Re: working and scheduling

[quills -at- airmail -dot- net]

WE usually go with the majority of attendees. It's figured out before 
the meeting is scheduled, then that standard is followed. If you 
can't attend for one reason or another, you respond in the manner to 
let them know why and suggest an alternative.

Scott

At 10:26 AM -0500 12/15/08, McLauchlan, Kevin wrote:
>Many companies use Outlook Calendar or similar enterprise-wide systems
>to allow people to schedule meetings and conference calls around
>participants' busy schedules. Ours is one. I assume that many
>techwhirlers are in the same boat.
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>Now, what happens when your US-headquartered company spans the globe,
>and people in India want to set up a conference involving several North
>American employees?  If it works the way it does in our company, most of
>us North Americans have 9-5 local time either scheduled or free, but
>everything between 17h00 every evening and 08:30 the next day looks wide
>open. Fair game.
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>So far, only a couple of Product Managers at my company have their
>calendars showing explicit unavailability for sleep hours, phone-only
>for commuting times, and "busy" for their hockey or squash games and
>their kids' recitals.
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>Are any of you being encouraged to block out your calendars on a 24/7
>basis?
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>What happens when the corporation is Indian or Korean or Chinese or
>Japanese or... and the branch office is in the US or Canada? 
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>I assume that as much interaction as possible occurs via e-mail, but
>many people still insist on meetings/conference-calls to come to actual
>decisions.
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>Any trends emerging?
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>I suppose, I also wonder if contractors get to deal with
>middle-of-the-night conferencing.
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>-          Kevin
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