Re: [council] Time for Council meetings on 17 January and 31 January 2008

[Thomas Keller <tom@xxxxxxxx>]

I would be in favour of option 2.

Best,

tom

GNSO.SECRETARIAT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx schrieb:
> Dear Councillors,
>
> The Council representative's time zone spread is such that there is 
> always an unfriendly hour for some. If one considered that meetings 
> should not start later than midnight and earlier than 5:00 am and 
> 22:00 UTC were a time that would accommodate the extremes, could we be 
> sure that the affected council members would participate?
> This is important in view of the next two Council meetings on 17 and 
> 31 January where a quorum is required for, among other possible votes, 
> confirming the GNSO Council chair elections (17 January) and voting 
> for the GNSO Vice chair (31 January).
> 22:00 UTC
> 22:00 UTC would give the corresponding times:
> 14:00 PST - California - Chuck Gomes, Mike Rodenbaugh, Robin Gross + 
> Staff - Denise, Liz, Kurt,
> 16:00 Cedar Rapids - Tim Ruiz
>
> 17:00 EST - Tony Harris, Carlos Souza, Greg Ruth, Kristina Rosette, 
> Suzanne Sene, Alan Greenberg, Rita Rodin
> 20:00 Buenos Aires - Olga Cavalli
>
> 22:00 London - Ute Decker, Tony Holmes
>
> 23:00 Brussels - Philip Sheppard, Jordi Iparraguirre, Tom Keller, Jon 
> Bing, Avri Doria + Staff - Olof & Glen
> 00:00 Amman - Bilal Beiram
>
> 05:00 (next day) Phnom Penh - Norbert Klein
>
> 06:00 (next day) Hong Kong /Singapore - Edmon Chung, Cyril Chua
>
> 09:00 (next day ) Melbourne - Adrian Kinderis, Bruce Tonkin
>
> The other option might be:
> 15:00 UTC
> 15:00 UTC would give the corresponding times:
>
> 07:00 PST - California - Chuck Gomes, Mike Rodenbaugh, Robin Gross + 
> Denise, Liz, Kurt
> 09:00 Cedar Rapids - Tim Ruiz
>
> 10:00 EST - Washington DC, - Avri,  Tony Harris, Carlos Souza, Greg 
> Ruth, Kristina Rosette, Suzanne Sene, Alan Greenberg, Rita Rodin
> 13:00 Buenos Aires - Olga Cavalli
>
> 15:00 London - Ute Decker, Tony Holmes
>
> 16:00 Brussels - Philip Sheppard, Jordi Iparraguirre, Tom Keller, Jon 
> Bing,  + Olof & Glen
> 17:00 Amman - Bilal Beiram
>
> 22:00 Phnom Penh - Norbert Klein
>
> 23:00 Hong Kong /Singapore - Edmon Chung, Cyril Chua
>
> 02:00 (next day ) Melbourne - Adrian Kinderis, Bruce Tonkin.
>
> Could you please comment so that the time for the next two meetings 
> can be scheduled.
> Thank you very much.
> Kind regards,
> Glen