Delegates review Tantrama City diorama before Time Conference 2007
Two years after the decision of the United States in 2005 to alter daylights savings time, a meeting was held with regional leaders to review the trade implications and determine if a regional approach was not now required in an effort to improve trade ties. In attendance were all four regional and staff plus representatives of the breakaway regions of Cape Breton, New Brunswick's Acadian Penninsula and staff as well as the Souris Downtown Region (Alleged) delegate.
Later that same day...Draft Minutes
22 July 2007
Tantrama City Conference on TimePresiding:Morris: New region must stick together, re: time = expanding trade with Maine, esp. in light of SwingTide Project
Cleatus Morris, Regional Chronologist, First Admiral and Deputy First Minister Designate of the Tantrama City Provisional Government and Minister for infeasible industry, training and employment.
B. Doyle, Nfld Min of Dev.: Nfld never had the same time as Maritimes.
Buddy MacIsaac, SDR(A): ?
B. Doyle, Nfld Min of Dev.: !!!
Buddy MacD., CB: FF'sS...get on with it.
Donnie Campbell, NS Min of Fin: Loss of infeasibility funding = rethink, need to maintain unique char., tourism.
B.I., SDR(A): 30 min.?
B.D., Nfld Min of Dev.: !!! FF'sS!
B.Arsenault, Aca Penn: merge time with Quebec, X USA!
Morris: unity critical!
B.A., Aca Penn: No Acadian rep in Provis. g'mt = no deal.
B.I., SDR(A): Aca?
All: FF'sS!!!
B.Arsenault, Aca Penn: Quit! Moving to EST in line with Quebec!!!
Some: No!
Some: Go!
[Exit]
B.D., Nfld Min of Dev.: FF'sS! F. Usel's. Nfld double daylight stays!!
[Exit]
D. C'bell, NS: AST for all to ensure core cities of H'fax and NB maintained
Buddy MacD., CB: Core, me a's!!! FF'sS - then we are with Newfie - plus 30 from tomorrow!
[Exit]
Morris, NS and NB: this is mad.
B.I., SDR(A): plus 7 for Souris!
[Exit]
D. C'bell, NS: FF'sS. What are you looking at, Morris?
Morris: Hey - drop...mug..OUCH!!!
D. C'bell, NS:...my...[thump]...dead...[thump]...body...[thump][Minutes end]
TANTRAMA CITY (CP) - 22 July 2007. Regional leaders met today to discuss the harmonization of time in an effort to improve tourism links and trade opportunities. Although no agreement was reached, all reports indicate useful meetings were held and progress reported...
Comments
Darcey - July 22, 2005 9:31 am
Newfoundland dbl daylight? Isn't that when the kids went to school in the dark?
Alan - July 22, 2005 9:32 am
...yet they rock and rolled all night.<p>I recall pals from undergrad at that time coming back and telling how all that summer there was sun until midnight and Newfoundland is so far north the sun basically rises in St. John's at 4:30 am anyway.
David Janes - July 22, 2005 9:42 am
thanks al. exactly. great memories of that summer.
Alan - July 22, 2005 10:54 pm
Consider this. The government of PEI is either fooling the locals that it will take their advice to possibly go it alone against the US time shift or...it is actually contemplating the possibility that the province will go it alone against the US time shift.