Reminder - Weekly Chat

[KathyK]

Hey Everyone!  

If for any reason you cannot get into Chat on our main list( 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/chat ), we will be 
hosting a Y!M conference, as we did with the release last week.  So 
if you cannot get into Chat, and have Yahoo Messenger, I am signed 
on as HPFGU_Chat.  Send me a message and I'll invite you to 
conference.

Let me know if you've got questions.

Also, I'm re-posting Petra's instructions on how to do this from 
last week:


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If you are able to access the chat room at the main list
( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/chat ),
please feel free to continue to use it. If you are unable to
access chat at main list but *does* have Yahoo!Messenger
installed (available at http://messenger.yahoo.com ) read
on. :)

So, please bear with us list elves as we try this new work-
around. Stay tuned to OTC because I'm sure we'll be
tweaking the following. What you need to do:

USE THE CONFERENCE FEATURE IN Y!MESSENGER

1. everyone interested in chatting via Y!Messenger add
this ID, HPfGU_Chat, to their list of friends

2. whenever you wish to chat with other HPfGU list members,
sign in as yourself and see if HPfGU_Chat is already online
(see note *)

3. send a YM to HPfGU_Chat and ask to be invited to
conference

But if HPfGU_Chat is not already online or does not respond:

a. check that on your version of Y!Messenger you are
able to invite people to conference first

b. sign in as HPfGU_Chat (password: chitchat; do not log
in under invisible mode!) and wait for someone else to
come online and YM you

c. start a conference and just "invite to conference" as
people YM you; even if there's only two of you, please use
the conference feature when signed in as HPfGU_Chat

* Signing on to Y!Messenger as HPfGU_Chat will log off
whoever is signed in as HPfGU_Chat...*if* someone is
indeed already signed in as HPfGU_Chat. So please sign
in to Y!Messenger as yourself first to make sure no one is
already HPfGU_Chat before signing in as HPfGU_Chat.
But the good thing is, if HPfGU_Chat becomes non-
responsive for whatever reason (what? phones ring...
children and pets require feeding and watering...) it's
easy enough for someone else to take over the task of
adding people to the conference. :)

Ye gads I hope this works...I'm currently signed in as
HPfGU_Chat so YM me if you want an invite to
conference.

:) Penapart Elf, with her fingers crossed!

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Aha, an addendum already:

If HPfGU_Chat has to leave the conference, if there's anyone
else left in the conference, they would need to invite
HPfGU_Chat [whoever willing to play the next host(ess)] *back*
into the conference.

In order for that to happen, the person doing the inviting needs
to have that function on their version of Y!Messenger.

Ok, stick a fork in me - I'm done for the night. <g>

:) Penapart Elf
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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, HPFGU-
OTChatter at yahoogroups.com wrote:
> 
> We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.
> 
> Weekly Chat 
> 
> Date: Sunday, July 24, 2005 
> Time: 11:00AM CDT (GMT-05:00) 
> 
> Hi, everyone!
> 
> Just a reminder: 
> 
> Drop in to Sunday chat! 
> 
> Start time:
> 11 am Pacific
> 12 pm Mountain
> 1 pm Central
> 2 pm Eastern 
> 7 pm UK time 
> 
> Chat generally goes on for about 5 hours, but can last as long
> as people want it to last.  Since Yahoo has closed all
> user-created chat rooms, we are now using the Chat feature on
> the main list:  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/chat
> 
> Hope to see you there!