Hi Nicholas, This seems to only work for New York time? I was studying on a nice simple diagram too. Nice to look at in a couple of days.
Just for now - next meeting is on the 9th at 10 AM Los Angeles time. And a happy 2016 for everyone! -Ton- -------------------------------------------------------- Ton Roosendaal - [email protected] - www.blender.org Chairman Blender Foundation - Producer Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A - 1018AD Amsterdam - The Netherlands > On 30 Dec, 2015, at 21:13, Nicholas Rishel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Since the new schedule isn't as predictable as weekly on a Sunday I spun up > a quick Google Calendar > <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=cqqj4ohm2oaeceenhmghbf28t8%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York> > . > > On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 4:16 PM xglasyliax . <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello folks. >> >> I haven't actively done any coding for Blender since Tears of Steel, so >> perhaps I'm more well known as the FreeBSD build guy. >> >> One of the major difficulties I faced while trying to code anything >> significant to Blender was in fact the time zone issue. (I'm in the same >> timezone as Chicago, IL USA) >> >> Weekly meetings were/are always during Church for me, so I was never to >> attend them. It also proved difficult that during my most free/productive >> "after work" hours, many of the devs were no longer available via IRC due >> to it being middle of the night for the bulk of them. I distinctly recall >> it being tough enough that when Campbell took over for me the coding of a >> part I was working on, it came as nothing but a huge relief. This was due >> to my inability to discuss things during hours conducive to the majority of >> devs. Perhaps that was partially just my limited view of the times, and my >> lack of knowledge of who I could ask questions to about certain parts of >> code, but it was a real difficulty for me. >> >> So, now we get this very exciting email about meeting rotation... >> >> Being able to attend weekly/bi-weekly meetings would be wonderful! This new >> schedule would be a big difference maker for me personally, and it's the >> most exciting email (for me) in the bf-commiters mail in a long time. I do >> read them all, and long for the days when I was helping contribute to >> Blender something more significant than compiling a binary every once in a >> while. >> >> Thank you Ton and the Blender community. >> >> 2015-12-29 13:00 GMT-06:00 Bastien Montagne <[email protected]>: >> >>> 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- >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------- >>>> Ton Roosendaal - [email protected] - www.blender.org >>>> Chairman Blender Foundation - Producer Blender Institute >>>> Entrepotdok 57A - 1018AD Amsterdam - The Netherlands >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 29 Dec, 2015, at 15:34, Jonathan Williamson <[email protected] >>> >>> 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 <[email protected]> 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 - [email protected] - www.blender.org >>>>>> Chairman Blender Foundation - Producer Blender Institute >>>>>> Entrepotdok 57A - 1018AD Amsterdam - The Netherlands >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 29 Dec, 2015, at 13:14, Ton Roosendaal <[email protected]> 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- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> Ton Roosendaal - [email protected] - www.blender.org >>>>>>> Chairman Blender Foundation - Producer Blender Institute >>>>>>> Entrepotdok 57A - 1018AD Amsterdam - The Netherlands >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Bf-committers mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Bf-committers mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Bf-committers mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Bf-committers mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bf-committers mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
