I totally agree - the better we can do at setting an agenda, the better. 

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012, at 04:55 PM, Mohammad Nour El-Din wrote:
> Hi...
> 
>    Will not be able to have a times that suits all, try to get a time
> that suits most of people for that time and they can attend next time,
> taking into account having ASF rules when it comes to off the mailing
> list communications.
> 
> An idea I would like to propose is to have a certain list of topics
> (agenda) for a specific IRC meeting so different people can evaluate
> whether they should/shoudn't attend that meeting and hence you get
> only the people interested and less people means agreeing on time
> easier I believe.
> 
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:34 PM, Joe Brockmeier <j...@zonker.net> wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 6, 2012, at 04:21 PM, Wido den Hollander wrote:
> >> The reason I'm opting for 21:00 UTC is that it's after dinner.
> >
> > That's totally reasonable... but 21:00 UTC is 17:00 for folks on Eastern
> > time in the U.S., which is usually the end of the work day for folks who
> > actually clock out at 5. (Actually, it's 17:00 part of the year, 16:00
> > part of the year since UTC is constant but you have daylight savings to
> > figure in for many timezones.)
> >
> >> I'd not rotate times, as that will confuse people.
> >
> > I agree with this - but if we go with a single time, it's going to be
> > inconvenient for someone all of the time. So in that case, I guess we're
> > going to be stuck with deciding who gets stuck with an inconvenient time
> > all the time.
> > --
> > Joe Brockmeier
> > j...@zonker.net
> > Twitter: @jzb
> > http://www.dissociatedpress.net/
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Thanks
> - Mohammad Nour
> ----
> "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep
> moving"
> - Albert Einstein

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Joe Brockmeier
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http://www.dissociatedpress.net/

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