<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 12:54 PM, Bryan Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org" target="_blank">b.j.smith@ieee.org</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>...it very much has a lot to do with synchronizing with the Caribbean, including for business reasons (especially given travel from/to, services shared between, etc... </div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>That would make sense, except for the fact the proposed change takes them out of sync with their nearest Carribbean neighbors (Bahamas and Cuba), and puts them in sync with that portion of the Carribean that is farthest from Florida (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad and Tobago.</div><div><br></div><div>

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