[ALAC] URGENT: Next ALAC meeting and future schedule

[Vanda Scartezini]

I did not receive the doodle yet but I am OK with the 20UTC And I believe
is quite fair to not have all the same person with a bad time.
 Best to all,
Vanda Scartezini
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On 11/7/14, 18:59, "Julie Hammer" <juliehammer at me.com> wrote:

>Hi Alan,
>
>Thanks for your consideration of everyone's sleeping time!  Much
>appreciated.
>
>Just one correction for your spreadsheet...there is no daylight saving in
>Queensland, so my time zone is UTC+10 all year round.
>
>Cheers,  Julie
>
>On 8 Nov 2014, at 6:36 am, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
>wrote:
>
>Sorry to have been so silent since the LA meeting.
>
>It is time to schedule the first ALAC teleconference of the new season.
>The first meeting will be on Tuesday, November 25th. IF some other day of
>the week is MUCH better for some people, we can look at alternatives for
>later meetings.
>
>For the last years, we have been holding the ALAC meeting at 1500 UTC
>during the Northern winter months and at 1400 for Norther summer months.
>That resulted in all calls being after midnight in Australia (2-4 am
>during their summer!), Maureen starting at 4 or 5 am, and quite
>delightful times for moat of those in North America, Europe and Africa.
>
>I had hoped to rotate times to "spread the pain", but many options result
>in far more people having to meet in the middle of their nights.
>
>Due to the way we are currently spread around the world, it IS possible
>to have a time where no one need to meet between in the middle of the
>night, and I would lile to suggest that we see if this fits.
>
>The scheduled meeting starting time would be 2000 UTC in Northern summer,
>and between 1900 and 2100 in norther winter (now).
>
>I am requesting that a Doodle be sent out showing the current time as
>well as the options where no one has to be up in the middle of the night.
>
>I am also attaching a spreadsheet so that you all can understand the
>implications of meeting at any given time. The Excel file has 2
>worksheets. They are both the same, but one is set up for out current
>meeting schedule, and the second for a proposed meeting at 2000 UTC. You
>can play with them by changing the time of the meeting in UTC
>(spreadsheet line 27) and seeing who has to suffer most!
>
>PLEASE FILL OUT THE DOODLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. If we cannot QUICKLY come
>to closure on a new time, the meeting on November 25 will be at 1500 UTC,
>which I feel will be unfair to some.
>
>If there is anyone who has a REAL problem with ALAC meetings on Tuesdays,
>please communicate with me privately.
>
>Alan
>
>
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