[ug-discuss] More on User Group Calendar and Support...

[Jim Grisanzio]

Takaaki Higuchi wrote:
> Laura Ramsey wrote:
> 
>>3--WWOSUG Conference Call
>>     Let's face it...it's fun to all get on the phone for a quick touch 
>>base. There's something about the human voice! I was thinking about 
>>organizing a call for week of Sept 21, 2005 (With replay for greater 
>>timezone coverage...).  We can have a few mins hearing from some of the 
>>community leaders...and also spend some time on the call for a Q&A with 
>>a special guest...who would we like to hear from?
> 
> Conference call is interesting. But which time-zone ?
> 
> Once I did such global telephone meetings, and at that time, we rotated
> the conference time. For example,  once in morning in Japan(midnight
> in Germany), then, next meeting in midnight in Japan(morning in US)...
> I think it is not necessary to rotate, but good enough to have once
> in several times for suitable for East Asia people to join.


I agree. If we do these calls on a regular basis (quarterly?), we should 
rotate the times so everyone gets a turn at staying up late or getting 
up early. :)

Jim
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Jim Grisanzio, Community Manager, OpenSolaris
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