[Baypiggies] Fw: Re: 2006 Meeting Schedule

[Shannon -jj Behrens]

On 7/27/06, Dennis Reinhardt <DennisR at dair.com> wrote:
> At 09:37 AM 7/27/2006, Marilyn Davis wrote:
>
> >I'm totally sure that Dennis was just throwing out ideas, and this was a
> >silly one.  It surprised me too. My guess is that it was motivated by the
> >desire to not restrict the Ironport meetings from happening when the
> >Google meetings happen, if that's the time the Ironport people want to meet.
>
> I was simply exploring how bad it would be if we failed to set up a
> no-conflict schedule.  Eliminating conflict is the desired outcome.
>
> >The meetings simply cannot be simultaneous.
>
> Without addressing which site actually moves, lets try to find desirable
> alternate times.  This is necessary because our hosts may (probably will)
> encounter room booking conflicts.  Here is a list of alternatives, in what
> I perceive to be ranking order, for comment:
>
>          1. 2nd Thur   0 days from present meeting time
>          2. 1st Thur   -7 days
>          3. 3rd Thur   +7 days
>          4. 1st Tue    -9 days
>          5. 1st Wed    -8 days
>          6. 3rd Wed    +6 days
>          7. 3rd Tue    +5 days
>
>
> There is no 4th week as there is contention with Thanksgiving and
> Christmas.  The other 4 days of the week have problems and I have avoided
> listing them as alternatives.
>
> One possibility here is that in 2007 *both* sites change days so we meet on
> 1st Thur at one location and 3rd Thur at the other.  Flip a coin who gets
> which date.  For now, lets get through 2006 with the least booking impact.

Well, before we keep spinning more cycles, perhaps I can kill this
conversation quickly; Is anyone going to be *upset* if I suggest we
just drop IronPort and hold all meetings at Google?  Google is a nice
place.  I don't mind the drive to Google all that much.

IronPort can probably step up at another time if we need a room again.
 Remember, IronPort and Google both stepped up at the same time
because we were afraid of having *no* room when we lost Stanford.
It's not all that important to have more than one room.

So, if you're going to be upset if we drop IronPort, speak now or
forever hold your peace.

(By the way, if you're only hesitation is lack of public transit, I'm
sure many of us, myself included, will offer you a ride given you can
get to a nearby BART station.)

Best Regards,
-jj