URW3-XG: scheduling first telecon (3)

All,

Our West Coast US participant, Francis Fung, can start a little  
earlier and early responses strongly indicate a preference for  
Thursday.  Therefore, the proposal is for the telecon to be Thursday,  
April 19 at

06:30 PDT (West Coast US)
09:30 EDT (East Coast US)
14:30 Britain
15:30 Europe (most)
16:30 Greece
23:30 Australia

I have not yet heard from a majority of people and do not want to  
schedule a meeting unless almost everyone can attend.  Please let me  
know if this time works for you and, if not, what times next week  
will be more available.  I will be on the West Coast US most of next  
week but I should be able to make a call any day.

Ken


+++ 16 April 2007 (US East Coast) email +++

All,

I've just heard from Anne Cregan at NICTA in Australia and she  
suggested the following telecon times as more convenient for her and  
likely for others:

7:00 PDT (West Coast US)

10:00 EDT (East Coast US)

15:00 Britain

16:00 Europe (most)

    17:00  Greece
> 24:00 Australia
Also, my apologies for our colleagues at IVML-NTUA because I missed  
that Greece is an hour later than most of Europe.

Please consider these times when you respond with your preferences.

Thanks,

Ken

+++ 15 April 2007 (US East Coast) email +++

Dear URW3-XG participants,

Welcome to everyone!

After an extended joining period (which I am not sure is yet  
complete), the time has come for getting down to work.  I would like  
to schedule an initial telephone call and our first challenge will be  
coming up with a time.  We are a geographically diverse group and it  
will be a challenge to find a time that minimizes inconvenience for  
all.  Currently, one of our sponsors is located in Australia but has  
not yet joined the XG.  However, I would like to schedule the first  
call at a time that allows them to participate, and we will discuss a  
regular meeting time as part of our first call.  If I have my time  
zones correct, I propose as a time

13:00 PDT (West Coast US)
16:00 EDT (East Coast US)
21:00 Britain
22:00 Europe
06:00 (next day) Australia (eastern)

and I will reserve 90 minutes for the call.

For the date, I propose either Wednesday, April 18 (Thursday in  
Australia) or Thursday, April 19 (Friday in Australia).  If this is  
not convenient for everyone, we can look for something the week of  
April 22, but I wanted to try for something more immediate if that is  
possible.

Please get back to me as soon as possible and let me know (1) which  
date you prefer and (2) which dates, if any, are not possible for you.

If the suggested dates and times do not work for you, please suggest  
alternatives.

Each W3C group has both a public and a member-only mailing list.  I  
am sending this email on the public mailing list because I want to  
include several people who have not completed the joining process.   
One of the topics of our first call will be to decide whether to  
conduct the bulk of our work using the public or the member-only list.

Please let me know your meeting preferences and I will follow with  
call details.

For myself and my co-chair, thank you for your interest and energy,  
and we look forward to working with you all.

Ken

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