RE: [council] Time of Nc calls

["aus der Muhlen, Axel" <Axel_ausderMuhlen@mpaa.org>]

I believe that the 06.00 - 23.00 window can be achieved also during Northern
Hemisphere winter time.  Note that I suggested to schedule the conference
call for 4:00 p.m. US East Coast, thus 1:00 p.m., not 6:00 a.m., California.
 
If the conference call is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. US East Coast, the
corresponding local times would be as follows:

                California, USA                           1:00 p.m.
                Missouri, USA                             3:00 p.m.
                Monterrey, Mexico                      3:00 p.m.
                Washington DC, USA                4:00 p.m.
                St.Thomas, Virgin Islands          5:00 p.m.
                Santiago, Chile                           6:00 p.m.
                Buenos Aires, Argentina            6:00 p.m.
                Nouakchott, Mauritania              9:00 p.m.
                London, United Kingdom           9:00 p.m.
                Brussels, Belgium                    10:00 p.m.
                Barcelona, Spain                      10:00 p.m.
                Frankfurt, Germany                   10:00 p.m.
                Paris, France                             10:00 p.m.
                Seoul, Korea                                6:00 a.m.
                Tokyo, Japan                               6:00 a.m.
                Melbourne, Australia                   8:00 a.m.



-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Sheppard [ mailto:philip.sheppard@aim.be
<mailto:philip.sheppard@aim.be> ]
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 3:36 AM
To: council@dnso.org
Subject: [council] Time of Nc calls


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.