Request: Please Be More Specific with Deadlines

[Tim Flink]

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.

Thanks,

Tim

[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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[Tim Flink]

On Mon, 04 May 2015 11:50:36 -0400
Joe Brockmeier <jzb(a)redhat.com&gt; 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

[Tom Callaway]

On 05/04/2015 12:01 PM, Tim Flink wrote:
>  I was simply trying to provide feedback that adding a timezone to
> make
>  deadlines clearer is helpful. 
We'll do that next year.

~tom

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