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Tristan Roberts
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With USGBC's comment period closing in 12 hours, LEEDuser must close this forum as of now as an officlal place to comment. Please visit USGBC directly to make an official comment in the next 12 hours. Thanks for the great discussion!

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Mara Baum
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Tue, 03/27/2012 - 00:30

Tristan, you say 12 hours - that's pretty specific. I didn't see a time anywhere on USGBC's page. Am I missing something? I don't see why they would want to close the public comment at 5:30 am on the end date.
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Tristan Roberts
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Tue, 03/27/2012 - 00:44

USGBC has a time posted of 9 a.m. EDT on the 27th. Where did I read that? The only place I could find it was their homepage http://www.usgbc.org/Sorry, but LEEDuser has to comply with USGBC's rules and we need a little bit of time before 9 a.m. to herd up these comments into the format they like.
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Tue, 03/27/2012 - 15:21

USGBC: It is problematic to close your public comment period at 9 am Eastern (before many of us on the West Coast are even awake). Most of us are referencing your public comment period website, which does not list a time: The LEED 2012 third public comment period is now open from March 1-27, 2012 which marks the start of the LEED 2012 program delivery process. This third draft of the rating system is focused on providing a globally applicable, simple-to-use, technically advanced system. Members of the public can comment on any substantive changes made since the second public comment period, which ran from August 1 through September 14, 2011. Once the comment period process concludes, LEED 2012 will be balloted in June and launch in November. Important Dates •March 1-27: Third Public Comment period is open •April 2-May 1: LEED 2012 Ballot Opt-In Period for members in good standing •June 1-30: LEED 2012 Ballot Voting Period
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Tristan Roberts
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Tue, 03/27/2012 - 11:27

Based on the USGBC homepage, I had been telling people last night that the comment period closes today at 9 a.m. EDT. However, I received the following communication thiis morning from USGBC: Despite our efforts to widely communicate the one-week extension for third public comment, overnight we heard from a few folks who  thought they had all of Tuesday, rather than the 9 am EST cut-off we had communicated.  Since it won’t materially affect the schedule, we’re extending the cut-off until 5 pm EST today, March 27, 2012.
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Tue, 03/27/2012 - 15:21

It would have been fine if they had just posted the time somewhere (anywhere) on the LEED 2012 page or in an e-blast.

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