Stream: CUDW 2020

Topic: Time zone poll

Pierre-Marie Pédrot (Oct 22 2020 at 12:24):

@all please fill in the following poll https://framadate.org/E4KjnDmLTceETOWw so that the organizers get an idea of the best time slots for the CUDW

Pierre-Marie Pédrot (Oct 22 2020 at 12:25):

All times are UTC and cover a 1-hour slot

Pierre-Marie Pédrot (Oct 22 2020 at 12:26):

Given the list of registered persons, it seems that most people are in the CEST timezone, and a few people are in the Eastern Time US timezone.

Pierre-Marie Pédrot (Oct 22 2020 at 12:27):

A priori that would hint for the CUDW to happen in the afternoon CEST-wise, but please fill in the poll so that we know if it's the most reasonable choice.

Théo Zimmermann (Oct 22 2020 at 12:30):

CEST means "Central European Summer Time". During CUDW, we won't be in this time band anymore...

Théo Zimmermann (Oct 22 2020 at 12:30):

So be careful when filling the poll that CET is actually UTC+1.

Karl Palmskog (Oct 22 2020 at 12:30):

CEST -> CET switch is this weekend

Pierre-Marie Pédrot (Oct 22 2020 at 12:32):

Right. Thankfully, the poll is UTC so that we don't have this kind of problem.

Théo Zimmermann (Oct 22 2020 at 12:34):

Yeah, but people have been used to communicating their time zone during summer period (e.g. as UTC+2) and should be aware that they need to be careful here.

Paolo Giarrusso (Oct 22 2020 at 18:11):

and TIL the US DST switch is _next_ weekend, just to mix up time differences.

Karl Palmskog (Oct 23 2020 at 23:25):

based on current poll results, we would basically go full on CET workday (say, 10am CET - 5pm CET).

Karl Palmskog (Oct 23 2020 at 23:28):

my opinion of what we should do: accept that we are CET biased. Try to accommodate preferences of small minority in US timezones within reason by having workgroups/topics relevant to them during afternoons CET time. Anyone in other timezones is unfortunately out of luck.

Karl Palmskog (Nov 16 2020 at 13:49):

@Pierre-Marie Pédrot any decision about the timezone thing? (Not so long until November 30 anymore)

Pierre-Marie Pédrot (Nov 16 2020 at 14:27):

As you advocated, I think we should go for a CET schedule

Pierre-Marie Pédrot (Nov 16 2020 at 14:28):

For some reason the poll seems to have missed its intended audience, i.e. anybody not living in the CET TZ

Karl Palmskog (Nov 16 2020 at 14:29):

that part of the community seems more active on Coq-Club

Karl Palmskog (Nov 16 2020 at 14:35):

so let me suggest an announcement with exact hours there (and a small update on the Discourse)

Karl Palmskog (Nov 16 2020 at 14:36):

I think quite a few in CET have also said they are willing to hang around a bit after the official workday is over

Pierre-Marie Pédrot (Nov 16 2020 at 14:44):

I've added a post on the discourse.

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