Re: [atlarge-discuss] Membership Issues and an Invitation to IRC -- was Membership fees

["Micheal Sherrill" <micheal@beethoven.com>]

Hello Mark:

What is the purpose of using an Internet Relay Chat?  Why go offline?  Yes, it is offline for most end-users.  What is wrong with simple email if you need to talk offline?

Regards,


Micheal Sherrill

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "MPoole" <urgen@charter.net>
Date:  Mon, 2 Jun 2003 22:36:42 -0700

Hi Richard,

My name is Mark Poole.  I was swept into activity by the recent nomination
cycle that seems to be swirling about still although now attempting to
mature.  The line that defines this, my, 'participation' wavers around
whether the platform that allows such demonstrates the ability to
acknowledge my concerns and interests.

It seems like you are attempting to describe that means of participation or
the basis of what helps to keep it genuine.

The mechanisms that support  the ability to demonstrate agreement within a
digitally networked exchange.

I would have rather written to you off-list because this is a rather fragile
topic for me but I recognize that it is probably a fragile topic for
everyone.   The high degree of stakes posturing and measures profiling
points to that fragility and the complimentary degree of potential reward
available when properly cultivated.

Setting the stage to recognize when the challenge of mutual fair use is not
being kept is an important distinction to begin definitions with.  Building
the mechanisms of this use's expression is even more important for its
continued survival.

You have mentioned starting to craft some tools (bylaws) toward this end and
I would enjoy working with you on those.  Toward that goal I have dedicated
an IRC server for interim use until something more solid takes its place.

Please join me there so we can begin to work together on how to carve out
these tools and then demonstrate their ability as guardians of voluntary
participation to allow others to encourage meaningful exchange with.

I also invite anyone else who wishes to explore these kinds of ideas to stop
by.

IRC may be a bit of a hurdle for some but it is not much more difficult than
using this listserv.  Get the right client and point it in the right
direction and woosh you're there.

For more help with obtaining an IRC client for the platform of your choice
visit http://www.irchelp.org or you can write back to me directly and I will
get you going.

The pertinent information here being the command (IRC commands often begin
with a "/"):

        /server druk.imperma.net

and:

        /join #@Large

There were a few suggestions for clients sent to me the other couple times I
brought up the IRC idea.  Which client anyone selects is not so important.
Some do have advantages over others allowing for a more comfortable user
experience.  There was also concern about the use of a public use dedicated
server so I have set up something just for atlarge use.  Other ircd
available may be networked to distribute load and share responsibility.


Thanks for your time,

    Mark Poole

p.s.  I will just leave my process idling on the channel when I am busy, so
if you see 'urgen' and I don't say hello, don't take offense, I'm probably
not really there.  If you have broadband you are welcome to let the client
idle connected until more people do begin to show up and  a world-wide 24
hour 7 day conversation can begin to take place.



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