The stand-up is a daily meeting on the AMERS desk to discuss new ideas, workshop graphics, communicate progress and ask for support.
The stand-up runs Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. The joint Westside Graphics meeting with EMEA takes the place of stand-up on Wednesday. There is no meeting Friday.
...depends on the day.
On Monday and Tuesday, the median stand-up should take 30 mins or less. The editor on-call will pick two pitches from the daily pitches to discuss (10 mins). Then we'll give brief updates on what we're working on and ask for any support needed (~15-20 mins).
Thursday's stand-up will take longer. We'll review all pitches from the week and workshop medium or longer-turn graphics together.
... from the newsroom are always welcome to stand-up to discuss story ideas. If you have someone you'd like to bring, simply forward them the invite for the meeting occurance and be sure to drop a line in the Global Graphics channel to let the team know we'll have company.
... is absolutely OK. Please let the editor on call know you won't be there and get on with your day. Missing many stand-ups is usually something that needs a conversation.