[ubuntu-uk] UKTeam meeting update

[alan c]

David M wrote:
> Nik Butler wrote in gmane.linux.ubuntu.user.british 
>  about: UKTeam meeting update 
> 
>> Did you know there are  380 subscribers to the UK Maillist allowing for 
>> duplicates and metoo addresses thats not a small number of people 
>> chatting and sharing ideas about Ubuntu. 
> 
> That ain't bad..!
> 
>> We had the 8th meeting of the UKTeam the channel last night and the 
>> topic of Roles and Contacts (  http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Contact ) , 
>> especially relating to the LOCOContact arose. 
> 
> I sometimes get the feeling that we live in a number of parallel universes..
> 
> Y'see, I don't *do* IRC, not really for any particular religious
> reasons, but because it doesn't suit me. With a mailing list, or a
> newsgroup, or even a forum (bleh), I can pop in and out and read and
> reply as and when it suits me. Whereas IRC is a here and now thing, and
> while a certain here and a certain now might suit some people, there are
> always going to be others who are doing other things at that time.

I also do not usually find IRC convenient, and almost always use lists.

However IRC does give an immediacy with an impression of personal 
contact.

I run a medical related self help online group which only uses a 
forum/s, and there is a notable difficulty in creating and encouraging 
any useful (to the group) sense of personal contact. This means that 
strategy and big admin decisions are left to one or two individuals 
who become (and feel) isolated. IRC would help (or messenger like 
things) but the tradition has not been developed and the group has a 
very uncertain future because of this.

-- 
alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391