Tony Furnivall wrote:
>
> At present we don't have any definite plans for HOW to use this new
> facility, but it seemed like a reasonable thing to get set up.
> Some of the ideas that have been suggested include "Conversations
> with <insert name of your choice here>", and more interactive
> discussions of some of the problems that get raised here.

Thanks, Tony!

I joined the club and got into the chat room for a little bit.  I
think a possible use is for web meetings - like a quarterly MPE
Forum meeting, or maybe a SIGMPE meeting.  Someone would have to
be the moderator, though, to recognize speakers in turn and to keep
the noise down.

My $.02, at least.

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