Re: Chat - Wednesday night 9pm EDST

[Guest guest]

Sounds like a great idea to me!!

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the welcome, Cam. I'll try to get my personal history

post up today.

Great ideas about using the chat function. Having scheduled chats

posted on the calender would remind people about them, as well. Is

there any way that the calender could be visible when logging onto

the website? I don't know about anyone else, but I never think to

link to the calender, but having it right there, with dates of

peoples surgeries, appointments, and other goings on on the board

would be a great. If not, how about a daily post or something along

those lines? I did this for my ex-husband's business web-site and

would be happy to keep track of things here if you'd like. Just

tossing out a couple of thoughts.

Di

> Okay, I admit that I haven't got much of a life these

> days...Saturday night and hubby and I are home...so I invited

> to play with the Chat feature avaiable at the web site and it is

> VERY easy. All that needs to be done is a simple selection of

> the " chat " tab and depending on your connection speed you will

> quickly open into a chat window and if anyone else is there you

can

> start chatting.

>

> I am thinking two things. #1) wouldn't it be interesting to

schedule

> various " speakers " to chat with us? I was thinking Ellen Kiley,

(the

> Scoli-yogi person), maybe a revision surgeon, a PT that has worked

> with long fusion..possibilities are endless.

>

> Thought #2 is why not have the occasional " gam " as they call them

on

> Nantucket (a " gam " was when two Nantucket whaleships would meet up

> out in the Pacific Ocean a few years from home..and they would tie

> the ships together and talk and share news)?

>

> I am proposing to meet in the chat room at 9pm EDST this wednesday

> night and we can explore the usefulness of the medium. One thing

> that points out is that the record is lost after we log

> off...so we have to find a way to preserve " special events " for

> everyone...but I am sure we can find a way.

>

> I hope it will be fun and I hope to " see " you there! Cam

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the welcome, Cam. I'll try to get my personal history

post up today.

Great ideas about using the chat function. Having scheduled chats

posted on the calender would remind people about them, as well. Is

there any way that the calender could be visible when logging onto

the website? I don't know about anyone else, but I never think to

link to the calender, but having it right there, with dates of

peoples surgeries, appointments, and other goings on on the board

would be a great. If not, how about a daily post or something along

those lines? I did this for my ex-husband's business web-site and

would be happy to keep track of things here if you'd like. Just

tossing out a couple of thoughts.

Di

> Okay, I admit that I haven't got much of a life these

> days...Saturday night and hubby and I are home...so I invited

> to play with the Chat feature avaiable at the web site and it is

> VERY easy. All that needs to be done is a simple selection of

> the " chat " tab and depending on your connection speed you will

> quickly open into a chat window and if anyone else is there you

can

> start chatting.

>

> I am thinking two things. #1) wouldn't it be interesting to

schedule

> various " speakers " to chat with us? I was thinking Ellen Kiley,

(the

> Scoli-yogi person), maybe a revision surgeon, a PT that has worked

> with long fusion..possibilities are endless.

>

> Thought #2 is why not have the occasional " gam " as they call them

on

> Nantucket (a " gam " was when two Nantucket whaleships would meet up

> out in the Pacific Ocean a few years from home..and they would tie

> the ships together and talk and share news)?

>

> I am proposing to meet in the chat room at 9pm EDST this wednesday

> night and we can explore the usefulness of the medium. One thing

> that points out is that the record is lost after we log

> off...so we have to find a way to preserve " special events " for

> everyone...but I am sure we can find a way.

>

> I hope it will be fun and I hope to " see " you there! Cam

[Guest guest]

I added a reminder for the chat to the homepage. I don't see a way to

make the calendar more prominent.

It is going to be fun to see how it works out here.

In chat rooms I have used at work, you are able to copy and paste the

text from the chat into a word document. I suspect this will work and

I will try.

I just hope I don't forget to log on.

Dianne,

I was meaning to write you because Cam was keeping me informed of

your health status. It sounds as if we are experiencing similar

problems. I am glad that we will be able to catch up with each other

here.

> > Okay, I admit that I haven't got much of a life these

> > days...Saturday night and hubby and I are home...so I invited

>

> > to play with the Chat feature avaiable at the web site and it is

> > VERY easy. All that needs to be done is a simple selection of

> > the " chat " tab and depending on your connection speed you will

> > quickly open into a chat window and if anyone else is there you

> can

> > start chatting.

> >

> > I am thinking two things. #1) wouldn't it be interesting to

> schedule

> > various " speakers " to chat with us? I was thinking Ellen Kiley,

> (the

> > Scoli-yogi person), maybe a revision surgeon, a PT that has

worked

> > with long fusion..possibilities are endless.

> >

> > Thought #2 is why not have the occasional " gam " as they call them

> on

> > Nantucket (a " gam " was when two Nantucket whaleships would meet

up

> > out in the Pacific Ocean a few years from home..and they would

tie

> > the ships together and talk and share news)?

> >

> > I am proposing to meet in the chat room at 9pm EDST this

wednesday

> > night and we can explore the usefulness of the medium. One thing

> > that points out is that the record is lost after we log

> > off...so we have to find a way to preserve " special events " for

> > everyone...but I am sure we can find a way.

> >

> > I hope it will be fun and I hope to " see " you there! Cam

[Guest guest]

Dianne,

Good idea, I stuck the chat on the calender. I think Ann determined

that it is not possible to get it to come up on the start page. As

nice as this free board is from ..it does have it's limitations!

In further exploring this we will conduct a test of the calender

feature...which is now set either to remind all the members ...or

just me...I can't tell ( or Ann can you see if you can

determine?).

I know it is always possible to send out a special message to

everyone..so we can always do that to remind.

I believe any member can edit the calender to put items on it ..I am

just not sure if you can also set up to send out reminders. If you

want to take this job on it would be great...I think folks would

like to see surgical dates or consults up as well as anything else

that is noteworthy....

Talk to you soon, Cam

> Thanks for the welcome, Cam. I'll try to get my personal history

> post up today.

>

> Great ideas about using the chat function. Having scheduled chats

> posted on the calender would remind people about them, as well. Is

> there any way that the calender could be visible when logging onto

> the website? I don't know about anyone else, but I never think to

> link to the calender, but having it right there, with dates of

> peoples surgeries, appointments, and other goings on on the board

> would be a great. If not, how about a daily post or something

along

> those lines? I did this for my ex-husband's business web-site and

> would be happy to keep track of things here if you'd like. Just

> tossing out a couple of thoughts.

>

> Di

>

[Guest guest]

If I remember right, I tried the copy and paste. chat takes

this as an attempt to click on a name and then asks if you want to add

the ID to your " friends " list.

Cam or Ann, perhaps we can run a quick experiment again?

> In chat rooms I have used at work, you are able to copy and paste

the

> text from the chat into a word document. I suspect this will work

and

> I will try.

[Guest guest]

From the calendar help:

Can members be notified about a new calendar event?

If you set up a calendar to include an email reminder, then all

members of your group will receive notification in advance of the

event. You can set up two reminders, and these can be triggered

anywhere from two weeks before the event to 15 minutes before the

event.

> Dianne,

>

> Good idea, I stuck the chat on the calender. I think Ann

determined

> that it is not possible to get it to come up on the start page. As

> nice as this free board is from ..it does have it's

limitations!

>

> In further exploring this we will conduct a test of the calender

> feature...which is now set either to remind all the members ...or

> just me...I can't tell ( or Ann can you see if you can

> determine?).

[Guest guest]

Okay, I think that is how I have the reminders set....I am not sure

I am EDST though...good thing we are considering this a dry run! Cam

> > Dianne,

> >

> > Good idea, I stuck the chat on the calender. I think Ann

> determined

> > that it is not possible to get it to come up on the start page.

As

> > nice as this free board is from ..it does have it's

> limitations!

> >

> > In further exploring this we will conduct a test of the

calender

> > feature...which is now set either to remind all the

members ...or

> > just me...I can't tell ( or Ann can you see if you can

> > determine?).

[Guest guest]

You are correct. I just googled this...apparently the only way

to " save " the chat is by periodically grabbing screen captures

(control/printscreen) and pasting them into word. Pretty cumbersome.

Also- users (sorry I go into work mode) will most likely be prompted

to install the active x technologies by clicking on the bar that

appears at the top. Do you think we can explain how to do that?

Ann

> > In chat rooms I have used at work, you are able to copy and paste

> the

> > text from the chat into a word document. I suspect this will work

> and

> > I will try.