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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anne Gentle" <annegentle at justwriteclick.com>
> To: "David Cramer" <david.cramer at rackspace.com>
> Cc: "Steve Gordon" <sgordon at redhat.com>, openstack-docs at lists.openstack.org
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 12:09:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [Openstack-docs] Update docs project meeting frequency?
> 
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 10:56 AM, David Cramer
> <david.cramer at rackspace.com>wrote:
> 
> > On 08/13/2013 10:28 AM, Steve Gordon wrote:
> > ...
> > > I'd like to propose that we move to meeting fortnightly (every two
> > weeks). Many other OpenStack projects meet weekly but I think switching
> > gears straight from monthly to weekly would be too much, at least
> > initially. I'd be interested in hearing the thoughts of others however.
> > Please respond indicating whether you would prefer to:
> > >
> > > a) Move to meeting weekly.
> > >
> > > b) Move to meeting fortnightly.
> > >
> > > c) Stay with meeting monthly.
> > >
> > > As above my initial vote is for (b)
> >
> 
> As is mine.
> 
> Or d) meet at 2 different times alternating weeks. Too complex? Yes. I have
> a hard enough time getting to the early ones when the time changes as you
> all know. :)

I'm somewhat wary of this approach for similar reasons.

> > +1 and perhaps the new meetings could be at an alternative time? The
> > current time is difficult for me to make.
> >
> 
> Hi David, the only overlap with Australia and China is either early morning
> for us or early evening for us. So 7 or 8 am or 7, 8, or 9 pm are about it.
> Given my evening schedule I'd prefer mornings.

Indeed, finding suitable overlapping timeslots for these geos is troublesome, and we do have a growing number of contributors in APAC. It's good to periodically send out a whenisgood (or equivalent) survey to check what times suit the most contributors but my gut feeling is right now this timeslot is about as good as it's going to get.

Thanks,

Steve