Re: Proposed IETF 95 date change

2012-08-06 Thread Michael Richardson
John == John William Atwood william.atw...@concordia.ca writes: John It's not clear to me which is less desirable, starting on John Easter day, or finishing on Good Friday. Both are important John from the Christian perspective. However, for a significant John part of the IETF

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-08-03 Thread t . p .
- Original Message - From: Andrew G. Malis agma...@gmail.com To: IETF Administrative Director i...@ietf.org Cc: IETF Discussion ietf@ietf.org Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 10:42 PM Subject: Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change snip On the other hand, travel on 27 March should be relatively

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-08-03 Thread Philip Matthews
I would personally prefer if the meeting was rescheduled for the week of April 3 - 8. - Philip On 2012-08-02, at 9:45 , IETF Administrative Director wrote: The IAOC is seeking community feedback on a proposed date change for IETF 95 scheduled for March 2016. Currently IETF 95 is scheduled

Proposed IETF 95 date change

2012-08-03 Thread John William Atwood
It's not clear to me which is less desirable, starting on Easter day, or finishing on Good Friday. Both are important from the Christian perspective. However, for a significant part of the IETF membership, neither Easter nor Good Friday is important. My vote would be to leave it where it is.

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-08-03 Thread Kuor-Hsin . Chang
, i...@ietf.org Date: 08/02/2012 09:48 AM Subject: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change Sent by: ietf-announce-boun...@ietf.org A reminder of the 6 August deadline for input. Thanks The IAOC is seeking community feedback on a proposed date change for IETF 95 scheduled for March 2016. Currently IETF 95

RE: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-08-03 Thread Perala, Timo (NSN - FI/Espoo)
+1 Timo -Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of ext Philip Matthews Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 8:10 PM I would personally prefer if the meeting was rescheduled for the week of April 3 - 8. - Philip On 2012-08-02, at 9:45 , IETF

RE: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-08-03 Thread Glen Zorn
I would personally prefer if the meeting was rescheduled for the week of April 3 - 8. Strongly opposed. ...

RE: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-08-03 Thread Ronald Bonica
+1 -Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Perala, Timo (NSN - FI/Espoo) Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 4:05 PM To: IETF Discussion Subject: RE: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change +1 Timo -Original Message- From: ietf

Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-08-02 Thread IETF Administrative Director
A reminder of the 6 August deadline for input. Thanks The IAOC is seeking community feedback on a proposed date change for IETF 95 scheduled for March 2016. Currently IETF 95 is scheduled for 27 March to 1 April 2016. 27 March is Easter. The IAOC is proposing IETF 95 be rescheduled for 20 -

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-08-02 Thread Olaf Kolkman
On Aug 2, 2012, at 9:45 AM, IETF Administrative Director i...@ietf.org wrote: The IAOC is proposing IETF 95 be rescheduled for 20 - 25 March 2016 and would like feedback on those dates before making a decision. Support. --Olaf

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-08-02 Thread Andrew G. Malis
Both the original and the proposed new dates are fine with me. Note that anyone planning on traveling on 26 March (the day before Easter) should probably make their reservations well ahead of time. On the other hand, travel on 27 March should be relatively easy. Cheers, Andy On Thu, Aug 2, 2012

Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-08-02 Thread IETF Administrative Director
A reminder of the 6 August deadline for input. Thanks The IAOC is seeking community feedback on a proposed date change for IETF 95 scheduled for March 2016. Currently IETF 95 is scheduled for 27 March to 1 April 2016. 27 March is Easter. The IAOC is proposing IETF 95 be rescheduled for 20 -

RE: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

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Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-24 Thread Daryl Malas
. -Original Message- From: wgchairs-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:wgchairs-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of IETF Administrative Director Sent: 20 July 2012 17:06 To: IETF Announcement List Cc: i...@ietf.org; i...@iab.org; ietf@ietf.org; wgcha...@ietf.org Subject: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-23 Thread Luigi Iannone
On Jul 20, 2012, at 18:36 , Joel jaeggli wrote: On 7/20/12 09:06 , IETF Administrative Director wrote: The IAOC is seeking community feedback on a proposed date change for IETF 95 scheduled for March 2016. Currently IETF 95 is scheduled for 27 March to 1 April 2016. 27 March is Easter.

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-23 Thread Henk Uijterwaal
On 20/07/2012 18:06, IETF Administrative Director wrote: The IAOC is seeking community feedback on a proposed date change for IETF 95 scheduled for March 2016. Currently IETF 95 is scheduled for 27 March to 1 April 2016. 27 March is Easter. The IAOC is proposing IETF 95 be rescheduled

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-23 Thread Glen Zorn
On Mon, 2012-07-23 at 10:08 +0200, Henk Uijterwaal wrote: On 20/07/2012 18:06, IETF Administrative Director wrote: The IAOC is seeking community feedback on a proposed date change for IETF 95 scheduled for March 2016. Currently IETF 95 is scheduled for 27 March to 1 April 2016. 27

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-23 Thread Carsten Bormann
On Jul 23, 2012, at 14:28, DRAGE, Keith (Keith) wrote: you need to take into account at least both the Friday and Monday in some countries. +1 In much of Europe, the Easter holidays run from Good Friday to Easter Monday, and exhibit -- strong travel activity -- zero to reduced opening times

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-23 Thread Pelletier Ray
On Jul 23, 2012, at 4:08 AM, Henk Uijterwaal wrote: On 20/07/2012 18:06, IETF Administrative Director wrote: The IAOC is seeking community feedback on a proposed date change for IETF 95 scheduled for March 2016. Currently IETF 95 is scheduled for 27 March to 1 April 2016. 27 March is

RE: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-23 Thread DRAGE, Keith (Keith)
[mailto:wgchairs-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of IETF Administrative Director Sent: 20 July 2012 17:06 To: IETF Announcement List Cc: i...@ietf.org; i...@iab.org; ietf@ietf.org; wgcha...@ietf.org Subject: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change The IAOC is seeking community feedback on a proposed date change

RE: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-23 Thread James Polk
; ietf@ietf.org; wgcha...@ietf.org Subject: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change The IAOC is seeking community feedback on a proposed date change for IETF 95 scheduled for March 2016. Currently IETF 95 is scheduled for 27 March to 1 April 2016. 27 March is Easter. The IAOC is proposing IETF 95

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-23 Thread Samuel Weiler
On Fri, 20 Jul 2012, Behcet Sarikaya wrote: I don't understand why this issue is coming up. Maybe you don't know, IETF 84 falls in the month of Ramadan for Muslims and nobody asked to change it? I think focusing on the religious roots of the holiday is misguided. The question is what effect

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-23 Thread Martin Rex
John Levine wrote: [ Charset UTF-8 unsupported, converting... ] You're not going to find cool temperatures again in July or August unless you go as far south as Argentina or New Zealand. Not only is there life north of the 60th parallel (N), there are even hotels and restaurants and

RE: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-22 Thread Yaakov Stein
By cutting the sunrise-to-sunset fasting period of the day to a much shorter period. Actually, the first day of this IETF (and the last of IETF54) were very interesting for those fasting on the 9th of Av fast day and having to travel westwards. Flying west during the fast increases its

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-22 Thread Yoav Nir
On Jul 22, 2012, at 4:42 AM, Ofer Inbar wrote: Glen Zorn glenz...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, 2012-07-21 at 13:25 -0700, Martin Thomson wrote: On 21 July 2012 06:55, Yoav Nir y...@checkpoint.com wrote: This year Ramadan started yesterday, and ends on August 19. Moving the meeting one week

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-22 Thread Victor Kuarsingh
It is my understanding that for these types of reasons (and others), folks who are adhering to Ramadan can eat while traveling and if they are sick. And agreed to previous point that the southern hemisphere may have been less impacting in this particular case (given overlap during IETF in

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-22 Thread John Levine
That said, moving the meeting further south would have helped as well vs. How far north Vancouver is. Summer daytime temperatures in Vancouver are typically 20c or lower, while in the southern US they're usually over 30c. I'm not sure that would be an improvement. You're not going to find

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-22 Thread Melinda Shore
On 7/22/12 6:10 AM, Victor Kuarsingh wrote: It is my understanding that for these types of reasons (and others), folks who are adhering to Ramadan can eat while traveling and if they are sick. I'd be a lot more comfortable with people describing/speaking up for their own religious

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-22 Thread Melinda Shore
On 7/22/12 8:04 AM, John Levine wrote: You're not going to find cool temperatures again in July or August unless you go as far south as Argentina or New Zealand. Not only is there life north of the 60th parallel (N), there are even hotels and restaurants and airports. Anchorage is probably

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-22 Thread Ole Jacobsen
I think you should look into the possibility. January maybe, or February, give our attendees some sense of what cold and dark really means :-) Much more productive when you can't leave the building... Ole Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal Cisco Systems Tel:

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-22 Thread Paul Hoffman
On Jul 22, 2012, at 9:56 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: I'd be a lot more comfortable with people describing/speaking up for their own religious requirements. That's no fun. We're much more loquacious when we're talking about other peoples religions, other people's laws, other people's gender

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-22 Thread John Levine
You're not going to find cool temperatures again in July or August unless you go as far south as Argentina or New Zealand. Not only is there life north of the 60th parallel (N), there are even hotels and restaurants and airports. Anchorage is probably large enough for an IETF meeting, although

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-22 Thread Melinda Shore
On 7/22/12 11:25 AM, John Levine wrote: I believe it, but remember that the issue was to minimize daylight fasting during the North American summer. Moderate temperatures were thrown into the mix, which I guess provides a pretty good illustration of the challenges of making everybody happy.

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-21 Thread Eliot Lear
I'd support a date change for IETF 95 but it should be the week of the 14th to take into account Palm Sunday and Good Friday. As to Ramadan, I too would like to understand if there is a need to take this holiday into account, and what would be the practical way to do that?

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-21 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 21/07/2012 02:30, Fred Baker (fred) wrote: On Jul 20, 2012, at 6:08 PM, Paul Hoffman wrote: As for the Ramadan issue: we've had IETF meetings during Jewish holidays a few times, and folks dealt with it as best they can. If there are some accommodations that can be made at any IETF

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-21 Thread Glen Zorn
On Sat, 2012-07-21 at 01:30 +, Fred Baker (fred) wrote: On Jul 20, 2012, at 6:08 PM, Paul Hoffman wrote: As for the Ramadan issue: we've had IETF meetings during Jewish holidays a few times, and folks dealt with it as best they can. If there are some accommodations that can be made

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-21 Thread Randy Bush
As for the Ramadan issue you deserve to deal with surly folk such as i when we have not eaten for twelve hours. randy

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-21 Thread Yoav Nir
On Jul 21, 2012, at 10:00 AM, Eliot Lear wrote: I'd support a date change for IETF 95 but it should be the week of the 14th to take into account Palm Sunday and Good Friday. As to Ramadan, I too would like to understand if there is a need to take this holiday into account, and what would be

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-21 Thread Muhammad Badi
You can just plan one at anytime but in the early morning. This would help and will come before the tiring part is taking place. Best Regards Muhammad Badi On Jul 21, 2012, at 4:55 PM, Yoav Nir wrote: On Jul 21, 2012, at 10:00 AM, Eliot Lear wrote: I'd support a date change for IETF 95

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-21 Thread Martin Thomson
On 21 July 2012 06:55, Yoav Nir y...@checkpoint.com wrote: This year Ramadan started yesterday, and ends on August 19. Moving the meeting one week in either direction would not have helped. But moving it to the southern hemisphere would have.

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-21 Thread Noel Chiappa
From: James Polk jmp...@cisco.com outstanding - now we can't meet that whole year... ;-) Particularly since in _my_ religion, our religious days consist of the set of days which _aren't_ religious holidays in any other religion... :-) Noel

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-21 Thread Glen Zorn
On Sat, 2012-07-21 at 13:25 -0700, Martin Thomson wrote: On 21 July 2012 06:55, Yoav Nir y...@checkpoint.com wrote: This year Ramadan started yesterday, and ends on August 19. Moving the meeting one week in either direction would not have helped. But moving it to the southern hemisphere

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-21 Thread Ofer Inbar
Glen Zorn glenz...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, 2012-07-21 at 13:25 -0700, Martin Thomson wrote: On 21 July 2012 06:55, Yoav Nir y...@checkpoint.com wrote: This year Ramadan started yesterday, and ends on August 19. Moving the meeting one week in either direction would not have helped.

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-21 Thread Glen Zorn
On Sat, 2012-07-21 at 21:42 -0400, Ofer Inbar wrote: Glen Zorn glenz...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, 2012-07-21 at 13:25 -0700, Martin Thomson wrote: On 21 July 2012 06:55, Yoav Nir y...@checkpoint.com wrote: This year Ramadan started yesterday, and ends on August 19. Moving the

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-21 Thread John Levine
I see. Well, look on the bright side: the meeting could have been in Reykjavik ;-). Yes, that would have been bright, wouldn't it? R's, John PS: sure like those hot dogs, though.

Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-20 Thread IETF Administrative Director
The IAOC is seeking community feedback on a proposed date change for IETF 95 scheduled for March 2016. Currently IETF 95 is scheduled for 27 March to 1 April 2016. 27 March is Easter. The IAOC is proposing IETF 95 be rescheduled for 20 - 25 March 2016 and would like feedback on those dates

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-20 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
What a perspective refresher - March 2016! My projects end 2013. Those which have not yet started end 2015. 2015 is the deadline for fire detectors being mandatory in EU. 2018 - maybe a new metro line near where I live, but not known underground or above. 2016 new presidential elections

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-20 Thread Joel jaeggli
On 7/20/12 09:06 , IETF Administrative Director wrote: The IAOC is seeking community feedback on a proposed date change for IETF 95 scheduled for March 2016. Currently IETF 95 is scheduled for 27 March to 1 April 2016. 27 March is Easter. The IAOC is proposing IETF 95 be rescheduled for

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-20 Thread Fred Baker (fred)
On Jul 20, 2012, at 9:36 AM, Joel jaeggli wrote: On 7/20/12 09:06 , IETF Administrative Director wrote: The IAOC is seeking community feedback on a proposed date change for IETF 95 scheduled for March 2016. Currently IETF 95 is scheduled for 27 March to 1 April 2016. 27 March is Easter.

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-20 Thread Lixia Zhang
On Jul 20, 2012, at 9:06 AM, IETF Administrative Director wrote: The IAOC is seeking community feedback on a proposed date change for IETF 95 scheduled for March 2016. Currently IETF 95 is scheduled for 27 March to 1 April 2016. 27 March is Easter. The IAOC is proposing IETF 95 be

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-20 Thread Andrew G. Malis
As long as you don't go any later than the week of April 10 - the week of April 17 runs into the start of Passover. Thanks, Andy On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Fred Baker (fred) f...@cisco.com wrote: On Jul 20, 2012, at 9:36 AM, Joel jaeggli wrote: On 7/20/12 09:06 , IETF Administrative

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-20 Thread Richard L. Barnes
For convenience, the complete list: http://www.interfaithcalendar.org/2016.htm On Jul 20, 2012, at 1:44 PM, Andrew G. Malis wrote: As long as you don't go any later than the week of April 10 - the week of April 17 runs into the start of Passover. Thanks, Andy On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-20 Thread Behcet Sarikaya
I don't understand why this issue is coming up. Maybe you don't know, IETF 84 falls in the month of Ramadan for Muslims and nobody asked to change it? My 2 cents. Behcet On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 11:06 AM, IETF Administrative Director i...@ietf.org wrote: The IAOC is seeking community feedback

RE: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-20 Thread Pascal Thubert (pthubert)
@ietf.org; wgcha...@ietf.org; i...@ietf.org Subject: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change The IAOC is seeking community feedback on a proposed date change for IETF 95 scheduled for March 2016. Currently IETF 95 is scheduled for 27 March to 1 April 2016. 27 March is Easter. The IAOC is proposing IETF

RE: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-20 Thread kathleen.moriarty
...@ietf.org; i...@iab.org; ietf@ietf.org; wgcha...@ietf.org Subject: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change The IAOC is seeking community feedback on a proposed date change for IETF 95 scheduled for March 2016. Currently IETF 95 is scheduled for 27 March to 1 April 2016. 27 March is Easter. The IAOC is proposing

RE: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-20 Thread John Border
...@iab.org; ietf@ietf.org; wgcha...@ietf.org; i...@ietf.org Subject: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change The IAOC is seeking community feedback on a proposed date change for IETF 95 scheduled for March 2016. Currently IETF 95 is scheduled for 27 March to 1 April 2016. 27 March is Easter. The IAOC

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-20 Thread James Polk
At 12:58 PM 7/20/2012, Richard L. Barnes wrote: For convenience, the complete list: http://www.interfaithcalendar.org/2016.htm outstanding - now we can't meet that whole year... ;-) On Jul 20, 2012, at 1:44 PM, Andrew G. Malis wrote: As long as you don't go any later than the week of

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-20 Thread James Polk
At 12:29 PM 7/20/2012, Fred Baker (fred) wrote: On Jul 20, 2012, at 9:36 AM, Joel jaeggli wrote: On 7/20/12 09:06 , IETF Administrative Director wrote: The IAOC is seeking community feedback on a proposed date change for IETF 95 scheduled for March 2016. Currently IETF 95 is scheduled

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-20 Thread Fred Baker (fred)
On Jul 20, 2012, at 11:37 AM, Behcet Sarikaya wrote: I don't understand why this issue is coming up. Maybe you don't know, IETF 84 falls in the month of Ramadan for Muslims and nobody asked to change it? Two comments, a question, and a suggestion. One, the muslims in the crowd had the

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-20 Thread Mary Barnes
- From: ietf-announce-boun...@ietf.org [mailto: ietf-announce-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of IETF Administrative Director Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 12:06 PM To: IETF Announcement List Cc: i...@ietf.org; i...@iab.org; ietf@ietf.org; wgcha...@ietf.org; i...@ietf.org Subject: Proposed IETF 95 Date

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-20 Thread Joel jaeggli
On 7/20/12 12:42 , Mary Barnes wrote: Also, the range of dates for Spring Break is extremely broad in my experience. More than 6 months inclusive of the southern hemisphere.

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-20 Thread Paul Hoffman
On Jul 20, 2012, at 9:06 AM, IETF Administrative Director wrote: The IAOC is proposing IETF 95 be rescheduled for 20 - 25 March 2016 and would like feedback on those dates before making a decision. Comments appreciated to ietf@ietf.org by 6 August 2012. As much as I would love to see

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-20 Thread Fred Baker (fred)
On Jul 20, 2012, at 6:08 PM, Paul Hoffman wrote: As for the Ramadan issue: we've had IETF meetings during Jewish holidays a few times, and folks dealt with it as best they can. If there are some accommodations that can be made at any IETF meeting for different holidays of major religions,

Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-20 Thread IETF Administrative Director
The IAOC is seeking community feedback on a proposed date change for IETF 95 scheduled for March 2016. Currently IETF 95 is scheduled for 27 March to 1 April 2016. 27 March is Easter. The IAOC is proposing IETF 95 be rescheduled for 20 - 25 March 2016 and would like feedback on those dates