On 13-Oct-2005, at 20:35, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote:
How about adding that the mean outdoor temperature at the time of the
year the meeting is being held should be above 0 degrees Centigrade?
References to climate conditions outside the meeting venue have no
place in this document, in my opinion; they belong in the orthogonal
realm of holiday planning.
However, in the interests of community education, perhaps some
operational data on the effect of cold winter climates on
mollycoddled, temperate-dwelling wimps might be instructive.
Test subject was born and partially raised in the north island of New
Zealand, and now lives in south-western Ontario, Canada. This is by
no means a cold place by Canadian standards; mean minimum daily
temperatures in January and February are only -10C, and it never
normally gets much colder than about -25C (although it feels
substantially colder if it's windy).
Extensive climate-related fear was confirmed to exist in the test
subject before moving to Canada, together with mild incomprehension
at large negative numbers purporting to represent outside air
temperature.
However, subsequent experimentation suggests that the magic boundary
between cold and "you need proper clothing or you will get injured"
for non-trivial periods of time spent outside is somewhere around
-15C. For brief trips outside (house to car, car to office) the
boundary is much lower, perhaps around -25C.
Test subject also had occasion to fly from Auckland to Halifax, Nova
Scotia in early March, (i.e. from southern summer to northern winter)
where he got off the plane wearing a t-shirt, sandals and shorts.
Sandals are no longer recommended for negotiation of snow-covered
walking surfaces, and t-shirts are now considered insufficient
protection against blowing snow. For the experimental record, however
subject did not die; nor did he lose any limbs or digits. He got a
lot of hard stares from people, though. More so than usual, even.
Joe
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