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

My diary at weekends is highly variable and I wouldn't be able to make it regularly. 

Michael Kay

> On 5 Jan 2024, at 18:41, Christian Grün <cg@basex.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Benito,
> 
> Would be fine for me.
> 
> Best,
> Christian
> 
> 
> Am 05.01.2024 19:40 schrieb Benito van der Zander <benito@benibela.de>:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> 
> has anyone considered doing the meeting on the weekend? 
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> There are no conflicts with other meetings on the weekend
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> 
> Bye,
> Benito 
> 
> On 04.01.24 17:52, Norm Tovey-Walsh 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
>