I've never participated in a chat room before, but it seems like it's a little awkward getting it started. For one thing, you go in there blind, not knowing who might be there and what there will be to talk about. How would it be to have a place on the forum to post scheduled chats, with a topic, a moderator, and a time frame, say, between the hours of xx:xx and xx:xx pm, Greenwich mean time? (Though I have to admit, I'd have to wrack my brain trying to figure out what time it would be here in California... perhaps the person proposing the discussion gets to use their own time based on their own time zone...?
People could even RSVP in advance to say "I plan to be there" so there could be some clue as to who will be chatting and what the topic of the discussion will be ( or at least what it will start out as...) Any chance something like that could work?
Just a thought from a complete chat-room ignoramus....
