Would anyone be interested in Chatting about a specific topic?

[Aaron]

I was thinking it might be nice to have a chat session about a specific topic once a week at a scheduled time. In particular I was hoping to have it on Thursdays at 9PM EST so the west coast and east coast could make it, and have it last an hour to an hour and a half. We would probably need a bit of moderation, at least to prevent people from talking over one and another and also require that people stay on topic. Anyways I thought it would be cool.

 

Some other ideas....

 

1) Have three topics suggested in the Chat thread prior to the date, the one that got the most response would be the chosen topic.

 

2) Maybe schedule some Q&A's with some of the teachers about a specific aspect of their practice, using the voice chat option for the speaker if it's not too hard to set up and having the questions chosen (from a range of ones posed in the thread) prior to the date, so the moderator would pose the questions chosen before the date to the speaker.

 

3) Make it a regular thing... I would like to see chat being used more often. It's an excellent opportunity to get to know one another and broaden the community.

 

4) No grammar police allowed.

 

Any other ideas would be welcome... these were just my (non-)original thoughts.

 

Aaron

Edited April 10, 2012 by Twinner

[thelerner]

Great idea. Personally I think writing tends to be less chaotic then audio chat. On the other hand having some of the teachers here lecture would be ideal for audio.

 

We should see how it evolves, whether weekends or week days are better, keeping it open ended or staying with defined subjects.

 

If you're interested in Wednesday (damn meant to write Thursday, Wed is my writing group) 9 eastern time, weigh in on how you'd like things to go.

Edited April 11, 2012 by thelerner

[Cat Pillar]

I think it would be awesome to get some traffic in the chat room. I've jumped in there every now and then, but I never see anyone around.

 

Thursday nights I probably wouldn't be able to make it, Wednesdays might be doable though.

 

I would LOVE to hang out with some bums in the chat some time. ^.^