[Glastonbury] chat room

[Martin Biggs]

Hi people,

    I have been considering the recent emails on this list about us 
appearing elitist on the list; while new members that attend the 
meetings have said that we are a friendly and helpfully bunch.  On the 
list, it probably stems from us not being able to converse about the 
problem and gauge the level of knowledge the person with the problem 
has.  It also makes it more difficult for newbies to ask question about 
parts of the answer they did not understand; and for us to lead somebody 
step by step through a problem.

On the other hand, the ideal place to answer these questions and 
converse about problems, the meetings, only happen once a month. 

I have been considering this, and think I have come up with a solution 
that will let us converse about problems more and talk people through 
problems.  It will also help new members get to know us and work out we 
are just normal people that happen to use Linux and are happy to help 
people with not as much experience.

I have set up a irc channel that I think would be both useful to help 
solve, and talk people through, problems.  It could also help us to get 
to know each other better and work out each persons area of expertise.  
As I am sure that everyone of us knows something or has solved a problem 
that somebody has not worked out yet.

I have set up the channel #lugog on server irc.lug.org.uk (which uses 
the Blitzed network).  Hopefully I will see you there.

Martin Biggs