Coming from the perspective that the WG's 3 other non-rotational calls typically falls at 2.00am for me (and I believe for Mary too), anything that is at a more decent hour in respect of the 4th rotational call is welcomed, that being between 2300 UTC and 1400 UTC for me. Justine ----- On 24 March 2018 at 07:41, Cyntia King <cking@modernip.com> wrote:
I’m certainly willing to accommodate our colleagues outside the US.
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*From:* gnso-rpm-wg <gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org> *On Behalf Of *Susan Payne *Sent:* Friday, March 23, 2018 12:20 PM *To:* BECKHAM, Brian <brian.beckham@wipo.int>; Mary Wong < mary.wong@icann.org>; gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org
*Subject:* Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] YOUR FEEDBACK REQUESTED: rotating Working Group meeting times
I understand that this is the AsPac friendly call, and I’m supportive of that – even though the call times mean I’m unlikely to join whether it stays in the current slot or moves to the two proposed alternatives. I’d love to see an option that worked for AsPac, ME and Europe, even if less good for the US, however. The so-called “sharing the pain” only ever seems to accommodate AsPac by excluding Europe.
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*From:* gnso-rpm-wg [mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org <gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org>] *On Behalf Of *BECKHAM, Brian *Sent:* 23 March 2018 14:29 *To:* Mary Wong <mary.wong@icann.org>; gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org *Subject:* Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] YOUR FEEDBACK REQUESTED: rotating Working Group meeting times
Thanks Mary for this question to the WG.
Is there any possibility of a 4th option to accommodate Europe?
Both the current time and the two proposed alternatives are difficult to make.
Without taking anything away from our APAC members, do we have any idea how many WG members the current rotation accommodates vs the overall membership?
Brian ------------------------------
*From:* gnso-rpm-wg <gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Mary Wong <mary.wong@icann.org> *Sent:* Thursday, March 22, 2018 7:34 PM *To:* gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org *Subject:* [gnso-rpm-wg] YOUR FEEDBACK REQUESTED: rotating Working Group meeting times
Dear Working Group members,
As we restart the meetings cycle following ICANN61, the Working Group co-chairs would like to seek your feedback concerning an appropriate time for the 4th rotational Working Group call (i.e. generally the last meeting of the month). As you know, our practice has been to try to hold this call at a time that will allow our Asia-Pacific (APAC) based members to attend, and that time to date has been 0300 UTC on the last Thursday of each month.
Having used this rotation for some time, the Working Group co-chairs wish to find out if an alternative time that will still allow APAC member participation may be more suitable. Based on the geographical distribution of our current membership, staff has suggested that a workable alternative time might be either *2200 UTC or 2300 UTC on Wednesdays*.
We have created a Doodle poll where you may indicate your belief as to which of these times (including the current arrangement) will work best. In particular, *we invite members based in Singapore, India, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Australia and other areas in the APAC region to weigh in* as the aim of this poll is to facilitate your continued participation in Working Group calls: https://doodle.com/poll/zwpqnnz45yw74x3m.
Finally, please note that as some of our Sub Teams will be continuing to meet for the next two weeks or so, our expectation is that the first post-ICANN61 APAC time zone-friendly call will *not* take place before 25 April 2018.
Thanks and cheers
Mary, Julie, Ariel & Berry
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