[Go] Dates for next GOC meeting - weekends?

[Mike Cherry]

To me the issue of week day or week end is an issue for those paying  
the airfare.  The difference in airfare is really trivial compared  
with your salary and other expenses for the project.  I pay the extra  
amount so my group can be home for the weekend.  Of course anyone that  
wants to stay over until Sunday can but its not required.  I have to  
work during the week whether the meeting is on the weekend or not.   
Plus I cannot make up the time with my family as they work and school  
during the week.

-Mike


On Jan 9, 2009, at 10:31 AM, Suzanna Lewis wrote:

> It is really in Doug's hands now. Or should I say, the  
> practicalities of what space is available and when.
>
> For what it's worth, I'm personally neutral on mid-week vs. weekends  
> (my kids are grown up now), but think cost must be a consideration.
>
> On Jan 9, 2009, at 10:22 AM, D'Eustachio, Peter wrote:
>
>> Would moving the meeting to Mon-Wed, or Wed-Fri (rather than Tue- 
>> Thu, maximally far from any weekend) be helpful to minimize travel  
>> expense / extra time wasted?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: go-bounces at genome.stanford.edu [mailto:go-bounces at genome.stanford.edu 
>> ] On Behalf Of Judith Blake
>> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 10:57 AM
>> To: Jane Lomax
>> Cc: go at genome.stanford.edu
>> Subject: Re: [Go] Dates for next GOC meeting
>>
>> Hi Jane,
>>
>> I think there are (or have been) flights now that don’t depend on  
>> the Saturday night stay over.  In general, I think, people like to  
>> be home on weekends and work during the week.  I know that I, we,  
>> work weekends and travel weekends, but I myself am trying to  
>> influence planning, such as I can, to allow people to be home  
>> weekends.
>>
>> Judy
>>
>>
>> On 1/9/09 9:09 AM, "Jane Lomax" <jane at ebi.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Is there any reason we don't have meetings over the weekends any  
>> more?
>> We always used to. Over this side of the Atlantic we have the  
>> problem of
>> needing a Saturday night stay to get reasonably priced flights...
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Jane
>>
>> On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Judith Blake wrote:
>>
>> > Hi  All,
>> >
>> > The next GOC meeting will be hosted by ZFIN / Doug Howe and will  
>> be held in Oregon.
>> >
>> > The dates are March 31st to April 2nd. That's 1.5 days of GOC, 0.5
>> > break, and 1 day for ref. genome.
>> >
>> > Please hold these date.  Further details to follow.
>> >
>> > ************
>> >
>> > The tentative dates/plan for the fall GOC meeting are
>> >
>> > Sept 23-25; to be held in Cambridge UK; will include SAB meeting.
>> >
>> > Judy/go-PIs
>> >
>> >
>>
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