[Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2008 date & first IRC public meeting

[phoebe ayers]

On Dec 10, 2007 12:53 PM, Cary Bass <cbass at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> SJ Klein wrote:
> > On Mon, 10 Dec 2007, Cary Bass wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Anirudh wrote:
> >>
> >>> IDear all,
> >>>
> >>> It is going to be pretty late in the night for most of the Asians. (
> >>> 11:30 PM IST ) Wouldn't it be possible to come to a consensus via
> >>> discussion so that most of us would be able to comfortably attend the
> >>> meeting? Just a thought.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> We held the last bidding meeting at 15:00 UTC, which seemed to work for
> >> almost everyone in the world.  I think it would suck for Alaska, Hawaii
> >> and Fiji--but the rest...
> >>
> >
> > It's not so hot for Australia; nor even for Japan & San Francisco.  SJ
> >
> >
> >
> Not so hot but manageable for all of them.  Yes, it's early for San
> Francisco...we'll have to learn to wake up real early :)
>
> --
> Cary

Yes, this is true -- 15:00UTC might be better than 16:00 UTC:

- 11pm Taipei
- 5:00 pm Cairo
- 7:00 am SF
- 10:00 am Boston
- 4:00 pm Frankfurt
- 3:00 pm London
- 8:30 pm Dehli
- midnight Tokyo
- 6:00 am Anchorage ;)

As for getting up early for IRC meetings -- welcome to the west coast! ;)