> Doesn't fix time zones though let me see if i can push you just a little bit out of the box. a small step. there are two time slots in the day which work for what i call three continent calls, apac, emea/africa, noam/alyc. each day a different wg meets in one of those two slots of *their* choice. thus the ietf 'meeting' is smeared over three months. rough example. not adjusted for 'summer' time and other details UTC 22:00 CET 23:00 JST 07:00+1 PST 14:00 EST 17:00 UTC 14:00 CET 15:00 JST 23:00 PST 06:00 EST 09:00 > which is why primacy of email remains essential IMNSHO. email is good randy