On Mon, 04 May 2015 11:50:36 -0400
Joe Brockmeier <jzb(a)redhat.com> wrote:
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.
I apologize if it came across as trying to blame the organizers - the
fault was mine for waiting until the last minute and making an
assumption on what "through May 2" meant. It's not like I didn't know
that May 2 was the deadline.
I was simply trying to provide feedback that adding a timezone to make
deadlines clearer is helpful.
Tim