EMEA Ambassador Meeting this Wednesday !

[Fabian Affolter]

Ladies and gentlemen !

Don't you remember there is an EMEA Ambassador meeting next Wednesday 
(Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) on #fedora-meeting ?

day : Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Time : 20:OO UTC (check
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=16&month=01&...
to know your own time depending on your countries)

Channel : #fedora-meeting

Meeting agenda (add your topic before the meeting please) :
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Meetings/2008-01-16

So, if you're an EMEA ambassador, this meeting is for YOU! Update your 
agendas, and don't forget to join us.

2 other reminders will be sent tomorrow and Wednesday mornings, but
that's not a good reason to update your agenda now.

Fabian

[Jonathan Dieter]

On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 23:42 +0100, Fabian Affolter wrote:
>  Ladies and gentlemen !
>  
>  Don't you remember there is an EMEA Ambassador meeting next Wednesday 
>  (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) on #fedora-meeting ?
>  
>  day : Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
>  
>  Time : 20:00 UTC (check
>
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=16&month=01&...
>  to know your own time depending on your countries)
>  
>  Channel : #fedora-meeting 
Just a request that some future meetings start a bit sooner.  We're at
UTC+0200 (which means the meeting starts at 22:00 for us which is quite
late).

Thanks,

Jonathan

[red_alert]

Jonathan Dieter <jdieter(a)gmail.com&gt; hat am 15. Januar 2008 um 06:19 geschrieben:

>  Just a request that some future meetings start a bit sooner. 
> We're at
>  UTC+0200 (which means the meeting starts at 22:00 for us which is quite
>  late).
>  
>  Thanks,
>  
>  Jonathan 

Dear Jonathan

Please understand, that there is _no_ perfect time (nor weekday) that fits
everyone. EMEA is stretched through many time zones, reaching from UTC+0000 to
UTC+0400 (or even farther, as the expansion of "EMEA" isn't very well
defined).
This means that the meeting will be between 20:00 and 24:00 depending on where
one lives. I think neither earlier nor later would be fitting any better.

Personally, I think that most (active) EMEA ambassadors are in the +0100 and
+0200 time zones and that the resulting times of 21:00 and 22:00 are doable for
most people in this regions.

I hope you can accept this and that you'll be able to attend, nevertheless. The
meetings are taking place once a month only anyway. I think everyone appreciates
the collaboration of the EMEA ambassadors and the monthly IRC meetings are a
good way to work together.

Regards
red / SandroMathys

[Jonathan Dieter]

On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 09:45 +0100, red_alert(a)the-psychiatry.ch wrote:
>  Jonathan Dieter <jdieter(a)gmail.com&gt; hat am 15. Januar 2008 um
> 06:19
>  geschrieben:
>  
>  > Just a request that some future meetings start a bit sooner.  We're at
>  > UTC+0200 (which means the meeting starts at 22:00 for us which is quite
>  > late).
>  > 
>  > Thanks,
>  > 
>  > Jonathan
>  
>  
>  Dear Jonathan
>  
>  Please understand, that there is _no_ perfect time (nor weekday) that
>  fits everyone. EMEA is stretched through many time zones, reaching
>  from UTC+0000 to UTC+0400 (or even farther, as the expansion of "EMEA"
>  isn't very well defined). This means that the meeting will be between
>  20:00 and 24:00 depending on where one lives. I think neither earlier
>  nor later would be fitting any better.
>  
>  Personally, I think that most (active) EMEA ambassadors are in the
>  +0100 and +0200 time zones and that the resulting times of 21:00 and
>  22:00 are doable for most people in this regions.
>  
>  I hope you can accept this and that you'll be able to attend,
>  nevertheless. The meetings are taking place once a month only anyway.
>  I think everyone appreciates the collaboration of the EMEA ambassadors
>  and the monthly IRC meetings are a good way to work together.
>  
>  Regards
>  red / SandroMathys 
That's fair enough and I totally understand.  If I'm the only one
pushing for an earlier meeting, then please ignore me.  I just figured
that a meeting scheduled for something closer to 18:00 (or even 19:00)
UTC might allow more people to participate.  Remember, the further east
we're trying to reach, the earlier we need to schedule it (otherwise
people at UTC+0400 or UTC+0500 are needing to be available at midnight
or 0100 in the morning).

For me personally, the problem is that as a teacher who has to be at
school at 07:00, early nights are vital.   But again, I will do what I
can to be there, no matter when it is, and I won't bring it up again if
most people are happy.

Jonathan