On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 12:22 AM, Peter Junge <p...@openoffice.org> wrote: > Hi, > > Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: >> hi, >> >> On 2009-05-18, at 01:56 , Peter Junge wrote: >> >>> Louis, >>> >>> Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: >>>> The next regional group meeting will be held Friday 29 May at 13:00 UTC >>>> via IRC at irc.freenode.net #oooregional >>>> >>> >>> thanks for sending this invitation much earlier this time. I still have >>> an issue about the scheduling. This is a of course a meeting supposed to >>> span over several time zones, in China it will be 9pm, 10pm in Japan, >>> 11pm in Australia and even Saturday 1am in New Zealand. Friday night is >>> the night that many people use to enjoy themselves after a hard weeks >>> work, going to bars and restaurants, meeting with family and friends. A >>> lot of others, who live and work apart from their families during the >>> week, are on the road to travel home. Hence, I think it's tough for >>> those in the APAC timezones to attend a bi-weekly meeting on Friday >>> night. >> >> Oh. I guess I never thought of that :-) (for me, enjoying myself with >> friends is, uhm, being at the computer on IRC or IM)..... > > Yes indeed, IRC or IM are great ways to communicate with people all over > the globe, however for me it's far away from being a method to > socialize, as I can not see the faces nor hear the voices of my friends. > >> >> Would Thursday (or some other day earlier in the week) be better for you >> and others in the region? > > Yes, Thursday is much better, earlier in the week would be a problem for > both of us, as we do frequently join calls at some TCs at OASIS. In > general it should be considered, that communication over several time > zones is worst for people living in the APAC area by default. I do not > like it, but still can manage it, as I'm an expat. For locals who have > kids, it's certainly much harder. We shouldn't put contributers into > situations, where they have to decide between family and OOo, as OOo > will surely lose this choice in most cases. > > Best regards, > Peter >
I dont have such an issue we can schedule at 16:00 UTC. -- Alexandro Colorado OpenOffice.org Español IM: j...@jabber.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@native-lang.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@native-lang.openoffice.org
