Policy on DST

[Seth Vidal]

On Wed, 3 Dec 2008, Paul W. Frields wrote:

> Every once in a while there's a random annoyance that seems worth
> bringing up and documenting for posterity.  Hopefully this is one of
> those times.
>
> In a nutshell: Does Fedora need a minimal policy for shifting the
> schedule of the #fedora-meeting channel to account for DST?
>
> Sticking with UTC sounds simple.  It's tempting to just use the geek
> perspective and say that's the standard, but this standard causes
> actual problems for humans, who govern their lives by local clocks.
> Moving meeting times back and forth in local time during the year
> seems arbitrary, and can create new conflicts that were carefully
> negotiated months before.  That's a barrier, and therefore my and the
> Board's job to assess and remove if possible.
>

This falls into the giant <shrug> category for me.

as long as we're all on the same page, it's fine w/me either way.

-sv