[ALAC] URGENT: Next ALAC meeting and future schedule

Tue Nov 11 08:50:21 UTC 2014

I  am ok with 1500 UTC

Beran 

"There is nothing more difficult to arrange and more dangerous to carry through than initiating change..." Machiavelli 

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> On 11 Nov 2014, at 00:09, Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Me  too
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> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 4:18 PM, León Felipe Sánchez Ambía <
> leonfelipe at sanchez.mx> wrote:
> 
>> I am ok with the times proposed.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Leon
>>>> El 09/11/2014, a las 12:15, Vanda Scartezini <vanda at etges.com.br>
>>> escribió:
>>> 
>>> 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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