Thanks for the feedback Brian and we do note the challenges. If I recall correctly (and others can correct me if I am wrong) I think the original time was the consensus of a Doodle poll. As always when using these polls while the time may have worked for a majority of respondents, it is unlikely that it worked for everyone. Kind regards, Julie From: "BECKHAM, Brian" <brian.beckham@wipo.int> Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at 2:10 PM To: Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@icann.org>, "gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org" <gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org> Subject: [Ext] RE: Clarification re: Timing of Working Group Weekly Calls Thanks Julie,
From Europe, moving the start of these calls from 6pm to 7pm (ending at 8:30 pm) makes consistent participation more difficult, though we will do our best.
If anything, moving the calls an hour in the other direction would be better. Brian From: gnso-rpm-wg [mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Julie Hedlund Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 7:50 PM To: gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org Subject: [gnso-rpm-wg] Clarification re: Timing of Working Group Weekly Calls Dear Working Group members, Staff would like to point out that following the time change from daylight to standard time, it has been customary to change the time in UTC in order to preserve the original time of the meetings so that they stay at the same time as they were for most zones. Thus, although today’s call (15 November) was set at 1700 UTC, if we followed our usual custom it would revert to 1800 UTC in order that the time remains at 1000 PST, 1300 EST, etc. Note that some Working Group members did alert us to the fact that they assume the call would stay the same time and that they have conflicts if it is an hour earlier (as it was today). Unless there are objections, staff would like to suggest that we follow that custom for future meetings of this Working Group, by which the next call would be at 1800 UTC on 22 November for 90 minutes. Kind regards, Julie Julie Hedlund, Policy Director