1. Confirm every attendee's local time
Render the proposed slot in each attendee's local time using the meeting planner. If anyone lands before 08:00 or after 18:00 local, escalate before sending.
Scheduling checklist
Operational meeting scheduling checklist
Most meeting failures happen before the invite is sent. This checklist runs in under two minutes and catches the silent issues — wrong DST week, working-hours conflict, missing recording default — that cost the most.
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2. Check the DST week
If the meeting falls in the two weeks where US and EU DST switches differ, the time shifts by an hour for one side. Confirm against the world clock before sending.
3. Check regional holidays
Run the business-days calculator against the team's holiday list. A meeting on a regional holiday gets quietly skipped — usually by the most important attendee.
4. Decide the recording default upfront
Any cross-region meeting where one side is dialing in outside 08:00–18:00 local should record by default. Set it before the invite goes out, not after the first complaint.
5. Pin to the workspace
Save the slot and group to the workspace so the next iteration restores in one click. Recurring invites compound only when they're restored, not rebuilt.
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Frequently asked
How long should the checklist take?⌄
Under two minutes once the team's city group is saved. The first run takes longer because you're building the substrate; every run after that is fast.
Do I need to run it for every meeting?⌄
For recurring slots, run it once and re-audit monthly. For one-off cross-region meetings, every time — that's where silent failures hide.
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