Re: [wsrm] Time slot for Bi-weekly WSRM Teleconference Meetings

[Matthew MacKenzie <matt@mac-kenzie.net>]

I'm in the pacific time zone (UTC -0800)

Matthew MacKenzie

Doug Bunting wrote:

> [I suspect this message won't get through the email list but will try.]
>
> While it's very important to attempt accommodating everyone, it seems 
> relatively obvious that won't be possible in this case.  Now, the 
> question becomes, who do we optimise for?
>
> Could we please see a timezone / membership breakdown or a (simpler) 
> statement that 80% of our membership are in timezone A.  As long as we 
> don't have 40% in Pacific and 40% in India, we should be able to find 
> a time that inconveniences the fewest.
>
> thanx,
>     doug
>
> On 27-03-2003 23:12, iwasa wrote:
>
>> It looks like impossible to make all of
>> the member satisfied with the time of the telecon.
>> I would like to keep the current time frame,
>> since other two time frame are impossible for many participants from 
>> Japan.
>>
>> Other possibility, but not sure it works or not, is to rotate the 
>> time frame, and allow people to attend one of each telecon to be 
>> considered "attended" to retain
>> the voting right.
>>
>> For instance, we could rotate the following
>> two:
>>
>>  The current time:
>>  GMT: 10:30 PM to 12:30 pm
>>  US Eastern (GMT - 5)  5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
>>  US Pacific (GMT - 8)   2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
>>  India (GMT + 5.3) 4:00AM to 6:00AM
>>  Japan (GMT + 9) 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM
>>  
>>  GMT: 3 PM to 5 pm
>>  US Eastern (GMT - 5)  10 AM to 12 noon
>>  US Pacific (GMT - 8)   7 AM to 9 AM
>>  India (GMT + 5.3) 8:30PM to 10:20PM
>>  Japan (GMT + 9) 12 M to 2:00 AM
>>
>> Any discussion?
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Iwasa
>> Fujitsu
>