timing Hi NW I just wondered aloud at the feedback page whether you and Lar have misunderstood the role of arbs I know you don t misunderstand it actually and I think our different slant on this revolves around our take on the relevance to the decision making of voters of wider topics in candidate responses On a more immediate practical matter you said This is a poor time of year for a lot of people first you have Thanksgiving weekend in the United States and then you have a massive uptake in work around December Can you assist by suggesting when is good and when is bad Is Nov Dec out I can t imagine anything but towards the end of the year would work and changing the dates of tenure of arbs would be a major shift talk