[LEAPSECS] CCTF reported to CIPM last month and it's interesting!

[Michael Wouters]

Both the IAU and ITR participate in   CCTF as liaisons so have contributed
to the decision at that step. The CGPM vote is the next and last formal
step.

Regards
Michael

On Thu, 4 Dec 2025 at 1:37 am, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk at phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:

> --------
> Michael Wouters writes:
>
> > Poul-Henning Kamp asked:
> > Does anybody here know what the precise legal path is from CPGM to
> > the BIPM Director's inbox ?
> >
> > The CCTF, CIPM, CGPM and BIPM all exist under the Metre Convention.
> > Signatories to the Metre Convention pay an annual subscription that funds
> > the operation of the BIPM, among other obligations.
> > So there is no "legal path" insofar as the BIPM is part of the same
> entity
> > and exists to implement the decisions of the CGPM.
>
> So neither ITU nor IAU are on the critical path ?
>
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