All,

Thanks for your comments to date. We've heard from about a half-dozen members so far, and it would be helpful to hear from more before fixing a long-term slot or rotation.

In my view we need to accommodate our members as best we can, so we can do our work; those are the demographics we need to deal with. I will note that "Iran and west" includes not only NA and EU, but also AF (as pointed out by Mike Silber) and SA, as well as the Middle East, Western Asia and portions of Central Asia. I will also note that among the 4 respondents from "east of Iran" the votes for the 13:00 time slot, there were 2 yes votes, 1 if need be and 1 no.

All that said, this is a decision to be made by the group, and as such, the more members' voices heard the better. I'm not sure running another doodle poll would help, but I'd rather let the discussion go forward first. One shortcoming of polls is that they do not allow for dialogue. As such, if there is another poll, let's have it after further dialogue, so that the participants can keep in mind various viewpoints as they respond.

In the interests of transparency, here are the quantitative results from the Doodle poll. I excluded all results involving the 05:00 time slot, since there was little support for this slot in any configuration.

Greg

FIXED TIME VS. ROTATION SURVEY
MEMBERS ONLY		Yes		If Need be		No
19:00 Fixed Time		18		1		4
13:00 Fixed Time		10		3		10
13/19 Rotation		11		7		5
ALL PARTICIPANTS
19:00 Fixed Time		21		2		7
13:00 Fixed Time		13		5		12
13/19 Rotation		13		9		8

TIME OF DAY SURVEY (Yes : If Need Be : No)
MEMBERS ONLY	Monday		Tuesday		Wednesday		Thursday	Friday
19:00	20:0:9		16:1:11		17:1:10		17:0:11	14:0:14
13:00	10:2:17		17:4:11		14:3:11		14:2:12	15:2:11

ALL PARTICIPANTS
19:00	24:2:10		19:3:14		21:2:14		20:0:16	18:1:17
13:00	15:2:19		17:5:14		19:3:14		17:2:17	20:2:14