Re: *** ADMIN: Online chat

[David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark S. Waterbury wrote:
> My main concern is, if many people who regularly participate in these 
> lists (MIDRANGE-L, etc.) start using this new chat room, they will be 
> chatting with each other, and the rest of us will not benefit from any 
> knowledge shared in the chat room, that would normally be shared via 
> these lists, because the exchange of information in a "chat room" is 
> only available to those who are "in" the "chat room" at that time, and 
> if someone is busy chatting, they might not want to take the extra 
> effort to also post a (redundant) e-mail to the list...

Well, considering the general activity of the chat room, that's not
really a major concern.  The three of us who are in there on a regular
basis tend to just shoot he breeze most of the time.

> What are the goals of having this chat room?

Well, it's more a social experiment than anything else.

If serious technical discussions start ... I'll probably post a
transcript of the chat to a list or the imho blog.

If I can find a suitable web client, I might start some scheduled chats
with directed topics.

david