[Textop-en-phil] Proposed voice discussion time - RSVP soon

[Larry Sanger]

All,

We definitely have a quorum of people interested in Textop telecons.  Having
thought more about it, and given the inevitable difficulty of reconciling
many schedules for meetings, I think the best way forward is just to set a
regular time and use turnout data to decide how often to meet.  Personally
I'd like to meet every week.

What I propose TENTATIVELY is:
Fridays
9 AM Pacific
Noon Eastern
5 PM GMT

PLEASE RSVP PRIVATELY SOON, SO I CAN ADJUST THE MEETING TIME IF NECESSARY.
Please let me know what other days of the week might work for you, and if
this has a *regular* conflict with your schedule.  As far as start times are
concerned, I don't think we should deviate much from the range of 8-10 AM
(Pacific) for a start time, so that we can get Europeans involved.  But on
weekdays other than Friday, I think we could start as late as 11 AM Pacific
(7 PM GMT).

LET'S USE SKYPE: I know long distance (even international long distance) is
cheap for most of us, but it probably isn't for everyone.  So, to make it as
inexpensive as possible for people to participate, and also to be able to
record the proceedings for others to enjoy, I propose to do a "Skypecast,"
accessible via this page:

https://skypecasts.skype.com/skypecasts/skypecast/detailed.html?id_talk=1274
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(I've linked this from the textop.org homepage.)

EASY DOWNLOAD NECESSARY: To participate, you'll have to download (for free)
Skype (http://www.skype.com/download/) and make a user account.  If you've
never used Skype before, don't worry--it's unusually user-friendly.  If you
don't have a headset or microphone (I have a headset that I find very
convenient, $15 at an office supply store), you can always just listen
through your computer speakers.

AGENDA: for the first meeting, let's get acquainted, do a Q&A about the
project as a whole for those who simply want to ask questions, and (if we
have time) talk about governance.  Let's aim for one hour (unless people are
motivated to go longer).  Next time we might divide our time between
governance issues and the pilot project kickoff.

Comments?  Questions?  Proposals?

--Larry