URGENT: Next ALAC meeting and future schedule
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
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@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 <ALAC Time Zones.xlsx>_______________________________________________ ALAC mailing list ALAC@atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac At-Large Online: http://www.atlarge.icann.org ALAC Working Wiki: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Advisory+Committee+(ALA...)
I knew that! And I set the spreadsheet accordingly when I checked to see if you did daylight saving, changing it from the values I had for NSW. However, in my arrogant northern hemisphere style, I set your winter to match your (incorrect) summer instead of the other way around. Or to be kinder, you can attribute it to the bad cold and fuzzy head I had at the time I was doing it. Sorry. Alan At 07/11/2014 03:59 PM, Julie Hammer 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
But did you know that the reason we don't have daylight saving is that it fades the curtains and confuses the cows!!! :-)) On 8 Nov 2014, at 7:14 am, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca> wrote: I knew that! And I set the spreadsheet accordingly when I checked to see if you did daylight saving, changing it from the values I had for NSW. However, in my arrogant northern hemisphere style, I set your winter to match your (incorrect) summer instead of the other way around. Or to be kinder, you can attribute it to the bad cold and fuzzy head I had at the time I was doing it. Sorry. Alan At 07/11/2014 03:59 PM, Julie Hammer 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
Dear Alan, Thanks for your email. In general on Tuesdays I am available to take the monthly call. Regarding the time, in my case none of the slots (15 UTC; 19 UTC; 20 UTC; 21 UTC) represent any conflict for me because all of them are during the day. I am available to participate in all of them but I would accept the best time for the rest of the people in order to get their participation. Best Regards, Fatima 2014-11-07 18:16 GMT-03:00 Julie Hammer <juliehammer@me.com>:
But did you know that the reason we don't have daylight saving is that it fades the curtains and confuses the cows!!! :-))
On 8 Nov 2014, at 7:14 am, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca> wrote:
I knew that! And I set the spreadsheet accordingly when I checked to see if you did daylight saving, changing it from the values I had for NSW.
However, in my arrogant northern hemisphere style, I set your winter to match your (incorrect) summer instead of the other way around. Or to be kinder, you can attribute it to the bad cold and fuzzy head I had at the time I was doing it.
Sorry.
Alan
At 07/11/2014 03:59 PM, Julie Hammer 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
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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 Polo Consultores Associados Av. Paulista 1159, cj 1004 01311-200- Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil Land Line: +55 11 3266.6253 Mobile: + 55 11 98181.1464 Sorry for any typos. On 11/7/14, 18:59, "Julie Hammer" <juliehammer@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@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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I am ok with the times proposed. Best regards, Leon
El 09/11/2014, a las 12:15, Vanda Scartezini <vanda@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 Polo Consultores Associados Av. Paulista 1159, cj 1004 01311-200- Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil Land Line: +55 11 3266.6253 Mobile: + 55 11 98181.1464 Sorry for any typos.
On 11/7/14, 18:59, "Julie Hammer" <juliehammer@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@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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Me too G Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn@gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight . On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 4:18 PM, León Felipe Sánchez Ambía < leonfelipe@sanchez.mx> wrote:
I am ok with the times proposed.
Best regards,
Leon
El 09/11/2014, a las 12:15, Vanda Scartezini <vanda@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 Polo Consultores Associados Av. Paulista 1159, cj 1004 01311-200- Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil Land Line: +55 11 3266.6253 Mobile: + 55 11 98181.1464 Sorry for any typos.
On 11/7/14, 18:59, "Julie Hammer" <juliehammer@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@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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I am ok with 1500 UTC Beran "There is nothing more difficult to arrange and more dangerous to carry through than initiating change..." Machiavelli Sent from my iPhone
On 11 Nov 2014, at 00:09, Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn@gmail.com> wrote:
Me too G
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On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 4:18 PM, León Felipe Sánchez Ambía < leonfelipe@sanchez.mx> wrote:
I am ok with the times proposed.
Best regards,
Leon
El 09/11/2014, a las 12:15, Vanda Scartezini <vanda@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 Polo Consultores Associados Av. Paulista 1159, cj 1004 01311-200- Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil Land Line: +55 11 3266.6253 Mobile: + 55 11 98181.1464 Sorry for any typos.
On 11/7/14, 18:59, "Julie Hammer" <juliehammer@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@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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I am ok with the times. -ed On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@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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I will be able to arrange any of these times. The current time is also not ideal, but I somehow always made it:) Sandra -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] Im Auftrag von Alan Greenberg Gesendet: Freitag, 7. November 2014 21:37 An: ALAC Betreff: [ALAC] URGENT: Next ALAC meeting and future schedule 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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