- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 12:49:39 -0600
- To: Ziv Hellman <ziv@unicorn.com>
- CC: www-webont-wg@w3.org
Ziv Hellman wrote: > > >where: W3C Zakim bridge, room "WEBO" > > tel:+1-617-761-6200#9326 > > > > and supplimentary IRC channel > > irc://irc.openprojects/net/webont > > logged in > > http://ilrt.org/discovery/chatlogs/webont/ > > could you elucidate what "supplementary IRC channel" means? Yes; sorry I left a lot unsaid... I use the combination of IRC and the phone for remote participation all the time, but I'm sure the idea is new to lots of folks here... > Does this > mean we are expected simultaneously to join the tele-conference and the > chat room? It means you are welcome to. It is by no means obligatory. I find that -- when the teleconference bridge goes haywire, it's nice to have a supplimentary real-time channel. -- it's nice if the chair and scribe can share a text channel, so that the chair can tell if the scribe is getting the essential points -- it's nice if the participants can say "I'd like the floor" over IRC without using the much more scarce audio bandwidth. -- a near-real-time transcription of what's going on helps a lot in the case of participants that aren't native English speakers. It made a world of differences in teleconferences with our Japanese colleagues in the W3C team. -- it's also nice if the participants can make clarifications, provide pointers to relevant resources, etc. Meanwhile, W3C requires that folks use email and HTTP (and, per our charter, telephones and airplanes ;-) but we do not require that folks have simultaneous phone and Internet access; if folks feel that the use of the IRC channel by some folks excludes them from fully participating, we can tone down our use of it. Another point: Peter noted some difficulties with OpenProjects, and suggested we might want to switch IRC providers. W3C doesn't run openprojects.net, nor the realtime log into HTTP space ( http://ilrt.org/discovery/chatlogs/webont/ ). They're provided on an as-is basis. If the group wants supported IRC service, I can look into that; but that's not what we have now. -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
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