[arg_discuss] Next IRC Chat: Aug. 17

[Andrea Phillips]

As I figure it, 11pm in Britain. It's a tricky thing trying to find a
time that works for people in the U.K. and in Australia; I know we've
got both on the list...

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 1:31 PM, David Flor <dflor at dlimedia.com> wrote:

> 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!

>>

>>

>

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