conference call start time

[Martin W Sachs/Watson/IBM <mwsachs@us.ibm.com>]

FYI

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Martin W. Sachs
IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
P. O. B. 704
Yorktown Hts, NY 10598
914-784-7287;  IBM tie line 863-7287
Notes address:  Martin W Sachs/Watson/IBM
Internet address:  mwsachs @ us.ibm.com
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---------------------- Forwarded by Martin W Sachs/Watson/IBM on 09/11/2000
01:44 PM ---------------------------

Christopher Ferris <chris.ferris@east.sun.com> on 09/11/2000 10:28:07 AM

To:   Martin W Sachs/Watson/IBM@IBMUS
cc:
Subject:  Re: today's conference call



I would prefer 4 pm as I have a previous commitment alternate
wednesdays until 3 pm.

Chris

Martin W Sachs/Watson/IBM wrote:
>
> Mark,
>
> As I believe I mentioned, the 4 p.m. start time was worked out during the
> team meeting on Friday, Aug. 11 during the San Jose ebXML meeting.
> Participants in the discussion included people from a range of home bases
> from the US West Coast to Japan, spanning  17 time zones.  4 pm was
viewed
> as the "solution of least pain".  4 pm on the US East Coast equates to 6
am
> in Japan if my arithmetic is not faulty.  People from Europe did not
> complain about late evening and perhaps there was no one present from
> Singapore etc.  We also attempted to work around the attendees' fixed
> committments such as other ebXML conference calls.
>
> To everyone on the list:  Mark Crawford is requesting an earlier start
time
> for the conference calls.  I believe that he would be satisfied with 2 pm
> US eastern time.  I have no personal problem with the calls being
Wednesday
> 2 pm instead of 4 pm.  To reduce the number of variables, let's consider
> only Wednesday.  Please let me know if Wednesday 2 pm US Eastern Time is
or
> is not satisfactory.  If I do not receive responses, I will assume that 2
> pm is satisfactory.
>
> In order to give people a reasonably time to reply, I am not going to
> change the time of this week's call.  It will be at 4 pm US Eastern Time
> Wednesday per the previous announcement.
>
> Regards,
> Marty
>
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>
> Martin W. Sachs
> IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
> P. O. B. 704
> Yorktown Hts, NY 10598
> 914-784-7287;  IBM tie line 863-7287
> Notes address:  Martin W Sachs/Watson/IBM
> Internet address:  mwsachs @ us.ibm.com
>
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>
> mcrawfor@lmi.org on 09/11/2000 12:55:32 AM
>
> To:   ebxml-tp@lists.ebxml.org
> cc:
> Subject:  Re[2]: Re[2]:today's conference call
>
> Marty,
>
> Please advise when minutes and attendance roster from first conference
call
> will
> be available.
>
> Not to beat a dead horse, but I am afraid I just don't understand how a 4
> p.m.
> EST start time which equates to a 4 a.m. start time in Japan (and even
> earlier
> start times in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, et al) is more beneficial to
> facilitating Asia participation.  And oh by the way, what about europe
> where 4
> p.m. equates to 9 p.m. or later.
>
>     Mark
> Mark Crawford
> Research Fellow
> E-business Strategies
> ______
> LMI Logistics Management Institute
> 2000 Corporate Ridge, McLean, VA 22102-7805
> (703) 917-7177   Fax (703) 917-7518
> mcrawfor@lmi.org
> http://www.lmi.org
> "Opportunity is what you make of it"
>
> ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> Subject:    Re: Re[2]:today's conference call
> Author: "Martin W Sachs/Watson/IBM" <mwsachs@us.ibm.com>
> Date:       9/6/00 9:26 AM
>
> Mark,
>
> I am unwilling to cut out the possibility of Asian participation in the
> calls on the basis of attendance on the first call.  There were certainly
> Asian people at the team meeting on the last day of the San Jose meeting
> who argued for a time which permits their participation.
>
> If you would like, please send me an email requesting the time change and
I
> will post it to the TP list for comments.
>
> By copy of this note, I am asking Karl Best to check into why you have
been
> unable to subscribe to the TP list.  I am assuming that your subscribe
> request appeared to be successful.
>
> Regards,
> Marty
>
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>
> *****
>
> Martin W. Sachs
> IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
> P. O. B. 704
> Yorktown Hts, NY 10598
> 914-784-7287;  IBM tie line 863-7287
> Notes address:  Martin W Sachs/Watson/IBM
> Internet address:  mwsachs @ us.ibm.com
>
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>
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>
> mcrawfor@lmi.org on 09/06/2000 11:20:13 AM
>
> To:   Martin W Sachs/Watson/IBM@IBMUS
> cc:   <rawlins@metronet.com>
> Subject:  Re[2]:today's conference call
>
> Marty,
> The question was who participated, and if there was no asian
participation
> (as
> was the case for all Requirements conference calls) then why not
accomodate
> those that do wish to participate?  As for posting to list, I would love
to
> do
> so, but continue to be precluded by the ebXML listserve from any
postings.
>     Mark
> Mark Crawford
> Research Fellow
> E-business Strategies
> ______
> LMI Logistics Management Institute
> 2000 Corporate Ridge, McLean, VA 22102-7805
> (703) 917-7177   Fax (703) 917-7518
> mcrawfor@lmi.org
> http://www.lmi.org
> "Opportunity is what you make of it"

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