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
>
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