Re: New poll for ukha_d

[Calum Morrell <calum@xxxxxxx>]

Phil ... yes ... but no!

Yes I agree IRC requires real time meetings .... but these can be
arranged if necessary if there specific to something rather than just
chatting. It's a compliment to email, not a replacement ... but it is
beneficial when groups of people need t  discuss something ... email
*does* clog the lists and can take a long time to host a short
disscusion. A meeting on IRC can have the scripts recorded which can
then be edited [if neccesary] and posted as a single email t  the list,
thus reducing traffic and ensuring no one is left out :-)

instant messengers and related chat functions however are more of a
problem ... I would suggest email complimented by IRC as there are many
free clients for just about every OS under the sun.

Phil, stop apologising please, it's easy t  select the first entry and
shift select the last then press <del> ;-)

Phil Harris wrote:

> Looking at it with my sensible hat on ... there's a lot of people get
a lot
> of usefull information from the group. IRC isn't going t  work s  well
as it
> depends on a conversation taking place in real time rather than via
email
> where the two parties can leave and join a "conversation" as
they feel like
> it and others can join in when they feel they have something t 
contribute.
>
> If people have been put off the group by last nights sillyness then
I'm
> afraid thats my fault and rather than them consider going elsewhere
for
> information (which I really don't think they'll get as good support
> elsewhere as people give here) *OR* consider fragmenting the list over
int
> IRC where I think lots of good information will get missed I'll go
walkabout
> for a bit and let people breathe a little easier that they won't get
floods
> of my conversations.
>
> Basically I think it will detract from the groups ability t  jump in
on
> conversations or contribute after the fact if this group was t  split
int
> an IRC section and an email based section.
>
>
> Phil
>
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