<div dir="ltr">Hi committee members,<div><br></div><div>Going by the results of the <a href="https://doodle.com/poll/c8tfkxtcqdpw8545" target="_blank">Doodle poll</a>, there is support for a few options. Let's go with next Monday 18th at 12pm AEDT. In all <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2017&month=12&day=18&hour=1&min=0&sec=0&p1=196&p2=47&p3=240&p4=57&p5=152&p6=396&p7=2095&p8=264">relevant time zones</a>:<div><br></div><div><table class="gmail-xpad gmail-border2" style="box-sizing:border-box;border-collapse:collapse;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);color:rgb(69,69,69);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><thead style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr class="gmail-head" style="box-sizing:border-box"><th style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:5px 9px;text-align:left">Location</th><th class="gmail-sep" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:5px 9px;text-align:left;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)">Local Time</th><th class="gmail-sep" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:5px 9px;text-align:left;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)">Time Zone</th><th class="gmail-sep" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:5px 9px;text-align:left;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)">UTC Offset</th></tr></thead><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr class="gmail-c0" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none"><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/australia/perth" title="Current local time in Perth" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(23,109,179);text-decoration-line:none">Perth</a> <span class="gmail-small" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12.6px">(Australia - Western Australia)</span></td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none">Monday, 18 December 2017 at 9:00:00 am</td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none"><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/awst" title="Australian Western Standard Time" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(23,109,179);text-decoration-line:none">AWST</a></td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none">UTC+8 hours</td></tr><tr class="gmail-c1" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:rgb(243,243,243);border-top:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);border-bottom:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none"><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/australia/brisbane" title="Current local time in Brisbane" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(23,109,179);text-decoration-line:none">Brisbane</a> <span class="gmail-small" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12.6px">(Australia - Queensland)</span></td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none">Monday, 18 December 2017 at 11:00:00 am</td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none"><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aest" title="Australian Eastern Standard Time" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(23,109,179);text-decoration-line:none">AEST</a></td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none">UTC+10 hours</td></tr><tr class="gmail-c0" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none"><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/australia/sydney" title="Current local time in Sydney" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(23,109,179);text-decoration-line:none">Sydney</a> <span class="gmail-small" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12.6px">(Australia - New South Wales)</span></td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none">Monday, 18 December 2017 at 12:00:00 noon</td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none"><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aedt" title="Australian Eastern Daylight Time" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(23,109,179);text-decoration-line:none">AEDT</a></td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none">UTC+11 hours</td></tr><tr class="gmail-c1" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:rgb(243,243,243);border-top:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);border-bottom:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none"><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/australia/canberra" title="Current local time in Canberra" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(23,109,179);text-decoration-line:none">Canberra</a> <span class="gmail-small" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12.6px">(Australia - Australian Capital Territory)</span></td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none">Monday, 18 December 2017 at 12:00:00 noon</td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none"><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aedt" title="Australian Eastern Daylight Time" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(23,109,179);text-decoration-line:none">AEDT</a></td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none">UTC+11 hours</td></tr><tr class="gmail-c0" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none"><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/australia/melbourne" title="Current local time in Melbourne" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(23,109,179);text-decoration-line:none">Melbourne</a> <span class="gmail-small" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12.6px">(Australia - Victoria)</span></td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none">Monday, 18 December 2017 at 12:00:00 noon</td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none"><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aedt" title="Australian Eastern Daylight Time" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(23,109,179);text-decoration-line:none">AEDT</a></td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none">UTC+11 hours</td></tr><tr class="gmail-c1" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:rgb(243,243,243);border-top:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);border-bottom:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none"><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/australia/hobart" title="Current local time in Hobart" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(23,109,179);text-decoration-line:none">Hobart</a> <span class="gmail-small" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12.6px">(Australia - Tasmania)</span></td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none">Monday, 18 December 2017 at 12:00:00 noon</td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none"><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aedt" title="Australian Eastern Daylight Time" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(23,109,179);text-decoration-line:none">AEDT</a></td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none">UTC+11 hours</td></tr><tr class="gmail-c0" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none"><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/new-zealand/palmerston-north" title="Current local time in Palmerston North" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(23,109,179);text-decoration-line:none">Palmerston North</a> <span class="gmail-small" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12.6px">(New Zealand)</span></td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none">Monday, 18 December 2017 at 2:00:00 pm</td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none"><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/nzdt" title="New Zealand Daylight Time" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(23,109,179);text-decoration-line:none">NZDT</a></td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none">UTC+13 hours</td></tr><tr class="gmail-c1" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:rgb(243,243,243);border-top:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);border-bottom:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none"><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/new-zealand/wellington" title="Current local time in Wellington" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(23,109,179);text-decoration-line:none">Wellington</a> <span class="gmail-small" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12.6px">(New Zealand)</span></td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none">Monday, 18 December 2017 at 2:00:00 pm</td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none"><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/nzdt" title="New Zealand Daylight Time" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(23,109,179);text-decoration-line:none">NZDT</a></td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none">UTC+13 hours</td></tr><tr class="gmail-c0" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none">Corresponding UTC (GMT)</td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none"><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20171218T0100" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(23,109,179);text-decoration-line:none">Monday, 18 December 2017 at 01:00:00</a></td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none"> </td><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:top;border:none"> <br><br></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br></div><div>Agenda:</div><div><ul style="font-size:12.8px"><li style="margin-left:15px">Decide on conference length</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Decide on dates</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Discuss roles, in the context of early priorities (see <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mU6beJA7NteqCNQ6iW7LpCL-06lwwxnESnvcRAY6nT8/edit#gid=0" target="_blank">timeline</a>, and please feel free to edit it)</li><li style="margin-left:15px">...?</li></ul></div><div class="gmail_extra">There is another thread on this mailing list discussing the conference length question - <b>it would be great to get more input there to help guide the discussion, please contribute your thoughts</b>.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">At the last meeting, it was agreed we'd continue to run with video meetings for now. I'll send out an invite to committee members to join a video linkup right before the meeting time. We could use Jitsi again if people are OK with that? We had trouble hearing one of the attendees last time, but I don't know if that was due to their bandwidth problems or the platform. Perhaps we go with Jitsi in the first instance, and have Google Hangouts as a backup.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">If you aren't currently on the <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ao1NsG-Qwq3ovn6LtQ29Z5iXr0cowyCmHSKMFy8XTiY">committee member list</a>, but wish to be, please make yourself known.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><b>If you have any additional agenda items, please chime in</b>. Looking forward to making this progress!</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Cheers</div><div class="gmail_extra">John</div></div></div></div>