Your manager has asked you to provide suggestions from your department with regard to the company’s policy on flex time. These suggestions will be taken seriously and have a strong chance of being adopted.

You are in a position to call a meeting of key people in your department to discuss the issue.

Two of the most vocal members of the department have diametrically opposed positions on flex time. One of them (whose position on the issue is different from yours) will be out of the office for a week, and you could call the meeting while he is gone. What do you do?