On Mon 2011-06-20T14:08:07 +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp hath writ: > In message <[email protected]>, Steve Allen writes: > > In response, Dr Beard pointed > > out that regulatory and related activities are also key issues for > > definition of time scales, and that the ITU is an international > > treaty organization with regulatory functions. > > This is actually a good point. > > ITU is a UN organ and therefore by definition covers the entire > world population. How strong their arm is is a relevant question, > not nobody is denied representation.
The strength and reach of their arm is exaggerated by Dr. Beard and coauthors in repeated presentations which assert that the CCIR invented UTC. Documents from the CCIR use only the terms UT2 and universal time until after leap seconds were implemented. The initial document containing "UTC" was by the BIH, soon followed by the IAU. At the time that the first CCIR documents were containing "UTC" the CGPM was resolving that UTC provided mean solar time. It looks like that part of the story will not be presented to the delegates to the ITU-R Radiocommunications Assembly when they vote next year. -- Steve Allen <[email protected]> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 1156 High Street Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
