Re: A poll to consider changing the weekly QT4CG meeting time

Sorry, please ignore my previous table input. This is the actual one:

                        | 16:00 CGMT | 17:00 CGMT | 18:00 CGMT |
|------------------+----------------+--------------+------------------|
| Tuesday       |          1         |                  |
    |
|------------------+----------------+--------------+------------------|
| Wednesday  |         1         |                  |                      |
|------------------+----------------+--------------+---------- -------|
| Thursday     |          1         |                  |
  |
|-----------------+----------------+--------------+------------------|

On Thu, Jan 4, 2024 at 10:32 AM Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Here are my preferences:
>
>                       | 16:00 GMT | 17:00 GMT | 18:00 GMT |
> |------------------+----------------+--------------+------------------|
> | Tuesday       |                     |        2        |        1
>     |
> |------------------+----------------+--------------+------------------|
> | Wednesday  |                    |        2        |        1
>  |
> |------------------+----------------+--------------+---------- -------|
> | Thursday     |                     |        2        |        1
>   |
> |-----------------+----------------+--------------+------------------|
>
>
> Thanks,
> Dimitre
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 4, 2024 at 8:56 AM Norm Tovey-Walsh <norm@saxonica.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello folks,
>>
>> I swear I wrote this message in December, shortly after our last
>> meeting, and sent it to the list, but I can’t find any trace of it in
>> the archives and no one has replied, so I must have hallucinated it.
>>
>> We’ve been meeting at 16:00 UK time (17:00CET, 11:00EST at the moment)
>> on Tuesdays for some time. When we chose that time, it was the least
>> worst option, but it was an impossible time for some.
>>
>> Just before the holiday break, I asked if the group would consider
>> changing the time. Perhaps schedules have changed and there’s a new
>> option that’s least worst for more of us?
>>
>> The problem is that the possible meeting times are very constrained.
>> Mondays and Fridays are unsuccessful days for meetings in my
>> experience. If we want to be as gracious as possible to the folks on
>> both the Pacific coast of the United States and in Europe, we’re
>> pretty much stuck with 16:00 UK time. If everyone on the Pacific coast
>> of the United States wants to start at 07:00, we could go to 15:00 UK
>> time. If everyone in Europe is willing to start at 18:00, we could go
>> to 17:00 UK time.
>>
>> With all that said, let’s give this a try. If you are interested in
>> participating in the weekly calls, please complete the form below and
>> send it to me, at least, the list if you wish.
>>
>> Put a “1” in any slot you’d be happy to meet in. Put a “2” in any slot
>> you’d be willing to meet in. Leave blank any slots that you are
>> unwilling or unable to meet. (If you don’t reply, I’m going to assume
>> you would have replied with a “1” in every slot!)
>>
>>             | 16:00 GMT | 17:00 GMT | 18:00 GMT |
>> |-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------|
>> | Tuesday   |           |           |           |
>> |-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------|
>> | Wednesday |           |           |           |
>> |-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------|
>> | Thursday  |           |           |           |
>> |-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------|
>>
>> A couple of folks proposed that we could have two different meeting
>> times, alternating weeks. (For example, Tuesday@16:00 one week and
>> Wednesday@17:00 the next, in alternation).
>>
>> I don’t have a high degree of confidence that such a scheme would be
>> successful. If some participants can only meet every other week, I think
>> they will find it frustrating. For participants planning to meet every
>> week, I can easily imagine missed meetings because they thought it was
>> “the other” week. But I’ll keep that option open when I have a complete
>> set of numbers.
>>
>> This *is not* a proposal to change the time for our next scheduled
>> meeting, 16:00GMT (17:00CET, 11:00EST) on Tuesday, 9 January 2024.
>>
>>                                         Be seeing you,
>>                                           norm
>>
>> --
>> Norm Tovey-Walsh
>> Saxonica
>>
>
>
>

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