[Erin]

Nate and others-

Nothing against Tigerbolt, I think that is a really great chat room. But it doesn't cover what Andrew Dahl, Jeff and I were really talking about. I enjoy Tigerbolt Chat just to go and be silly with other FIRST people since it's too hard to talk to all of them through different IM's. I think that ChiefDelphi has the power, influence and experience to host a chat that is designed to be on a more professional level with set topics at certain times. Kindof a way to get immediate response to questions (as in: if you see the names of people at the bottom of the forum index and there is someone there you reeeally want to talk to about something, send them a private message to join a chat to talk about a topic, that way you can include others and wont have to communicate directly through tons of posts or private messaging). Also, it is better marketing...people aren't going to want to have to come here to get redirected. It confuses people. People are afraid to have to click too much- as the webmaster for my team, you should have seen the complaints I got about the splash page and all of the flash menus. People just want it simple and uncomplicated. Isn't that what Dean has been trying to do with FIRST's game for the past couple years?

I love Tigerbolt chat, it should definitely stay the same, but I think that Chief needs a chat on their own format to be used about stuff in their forums.

Always open for discussion,

~Erin~