[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Next community meeting is 14 September 2012, 17:00 UTC+0

[Kathy Lussier]

I first got my feet wet in Evergreen IRC using the 
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=evergreen web gateway.

Kathy

Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
klussier at masslnc.org
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier

On 8/30/2012 2:35 PM, David Busby wrote:
> One issue I've noticed with non-tech's getting into IRC is the barrier
> of software install/configure/use, not so much the chatting part.
> Would a web-browser accessible chat solution help those non-techs?  I
> am more than willing to host/point a qwebirc instance to #evergreen -
> non-tech's would just visit something like:
> http://chat.edoceo.com/#evergreen  Thoughts?
>
> --
> David Busby
> Edoceo, Inc.
> http://edoceo.com/
> 206.282.6500
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre at galecia.com> wrote:
>> Just an FYI about IRC, there are plenty of people who don't participate in
>> the community meetings because it is on IRC too.  Not that I'm lobbying at
>> this time to change the format (as I've already addressed) but I think IRC
>> is a big leap for many people (despite how incredibly easy and
>> straight-forward it seems to all you developers out there!)  Every group is
>> going to have a different level of comfort with different communciation
>> methods.
>>
>> It is true that a WebEx style meeting might reach the broadest range of
>> community members.  Maybe Skype or Google HangOut too.
>>
>> Lori
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Thomas Berezansky <tsbere at mvlc.org> wrote:
>>> I question how those who can't participate via IRC (assuming that is a
>>> goal here) and those who can't participate via the conference call will
>>> interact with each other.
>>>
>>> Not that I am sure I would be attending either way, but I am much more
>>> likely to participate in IRC than on a conference call.
>>>
>>> Thomas Berezansky
>>> Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Quoting Jason Etheridge <jason at esilibrary.com>:
>>>
>>>>> Any objections to having this meeting on conference call in parallel to
>>>>> the IRC?
>>>>
>>>> I don't like the idea, but I don't necessarily object.  Worth trying
>>>> new things and learning from the results. :)
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jason Etheridge
>>>>   | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts
>>>>   | phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
>>>>   | email:  jason at esilibrary.com
>>>>   | web:  http://www.esilibrary.com
>>>>   | Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org &
>>>> http://evergreen-ils.org
>>>>
>>>