[council] Time of Nc calls

["Philip Sheppard" <philip.sheppard@aim.be>]

In reply to Axel's request to re schedule the NC call to a more socialble
hour in California (currently 5.00 am), Axel referred to the Intake
Committee suggestion in the report adopted by the NC that call should
ideally be scheduled to be no earlier than 06.00  and no later than 23.00 in
any time zone.

I am afraid to say that the Intake Committee was guilty of operating on
Northern Hemisphere summer time, where the 06.00 - 23.00 window is
achievable between California and Melbourne.

Unfortunately the combination of winter time in the Northern Hemisphere and
Melbourne daylight saving time, means the window is wider in Northern
Hemisphere winter months. The consequence of shifting to 06.00 in California
is now 01.00 in Melbourne.

I think the 06.00 - 23.00 window should indeed be an objective but clearly
we need to operate differently during some months of the year. Apologies
that the Intake Committee had not foreseen this problem earlier.

Philip.