[LEAPSECS] state of the leap

[Steve Allen]

The AP has been publishing its video archives.  One snip contains
their coverage of the 2012 ITU-R Radiocommnication Assembly vote,
or rather, lack of vote, on the draft proposal to abandon leap seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez8HG_bCLno

The Australian Communications and Media Authority still has its web
page showing the APG15-4 session that was held at the APT meeting in
Bangkok during February.
http://www.acma.gov.au/Industry/Spectrum/Spectrum-planning/International-planning-ITU-and-other-international-planning-bodies/wrc-15-agenda-item-114

That web page originally had the methods A1, A2, B, C1, and C2 from
the CPM sessions held during 2014.  Since the CPM15-2 meeting in
March/April it also includes method D.

The CPM web page at ITU
http://www.itu.int/md/R12-CPM15.02-C-0111/en
shows that method D was proposed by 6 nations: UAE, Algeria, Egypt,
Jordan, Qatar, and Sudan.

The European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications
Administrations gives a view into the other proposed methods.
They have several documents giving the current status, full draft
text, and analysis of the pros and cons of the various methods at
http://www.cept.org/ecc/groups/ecc/cpg/page/cept-briefs-and-ecps-for-wrc-15
Method A is supported by France.
Method C is supported by Russia.

I am certain that the diplomats are continuing to negotiate.

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