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briandc wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:02 am Anyway, my suggestion is that we arrange a specific meeting time that will work for most people. Then we can consider multiple times if people want to have an alternative time.
But having a chat room 24/7 doesn't help to get people together, imo.

briandc wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:02 am I dropped in last night; I saw someone's desktop briefly, and then they closed off.

Anyway, my suggestion is that we arrange a specific meeting time that will work for most people. Then we can consider multiple times if people want to have an alternative time.
But having a chat room 24/7 doesn't help to get people together, imo.

Can we come up with some possible times/days?
Personally my weekends are usually flexible. I'm on GMT +1, (Rome time).

Brian

Basslint wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:38 am

briandc wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:02 am Anyway, my suggestion is that we arrange a specific meeting time that will work for most people. Then we can consider multiple times if people want to have an alternative time.
But having a chat room 24/7 doesn't help to get people together, imo.

Yes, that's probably the best thing. To save bandwidth (and carbon emissions) and to make sure that people don't just pop in, see that nobody is around at that particular time and leave.

I think @Michael Willis had a good idea but we could set up two evening meetings, one for the west hemisphere and the other for the east hemisphere. Each meeting should last 3 hours to allow people from slightly different timezones to join. I think this solution would cover many cases, and if we do it on the weekends it would be even better because everyone from all over the world would have a good chance to join.

briandc wrote: ↑Mon Mar 08, 2021 2:14 pm Me too.
Here's a proposal: one meeting on Saturday and one on Sunday, from 6pm-9pm, GMT. (once a month?)

So for France, Italy, Germany, etc, 7-10pm.
For the US, 12pm-3pm (EST), 9am-12pm (PST). Etc...

I think the US goes on Daylight Savings Time next weekend though, so they have to add an hour.

Would this time work for anyone?

Also, can we use the same chat room as before? Or do they have to be created repeatedly?

brian

briandc wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 2:46 pm 6pm GMT this Saturday is fine for me too.

Anyone else?

Brian

oddy.o.lynx wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:47 pm why not open a Discord channel? and use that as a central meeting place

Michael Willis wrote: ↑Sat Mar 13, 2021 6:12 pm The time has come my little friends
To talk of other things
Of shoes and ships and ceiling wax
Of cabbagges and kings.