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Re: Yet even another thought!!! (2 in one day, i must be sick)

Posted by Jerry Eckert, Engineer on team #140 from Tyngsboro, MA High School and New England Prototype/Brooks Automation.

Posted on 4/1/99 12:08 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: Yet even another thought!!! (2 in one day, i must be sick) posted by Bethany Dunning on 4/1/99 11:45 AM MST:



Bethany,

That's fine and dandy. My comments were specifically in response to
the suggestion that Dean/Woody/FIRST staff participate in the chat
sessions as opposed to posting in the Forum. At least that's what I
think Andy was suggesting, since his reply was to a thread entitled
'Let's get Dean and Woody in here'. This context isn't clear from
reading my response because Andy changed the subject line when he replied
and the original subject is not captured in the quoting.

Sorry for the confusion.

- Jerry

: Jerry - I like having a set chat time just for informal, how's your team doing kind of
: stuff. Even this web board isn't the best for official business, except for things like
: looking for parts.

: : : This board is definately the best form of communication between team members around. I had (god help us all) another thought. The next best thing is of course a chat room, which this site also happens to have. Now because no one is usually on it, no one usually checks in. What if a certain time could be alotted for people who would like to chat about FIRST to gather in the room. Just a thought, what do you all think?

: : Personally, I would vote against using chat for two reasons:

: : (1) Chat is transient. Only the people present at the time will be able
: : to see what is said. If people from FIRST are going to participate,
: : even if unofficially, I think their words deserve to be be made available
: : for everyone.

: : (2) Many of the engineers access the message boards from corporate
: : systems, which are most likely behind firewalls. Many of these
: : firewalls are configured to block chat. Even when there are no
: : technical limitations, corporate policies may prohibit such use.

: : - Jerry





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