETF really means to encourage wider participation (both in number and diversity), then they need to make small changes such as these to accommodate remote participants more. The change should start right from the very top if this were to work.
-- Vinayak