Regular IRC meeting?

[zenbitz]

I am thinking we should have a regular (monthly or every two weeks) IRC chat to let each department know what is going on.  I don't think the forums are really doing a good job of this... at least in terms of "stuff not done yet" or "it would be great if someone did 'X'".

Of course, scheduling it across 18 time zones is going to be a bitch, but I'm sure we can manage - at least among department "heads"

[maximinus]

I'm almost always on-line 1PM - 6PM GMT. Anybody else?

[qubodup]

I don't think the forums are really doing a good job of this... at least in terms of "stuff not done yet" or "it would be great if someone did 'X'".

Have you thought of using http://identi.ca/ for status reports etc? Just wondering (I'm not sure that system even fits the requirement )

[Dave Matney]

I'm almost always here 3PM-11PM GMT, though I could comfortably swing as early as 1PM or as late as 4AM without sacrificing sleep.  Do it on a weekend, and I can sacrifice sleep.

For scheduling, does anyone have a Google calendar they'd be willing to share with everyone?

[Sirren]

O.k. I'm not a compartement head.. My spare time varies from week to week (just for the record: tomorrow I'm starting to work again after a one month iatus). If we're talking about Saturday/Sunday I have no problems at all. 11am/12pm GMT would be fine, you just tell me.

[mvBarracuda]

I'll second the idea of introducing IRC meetings. Weekly meetings are usually hard in practice so I would prefer a meeting every two weeks. Weekends prefered here as well. I'll open a poll and we can try to arrange something.