Re: [tag] Meeting schedules: some PROPOSAL

[Patrick Curran <Patrick.Curran@Sun.COM>]

I think you're off by an hour in your calculations of Russian time. According to the World Clock (which I've now linked from our Wiki homepage):

• 10:00 am in California is 9:00 pm in Russia
• 9:00 pm in California is 8:00 am in Russia

Vladimir: can you confirm?

Durand, Jacques R. wrote:

A slight correction:

In S-B, it is "Wednesday"  for California time, but not for GMT time
where it is 4am Thursday... (so that would be a Thursday 7am for Victor
in StPeter)

But so far does not seem to create any clash - Victor can also do S-A,
technically.

-Jacques

-----Original Message-----
From: Vladimir.Sosnin@Sun.COM [mailto:Vladimir.Sosnin@Sun.COM] 
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 8:28 AM
To: Durand, Jacques R.
Cc: Patrick.Curran@Sun.COM; tag@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [tag] Meeting schedules: some PROPOSAL

Both schedules good for me. First is a bit more preferable.

Vladimir

Durand, Jacques R. wrote:
  

OK, so looking at the current availability charts, let us try to get 
some reaction from those silent on their availability:
 
It appears that *Wednesdays* might be better for both schedules.
 
 
*(S-A)* (would replace current 7am Thursday call)
*Wednesday*: 5pm GMT (8pm StPetersb, [2am Beijing, 3am Seoul], 10am 
California, 1pm EastCoast, 5pm UK) (really bad for: Seoul, Beijing)
 
*(S-B)* (new alternate call)
*Wednesday*: 4am GMT (7am StPetersb, 1pm Beijing, 2pm Seoul, 9pm 
California, [midnight EastCoast, 4am UK,] ) (really bad for: 
EastCoast, UK)
 
 
Comments?
Note: an additional requirement is that both chairs can make both 
scehdules, in case one needs replacement.
 
Jacques

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*From:* Patrick.Curran@Sun.COM [mailto:Patrick.Curran@Sun.COM]
*Sent:* Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:57 PM
*To:* Durand, Jacques R.
*Cc:* tag@lists.oasis-open.org
*Subject:* Re: [tag] Meeting schedules

Well... As I explained in the Conference Call Availability 
<http://wiki.oasis-open.org/tag/ConcallAvailability> page on the Wiki,
    

7:00 am Pacific time on Thursdays probably will *not* work for me in 
the future.

However, since tomorrow is OK and since I'll be out for the next few 
weeks, I don't suggest changing this now.

As for the alternate week's schedule, it's difficult for me to respond
    

without a more specific suggestion. I've indicated my availability - 
9:00 pm Pacific time (5:00 am GMT) works for me (except for Friday) 
but 6:00 pm (3:00 am) does not.

In general, as I've already said, I'm amenable to an alternating
    

schedule.
  

I really don't think we're going to be able to work this out unless
*everyone* indicates their availability in writing. We have a Wiki 
page where we can do this (see the reference above, but so far only 
three of us have entered our data. I encourage the others to do so.

Durand, Jacques R. wrote:
    

COnsidering the option where :

- we use alternate  1h meeting schedules:
week 1: schedule A
week 2: schedule B
week 3: schedule A
etc.
- and we accept the fact that not everyone will be able to make it at
      

every meeting, but that everyone will like at least one schedule (A 
or B).
 
We could consider:
 
- schedule A is for accommodating everyone except Asia (could remain 
2pmGMT as current Thu, or be 4pm or 5pm GMT.)
- schedule B is good for Asia (office hours) and for accommodating 
everyone except UK and East coast (5amGMT) or everyone except UK and 
Russia (3amGMT)
 
Would that be acceptable, knowing that all major decisions would be 
taken by electronic ballot?
(conference calls would be used mostly to (a) make progress toward 
consensus on some tech topic, (b) bring up new issues and initiate 
some discussion, (c) discuss logistics and administrative aspects.)
 
-Jacques
 
      

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Vladimir Sosnin
Sun Microsystems                   vladimir.sosnin@sun.com