[Bf-committers] Proposal - new meeting schedule for 2016

[Bastien Montagne]

Yep, also for trying that, sounds more fair for non-european people! :)

Le 29/12/2015 19:18, Ton Roosendaal a écrit :
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> Super! Let's wait a day for more feedback, but it looks like most people are into trying this.
>
> -Ton-
>
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> Ton Roosendaal  -  ton at blender.org   -   www.blender.org
> Chairman Blender Foundation - Producer Blender Institute
> Entrepotdok 57A  -  1018AD Amsterdam  -  The Netherlands
>
>
>
>> On 29 Dec, 2015, at 15:34, Jonathan Williamson <jonathan at cgcookie.com> wrote:
>>
>> I quite like this plan. It may prove to be a bit difficult to keep track of the shifting meeting times, but if only joining two a month then it wouldn't be too bad.
>>
>> It would certainly make it easier for a lot of people to join at least the one in their region.
>>
>> I'm happy to chair the LA meeting.
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>>> On Dec 29, 2015, at 7:25 AM, Ton Roosendaal <ton at blender.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Here's a fun diagram comparing local times on 5 places in the world.
>>> Easy to see how it's impossible to define a meeting time where everyone can attend.
>>>
>>> http://www.worldtimeserver.com/meeting-planner-times.aspx?&L0=US-CA&Day=29&Mon=12&Y=2015&L1=US-NY&L2=NL&L3=IN&L4=AU-NSW&L5=&L6=&L7=
>>>
>>> -Ton-
>>>
>>> (And sorry for typos in my mail, I didn't check it well before sending)
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------------
>>> Ton Roosendaal  -  ton at blender.org   -   www.blender.org
>>> Chairman Blender Foundation - Producer Blender Institute
>>> Entrepotdok 57A  -  1018AD Amsterdam  -  The Netherlands
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 29 Dec, 2015, at 13:14, Ton Roosendaal <ton at blender.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> If you look at the Developer Top 22 I posted, you can see that Blender lacks active contributors from the Americas... Canada, USA, Centra and South America are not represented as much it could.
>>>>
>>>> For that reason I would propse to test a new meeting schedule for 2016. A fun rotating schedule.
>>>> At least try it a month!
>>>>
>>>> The meeting concept is based on these simple assumptions:
>>>>
>>>> - Have less meetings, two per month should be enough to attend.
>>>> - Cluster time zones in three sections - LA, Amsterdam, Sydney
>>>> - For each time zone section, we organize one meeting per month at a fixed day at 10 AM.
>>>>
>>>> These 10 AM meetings would be:
>>>>
>>>> - LA: 9th of month
>>>> - AMS: 18th of month
>>>> - SYD: 27th of month.
>>>>
>>>> These times are fixed, local, and stay same independent of daylight savings. Attendants in other timezones will have to check what's the matching local time in order to attend.
>>>>
>>>> For January, the timing table then looks as follows:
>>>>
>>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jEooASg01BMply2DrI19-KDo62YQ4c_UAboH8-1oCMQ/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=0
>>>>
>>>> I would also like to invite one of the active Americans to chair the monthly "LA time" meeting.
>>>> Jonathan Williamson, would you be available? I can backup :)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> -Ton-
>>>>
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>>>> Ton Roosendaal  -  ton at blender.org   -   www.blender.org
>>>> Chairman Blender Foundation - Producer Blender Institute
>>>> Entrepotdok 57A  -  1018AD Amsterdam  -  The Netherlands
>>>>
>>>>
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