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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>General</title><link>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/27.aspx</link><description>Everything else.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)</generator><item><title>Re: Scheduled meeting time for chat</title><link>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/26693.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:51:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:26693</guid><dc:creator>MatthewM</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/26693.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=27&amp;PostID=26693</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;OK, that&amp;#39;s it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;m making a commitment to lurk on Mises Live chat until the userbase grows. I wish there were an IRC interface to it though, then I could just add it to a list of channels I already auto-join.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Scheduled meeting time for chat</title><link>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/26661.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:26:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:26661</guid><dc:creator>mjh215</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/26661.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=27&amp;PostID=26661</wfw:commentRss><description>In my experience, until a chat room (Be it web based, IRC, et al) gains in popularity, setting a general meeting time helps to encourage it&amp;#39;s use and acceptance.  It is of course set as a non-compulsary guideline as others might not be available. Generally the preferred time for many falls in the 9-11PM range EST. As there are areas of the world where this is the middle of the night, or middle of the workday it isn&amp;#39;t perfect for everyone. Just having someone sit in the room encourages more to join. Understand though that if you come into the chat and other users are present but not speaking that they might be in other windows waiting for others (You) to join, but only check back periodically. So be patient at first. 

-MJ&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>