RE: [council] Time of Nc calls

["Peter de Blanc" <pdeblanc@usvi.net>]

dec 19, 4:00 PM Eastern Standard is OK with me

peter

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-council@dnso.org [mailto:owner-council@dnso.org]On Behalf Of
Digitel - Ken Stubbs
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 5:07 AM
To: aus der Muhlen, Axel; 'Elisabeth Porteneuve'
Cc: council@dnso.org
Subject: Re: [council] Time of Nc calls


i have no problem with this schedule change but would appreciate input from
other council members in the next 24 hours

ken stubbs
----- Original Message -----
From: "aus der Muhlen, Axel" <Axel_ausderMuhlen@mpaa.org>
To: "'Ken Stubbs'" <kstubbs@corenic.org>; "'Elisabeth Porteneuve'"
<IMCEAMAILTO-Elisabeth+2EPorteneuve+40cetp+2Eipsl+2Efr@mpaa.org>
Cc: <council@dnso.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 10:04 PM
Subject: FW: [council] Time of Nc calls


>
> I, again, request that the next conference call on December 19 be
scheduled
> for 4:00 p.m. US East Coast.  As  indicated in my previous email,
scheduling
> the call for 4:00 p.m. US East Coast ensures that during Northern
Hemisphere
> winter time everybody is within the 06.00  - 23.00 window recommended by
the
> Intake Committee.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: aus der Muhlen, Axel
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 7:15 PM
> To: 'Philip Sheppard'; council@dnso.org
> Subject: RE: [council] Time of Nc calls
>
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> I believe that 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.
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>
> -----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.
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