Hello again, In my previous post announcing my first draft of the UTR timescale I have mentioned the possibility of there being a need for a new Mean Solar Time Users mailing list to be created. What I'm seeking here is input on whether that topic indeed warrants its own separate mailing list, or if it should be discussed on this list.
As I understand it (someone please correct me if I'm wrong), the intended discussion topics for this list are: * Arguments for and against the merits of atomic time and mean solar time; * Arguments as to whether or not civil time should be tied to mean solar time; * Arguments as to which agency should have jurisdiction over which piece of the global timekeeping arrangement; * Arguments as to what the broadcast time scale should be like and what it should be called; * Arguments as to what should happen to UTC; * Arguments for and against the cessation of leap seconds in UTC: given that the ITU member-states will be voting on this one, I presume that the discussions/arguments are an attempt to sway those votes. OTOH, the MST Users mailing list would be a forum for those people who are faced with a non-negotiable requirement of using MST (regardless of whether that argument comes from technical considerations, philosophy or religion) to make and discuss non-UTC-based contingency plans in the event that the powers that be decide against us and UTC ceases to satisfy our requirements. So what's the opinion of other leapsecs members: a separate MST Users list, or part of this one? MS _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
