[iaoa-education] default meeting time and next meeting == RE: Doodle poll for new default/regular meeting times of IAOA EduTC

[Frank Loebe]

Dear Maria, Zena and all,

by now it is somewhat instructive to have a look at the Doodle poll [1] 
again - thanks to all participants so far!

The two most promising options are these slots:
(1) Wednesdays, 09:30 EDT / 14:30 BST / 15:30 CEST/SAST
(2) Wednesdays, 10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST / 16:00 CEST/SAST

There is the issue that with a 90-min-slot we'd miss either Maria during 
the last 30 min of option (2) or Todd during the first 30 min of option 
(1). Might it thus be worth to consider planning for just a 60-min-slot, 
starting at the later times of option (2)?


Regarding our next meeting (and my own constraints):

   --> We should decide whether to meet in the week starting on Oct 08
       or in the week starting on Oct 15, for an October meeting.

Assuming we'd try one of the two time slots above on a Wednesday, i.e., 
either Wed, Oct 10, or Wed, Oct 17, I need to say for myself that I'm 
already blocked on this particular Wed, Oct 10, during the whole 
afternoon (CEST/SAST), and thus cannot participate on that date, 
unfortunately. (But further, meanwhile I could not even offer Tue, Oct 
09, nor Fri, Oct 12, either.) Wed, Oct 17, would still work for me.
However, if Maria, Zena and most of us can join on Wed, Oct 10, I 
certainly do not wish to stand in the way (and would try to catch up on 
matters afterwards).

NB: Any decision before Mon, Oct 08, 06:00 EDT/11:00 BST/12:00 CEST/SAST 
can still make it into this month's IAOA event newsletter - just to 
mention, though it's a little tight, admittedly.

Thanks in advance for any views and comments,
best regards,
Frank


[1] https://doodle.com/poll/bp9fyifc4rxkgw9z


------ Original Message ------
From:    Frank Loebe <frank.loebe at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
Sent:    2018.10.04 15:12 +0200
To:      IAOA Education Committee <iaoa-education at ovgu.de>
Subject: [iaoa-education] Doodle poll for new default/regular meeting 
times of IAOA EduTC

> Dear all,
> 
> during the last meeting we intended to try to determine a new default 
> slot for meetings of the IAOA Education Committee, a.o. to allow for 
> wider participation.
> 
>    --> Please find at [1] a corresponding Doodle poll - and participate.
> 
>        [1] https://doodle.com/poll/bp9fyifc4rxkgw9z
> 
> Your answer should apply to a prototypical 1st weekday of the month, for 
> Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. I have excluded Monday 
> completely, because all those time slots investigated so far overlap 
> with the bi-weekly Executive Council meetings on Mondays.
> 
> As the current default time of 1st Tuesday of the month has passed this 
> week already, the October meeting shall be held during next week, 
> ideally at the newly determined time slot. But for now, please declare 
> your availability for the default case. In doing so, it will be most 
> helpful if you keep strict unavailability (red) to a minimum and express 
> preferences by "Yes" (green) vs. "Yes, if necessary" (yellow).
> 
> An announcement for next week shall follow soon. If you have any times 
> that should work in general, but won't work next week, please record 
> them in the Doodle poll as comments.
> 
> Thanks and best regards,
> Frank