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I've been thinking about this a lot and I agree that the tigerbolt chat isn't the best solution, though it is better than a lot of things.
Ideally, it would be great to have a FIRST irc server hosted by chiefdelphi or some other team or even someplace not associated with a team (ie firstrobotics.net etc).
From there, we could have a chit-chat room, which is what the tigerbolt chat has become, a general room for discussing robots and asking questions, and a room for scheduled chats for those that like that.
With a dedicated IRC server, each team could also set up their own chat room to do team business and such. Assuming that their is an appropriate chanserv, the rooms could be password protected.
Because it is IRC, those people who are familier with mirc or another client can use that. In addition, there are many JAVA clients that can be easily set up to access the rooms. Any team would be able to add a JAVA client to their webpage, but they would still be accessing the central server.
What do you guys think? is this manageable?
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