On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Steven Moix <steven.moix(a)axianet.ch> wrote:
Hello all,
Some months ago, we all voted to hold our IRC meetings at 21h UTC. This
was perfectly fine for the continental-European people during the winter
(we are at UTC+1) because the meetings were held at 22h. Now let's
introduce Daylight Savings Time (DST) to the party...it adds another
hour in the summer, which brings the meeting to 23h. It's clearly too
late for me...
Résumé:
Winter: meeting at 22h
Summer: meeting at 23h
So my question is...can we hold the meetings at 21h UTC in the winter
and at 20h UTC in the summer? It would have the effect to keep a
constant meeting time (22h) during the whole year for us...
Any comments?
I've always thought that (1) teams should be free to set their
meetings either at strict UTC, or following DST however they can
agree; and (2) computers work in UTC, and humans work on wall clocks.
My $DAYJOB schedule, for example, @3:00pm on a Thursday doesn't change
suddenly in the spring and fall to accommodate UTC. The same meeting
I had at 3:00pm the week before stays at 3:00pm and moves according to
UTC.
So in short, I'm for staying on human time. The only time we have to
worry about a difference is when only some people are on DST and not
others. Then there's a chance for confusion, so the meeting page
should set the policy.
Paul