[arg_discuss] Weekly Informal IRC Chats

[Adrien MARIE]

hi all,

what about the moo cards ? does finally had someone decided anything ?

Adrien

On 18 Aug 2008, at 11:13, Gupfee wrote:


> Why is this option better than IRC on chat-sol?

>

> Marie

>

> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Wendy Despain <wendeth at wendydespain.com 

> >wrote:

>

>> One of the members of the Writing SIG set up this chat room:

>> http://chat.zakelro.com/

>>

>> The Writers use it on rare occasions, and would be happy to share.

>>

>> Wendy Despain

>> quantumcontent.com

>>

>>

>> On Mon, August 18, 2008 11:40 am, Andrea Phillips wrote:

>>> After the official SIG chat last night, which mainly dealt with Moo

>>> cards, a few people expressed disappointment that there wasn't  

>>> time to

>>> just talk about stuff that's on our minds. While there is

>>> off-the-record time to just chat after the agenda items are done,  

>>> this

>>> is a real, valid problem. So!

>>>

>>> I propose a rotating weekly chat on IRC (...or actually, Wendy has

>>> said she has a better platform, if she'll speak up?) This time would

>>> be good for the "Well, how do you price out your proposals?" and  

>>> "How

>>> much are you charging for X?" and "Say, what's the best freemail

>>> provider for Y?" and "Which blogging platform has been the most

>>> secure?" and "My GOD did you see what io9 said this time?!" kinds of

>>> discussions that a lot of people want to have, but not so many  

>>> people

>>> want to have recorded.

>>>

>>> We could time-shift this chat to start three hours later every time,

>>> to try to make it convenient for people around the globe. (Actually,

>>> there's no reason we can't keep a chat open all the time, and just

>>> remind people it's there every now and again. :) Not sure if  

>>> weekdays

>>> or weekends work better for more people, though.

>>>

>>> I arbitrarily say that the first of these informal chats will begin

>>> Thursday Aug. 21, at noon Eastern US time. That's 9am/09:00 on the

>>> West Coast, 5pm/17:00 in Britain, and 2am/02:00 in Sydney. (Sorry,

>>> Christy...)

>>>

>>> If you miss it, there's another one next week... but these  

>>> transcripts

>>> will NOT be posted to the list, to allow people a little more  

>>> latitude

>>> in what they say.

>>>

>>> Pending a better idea than IRC for the chat, I'll post join

>>> instructions again on Wednesday sometime.

>>>

>>> --

>>> Andrea Phillips

>>> http://www.deusexmachinatio.com

>>> Words * Culture * Interaction

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>>

>>

>> Wendy Despain

>> quantumcontent.com

>>

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