Skype chat

[Dorsetmike]

We've mentioned Skype quite a few times, usually some positive responses but little or no action.

I have spoken witrh Colin (JHC) a couple of times and Graham Goode in SA, I think Mat tried to contact me once but I was away from the PC at the time.

I take part in a weekly chat with members of another Forum every Monday, up to 7 of us "meet", 4 in UK, 2 in Canada (Toronto and Vancouver) one in Iceland and one in Melbourne, trypically we chat for betwen 2 and 2 1/2 hours starting 9pm UK time, the chap in Toronto is about 4 or 5 hours "behind", Vancouver 7 or 8, Melbourne 10 hours ahead. (slight changes when we switch to/from DST)

As I have mentioned before I am usually on line for up to 10 hours a day (I do break for meals!!!)

If you would like to try chatting (text "instant messages", or voice or even video) sned me a PM and I will send my Skype ID by return. that way Skype IDs are not visible to the bots that trawl the forums for addresses!

Hopefuly we could build up a network of forum members and progress to a weekly chat provided we can come up with mutually convenient times.

A few mambers already have Skype contact icons, in those cases we should be able to make initial contact through that.

[Dorsetmike]

Further thought, maybe at some time have separate "chat sessions" for different genres, or post a topic for a particular weeks session, could also send short audio clips and have a quiz and/or discussion - what is/who wrote this piece?

[JHC]

Mike we don't have to limit it to music do we? we could talk about any thing, and computor to computor is FREE

[wljmrbill]

Wobnder if a chat room could be set-up here..might be something to think about..Many other sites I belong to have this app.

[JHC]

Bill, a chat room is typed text is it not ? just asking

[JONESEY]

A chat room would be a great addition to the site - especially if we had certain chat rooms linked to the particular area we were interseted in - i.e. a Pipe Organ Chat Room, a Prog Rock chat room etc

Just an idea

[teddy]

Definitely interested. Just geting used to this b&$$y laptop and then will try and get my head round it.

teddy

[JHC]

A chat room would be a great addition to the site - especially if we had certain chat rooms linked to the particular area we were interseted in - i.e. a Pipe Organ Chat Room, a Prog Rock chat room etc

Just an idea

I am still puzzled. I thought a chat room was text only am I wrong?
would not voip be better?

[Dorsetmike]

Yahoo groups used to have a voice chat facility, but it was a bit primitive, they dropped it AFAIK.

[wljmrbill]

I video chat with Skype using a chat fromat with video.. can also be voice....

[JONESEY]

I use text chat quite often, find it no problem - in fact sometimes I prefer it to a voice call, but that's just me!!