I did forget to say one important thing. As a mentor I am unlikely to attend whatever the time (maybe to say hello, but not to contribute). So don't set the time based on my feedback. I'm merely encouraging others to speak up if they are in three same position, and to set a precedent for considering the currently unengaged community members.
Ross Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. On Nov 26, 2011 8:47 PM, "Brian LeRoux" <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, expected as much. 6pm is certainly inconvenient, but I suspect > 8am on a Monday morning is completely unrealistic for these > programmers. =) > > So, I say we go for both. One meeting a month for each. See how that goes. > > > On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Ross Gardler > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. > > On Nov 26, 2011 4:25 PM, "Brian LeRoux" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > In other threads we've discussed that we want to continue the > > > tradition of having a regular phone call to garden the issue tracker, > > > but wish to make it more formalized. > > > > > > I'd like to propose we have a phone call the second and last Monday of > > > each month at 10am PST. > > > > > > That time means folks on the east coast are calling at 1pm, and in the > > > UK at 6pm. Mondays are a passive aggressive day for a meeting of this > > > nature but since it is a bit of a reset on our priorities it makes > > > sense to me. > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > you are proposing a time that is in work hours for MA but outside work > time > > for most of the EU and pretty much useless for Australasia. Its almost > > impossible to find a time that suits all I'm a community project (where > all > > includes potential attendees, even ones we don't yet know about). > > > > Its for this reason that we discourage synchronous communications in ASF > > projects. > > > > Speaking entirely personally (UK), I will not attend meetings that > > interfere with my family life. 6pm is the time I sit down for dinner with > > my wife and children, so would never attend at that time. > > > > Speaking for the unknown community a 1600–1700 UTC start time seems to > be > > what I see as the most popular time for international meetings. However > > that still excludes much of Australasia. > > > > There is no good answer (other than don't have synchronous meetings). > > Rotating the times can sometimes help, i.e. exclude people equally. > > > > Ross >
