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-The [[Mini Symposia]] are an important part of ISSS operations.<br>
+The [[Mini Symposia]] are a vital part of ISSS operations.
-They typically take place once a week, bypassing major holidays and the summer break. The [[ISSS President]] decides on the day and time. Some Presidents choose to organize repetitions over the same week to allow Members in different continents to attend, or they schedule some at a time more convenient for USA-Europe and some for Australia-Asia.
-One should take care of the time change during the summer months. For example, the United Kingdom uses Greenwich Mean Time (also known as Western European Time, which is UTC+00:00), but between the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October shifts to the British Summer Time, which is UTC+01:00 (also known as Western European Summer Time).
+They typically take place once a week, bypassing major holidays and the summer break. The [[ISSS President]] decides on the day and time. Some Presidents choose to organize repetitions over the same week to allow Members in different continents to attend, or they schedule some at a time more convenient for the USA-Europe and some for Australia-Asia.
+One should take care of the time change during the summer months. For example, the United Kingdom uses Greenwich Mean Time (also known as Western European Time, UTC+00:00), but between the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October shifts to British Summer Time (UTC+01:00, also known as Western European Summer Time).
+It is advisable to report online only a single time zone, i.e., '''UTC, on all ISSS pages and calendars''', and leave the responsibility for determining local time to the participants.
-It is advisable to use only a single time, i.e., UTC, in all ISSS pages and calendars and leave the responsibility to the participants to find out their local time.
 ==Steps to Schedule a Mini Symposium==