Re: Request: Please Be More Specific with Deadlines

[Joe Brockmeier]

On 05/02/2015 11:11 PM, Tim Flink wrote:
>  I realize that I wouldn't have hit this had I not waited until
> the last
>  minute to submit a talk proposal for Flock but as a future request -
>  please be specific about deadlines. I assumed that "accepted through
>  May 2" meant 23:59 EST at the earliest, not 23:59 UTC (I assume that's
>  what the deadline was, anyways. It's closed now). Had I known that the
>  deadline was UTC, I would have made sure to submit my proposal before
>  that deadline.
>  
>  I may have missed something but I was not able to find a timezone
>  reference for the deadline extension and the flocktofedora site still
>  lists April 12 as the submission deadline. 
/me wonders if it's really fair to level criticism at the organizers for
missing the end of CfP by a few hours when the CfP was extended three weeks.

Best,

jzb
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