Thanks for the reminder. This stuff only takes a few seconds, but really helps everyone with scheduling, so please take a minute or two to mark your time on the calendars. :-)
Dan On 1 December 2015 at 07:52, Kevin Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > A reminder to all of you who use google calendar to track your work > events: Please keep it updated, especially for the next month and a half. > > 1. For days you are taking off (holiday, vacation, or other), please > create an all-day event indicating that. Be sure to edit it to "busy", > because all-day events default to "available", meaning they are invisible > when someone is considering scheduling you into a meeting. > > 1b. For extra protection, you can also create yourself a meeting that > spans your entire workday. That makes it even more obvious that you will be > out, so makes it less likely that someone will accidentally schedule you > into something. This extra step is totally optional. (I don't do it myself.) > > 2. Please RSVP accurately to meetings, with either a yes or no (or maybe). > It's always very helpful to know who is planning to attend, but it's even > more important in this season of taking time off, because some meetings > can/should be canceled or rescheduled if enough people will miss them. > > 3. Don't forget to indicate your unavailability while traveling as well, > by blocking off entire days (remember to mark them "busy"), or specific > chunks of time. You can set those "private" to avoid exposing your specific > travel plans publicly. > > Thanks, and happy winter to all! > > > Kevin Smith > Agile Coach, Wikimedia Foundation > > > _______________________________________________ > discovery mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/discovery > > -- Dan Garry Lead Product Manager, Discovery Wikimedia Foundation
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