Hi, Peter, I agree with you. Maybe we can ask who want to join the discussion, and let them tell the time zone. We arange the time suitable for most of the people(less people in bed time).
Yes, we should add this sentence when we forward to local mailing list: If you cannot follow the discussion, you should express it ASAP. As I mentioned in last mail, the tool is an unimportant reason. Maybe we should tell them which tool can be used, where to download, and how to use it. I think this is not the problem. BTW, I use Xchat, a small tool and easy to use. Best regards, Lihua 2008-06-19 发件人： Peter Junge 发送时间： 2008-06-19 09:12:00 收件人： [email protected] 抄送： 主题： Re: [qa-dev] Feedback on Spreadsheet IRC Session to confirm issues Hi Zhu Lihua, Zhu Lihua wrote: > Hi, Oliver, > ... > > I think the time schedule is a problem. It's hardly to find a suitable time > for all the volunteers. The best way to start seems to be collecting time zone informations from the people interested to join. > > and the language is another problem. Many volunteers can't express with a > foreign language very well so they might be hesitate. If you cannot follow the discussion, you should express it ASAP. > > the 3rd problem and the most unimportant problem is some volunteers are not > familiar with IRC, many people use IM, such as QQ or msn around me, so they > almost don't know what IRC is. But say it frankly, IRC should be the most > convenience way to contact for us. > Instant messaging is always a major problem, when people from different countries join. I guess almost nobody knows QQ outside of China. IRC is indeed preferable because it's the simplest technology and available in every country. I use ChatZilla which is a plugin for Mozilla. In case you want to use a client, that supports IRC as well as QQ and MSN you should consider using pidgin <http://pidgin.im>. Pidgin is included in almost every Linux distribution and there's also a version for windows available. Best regards, Peter ... -- Peter Junge OpenOffice.org Annual Conference Beijing 2008 Organizational Team I want *YOU* to come to Beijing! Don't miss the 'Call for Papers': http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfp/index.html Please help us and join the "Pre-Registration" survey: http://surveytest.services.openoffice.org/surveys/index.php?sid=74227&lang=en OOoCon website: http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/index.html Visa information: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OOoCon_2008_Visa_Procedures --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
