[arg_discuss] Next IRC Chat: Aug. 17

[David Flor]

Not that it bothers me (I'm in Miami, Florida - Eastern Time US), but 
isn't that like 1am for England? Don't we have quite a few people across 
the pond?

Tnx & Rgds...
David Flor ( dflor at dlimedia.com )
Darklight Interactive - http://www.dlimedia.com/

"Omne ignotum pro magnifico"

Andrea Phillips wrote:

> Hi, boys and girls! It's been a long time since we had a talk, hasn't

> it? So let's get back on the IRC bandwagon, shall we?

>

> I'm unilaterally calling for a SIG IRC chat on Sunday August 17, 2008

> at 6pm EST (U.S.), 3pm PST, 11pm BST, 8am Monday morning EST

> (Australia). Mark your calendars!

>

> Do let me know if I've embarrassingly picked a date that conflicts

> with some big conference everyone will be attending or some similar

> thing. If there's enough displeasure at my arbitrary date, I'm happy

> to reschedule.

>

> If you have items you'd like to see on the agenda, please let me know!

> Right now I've got nothin'.

>

> HOW TO GET ON IRC

>

> For those of us who may not be familiar with IRC, you first need to

> download a client such as mIRC for Windows (http://www.mirc.org/) or

> Colloquy for OSX (http://colloquy.info/downloads.html).

>

> When you have it downloaded and installed, you will need to connect to

> a server. Ours is irc.chat-solutions.org. The port you will need is

> the default, 6667. Once you have a connection to the server, you need

> to join the SIG chat channel, which is #arg_sig

>

> You may also use the Unfiction applet here: http://www.unfiction.com/chat/

>

> Just make sure to input #arg_sig into the channel field, plus your name & etc.

>

> If you've never used IRC before and you're a little worried, I'd

> encourage you to try it out ahead of time, it won't hurt anything. :)

> And feel free to email me if you're having trouble getting everything

> all set up.

>

> As always if you have anything you'd like to add to the agenda, or any

> other questions or comments, please post or email. Hope to see you all

> there!

>

>