18-05-2024, 05:42 AM
Voynich Ninja has the Member List disabled (I checked) but I wonder if there is a way to get a list of the locations and/or time zones, though not the usernames or any other user information, for all the most active members currently. Such a list, coupled with each speaker's time zone, might help optimize scheduling for both speakers and most likely attendees.
However, not every user will have a location identified or their time zone selected. Alternatively, I suppose I could poll the membership as to what time they could attend VM Day live events to get a range of optimal scheduling times (and gauge attendee willingness to participate outside their comfort zone). Those who respond wouldn't be the only attendees but they might be the target audience. We won't be able to accommodate everyone but perhaps we can accommodate the speaker plus a broad selection of closest time zones and hopefully without having Koen awake and hosting 24/7.
For many years now, I have been using a site called You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. whenever I have time zone questions. They have a an You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and a meeting planner page where you can input all the locations representing your meeting audience so you can optimize the meeting time. Here is the link with a table that represents a global audience for VM Day (starting 3 August and ending 5 August):
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Wikipedia also has a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. with a time zone map to help visualize:
![[Image: World_Time_Zones_Map.png]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/World_Time_Zones_Map.png)
If we schedule VM Day live events for 10:00am to 5:00pm UTC (instead of CEST), that may be an optimal range. If I do a multiple choice poll, I could reference timeanddate and Wikipedia to aid everyone in their poll selections. Or I could suggest the UTC range with options for members to say yes, no or maybe if that would work for them.
However, not every user will have a location identified or their time zone selected. Alternatively, I suppose I could poll the membership as to what time they could attend VM Day live events to get a range of optimal scheduling times (and gauge attendee willingness to participate outside their comfort zone). Those who respond wouldn't be the only attendees but they might be the target audience. We won't be able to accommodate everyone but perhaps we can accommodate the speaker plus a broad selection of closest time zones and hopefully without having Koen awake and hosting 24/7.
For many years now, I have been using a site called You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. whenever I have time zone questions. They have a an You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and a meeting planner page where you can input all the locations representing your meeting audience so you can optimize the meeting time. Here is the link with a table that represents a global audience for VM Day (starting 3 August and ending 5 August):
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Wikipedia also has a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. with a time zone map to help visualize:
If we schedule VM Day live events for 10:00am to 5:00pm UTC (instead of CEST), that may be an optimal range. If I do a multiple choice poll, I could reference timeanddate and Wikipedia to aid everyone in their poll selections. Or I could suggest the UTC range with options for members to say yes, no or maybe if that would work for them.
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