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[Jim Connett <jimandmarcy@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for you input, Phil, much appreciated.

Here's the link for the time conversion for those interested in attending
the Ubuntu Author's meeting:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Ubuntu+13.10+Author%27s+meeting&iso=20130629T09&p1=137&ah=1






On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> with the greatest respect, meeting times are usually issued in UTC/GMT
> with a link to convert to local time... That is why we have UTC.
>
> I have no idea of USA Oregan Time, nor Pacific Time (with the GMT -07:00)
> really means. I've done these conversions for meetings sooooo many wrong in
> the past, that we just agree "the meeting is at xx:yy UTC, now go figure it
> out"
>
> An easy way for this is to use timeworld link, heck... it even keeps up
> with daylight saving time :)
>
> Here is one link, that we use for our meetings on lubuntu.
>
>
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20130723T20&p1=1440
>
> It shows quite clearly on the wiki page ..
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/IRC%20Meetings/Agenda#Time
>
> I hope that helps, I'm one of the admins for lubuntu - please do not shout
> at me when I try to help on the areas I know of :)
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
>
> On 27 June 2013 02:52, Jim Connett <jimandmarcy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Just a quick reminder that our author's meeting for 13.10 will be on
>> Saturday, June 29th at 9AM (GMT -07:00) Pacific Time.  Please use
>> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html and in the "Select
>> time and place to convert from" section, enter in June 29th, 9AM and select
>> USA - Oregon - Portland, then choose *your *location/timezone to see the
>> time of the meeting in your locale.
>>
>> We'll be meeting in the #ubuntu-manual channel of IRC.
>>
>> See you there!
>> --Jim
>>
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