I thought I'd give you a quick update on activity on the #Finale IRC channel as quite
a few people visited following Jari's post to this list.
The channel has been up and running for only a few days, but I estimate that something
like 40 different people have visited in that time, there's obviously an interest, but
if you think my posting this here is inappropriate let me know. I don't think there's
any replication going on as it's quite a different media from this list and the
bulletin board over at finalemusic.com.
On Sunday, Tyler organised an 'official' meeting time and something like 8 or 9 people
were nattering away for an hour or so on subjects as diverse as note entry, GPO and
(inevitably) Sibelius. Everyone either enjoyed themselves or found it useful and Tyler
resolved to organise set topics or demonstrations in the future (details to follow).
As a follow up, I'd like to post the following timetable:
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TIMETABLE
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Organised Meetings : Sundays - 3pm EST
Finale Cafà (informal) : Daily 3pm EST except Sunday
Drop In or Hang Out : All other times
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Finale IRC channel info
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server: irc.chatspike.net
port: 6667
channel: #Finale
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RECOMMENDED IRC CLIENTS
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windows: http://www.mirc.com/
macintosh: http://www.colloquy.com
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Just as a quick note, it's deemed perfectly acceptable to simply loiter around on IRC
channels, a channel could have 60 people in it with only 2 or 3 actually chatting,
others could be away or just plain busy. That said, if you wander into the channel and
there's nothing going on, just leave your IRC cient open if you have a 24/7 connection
- most of them make sounds when there's activity so you can see what people are
talking about and join in if you want to.
All suggestions and opinion welcomed!
Simon Troup
Digital Music Art
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