ADMIN: Tomorrow's chat @ YahooGroups (more advice & instructions)

[Neil Ward]

No: HPFGUIDX 10962

John said:

> We've been talking about this on the moderator list and have all but
decided
> to go for the new YahooGroups chat, which seems to allow Simon's
CheetaChat
> save-o-matic program. Unless you hear otherwise, assume it will be at the
> YahooGroups chat, NOT the YahooClubs chat. I'm sure someone will be
popping
> into the Clubs chat every so often to make sure nobody gets confused ;)

As John says, we have all but decided to jump ship [okay shippers, steady
now] at our old Yahoo club.  The chatroom there was the last remaining
useful feature and now we don't need it.  HURRAY!

I see Dr Simon has just posted a note on tomorrow's chat, but here are a few
more details if you fancy sizing up the joint ahead of time:-

**Assuming we go ahead with the plan to use Yahoo Groups, those of you who
have signed up (or were signed up) with Yahoo and transferred to Yahoo
Groups will be able to use the chat facility in the new Yahoo Groups club
area by just clicking on Chat:
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/chat)

**You will appear under the default name you used to sign up to Yahoo, but
remember that Yahoo gives you the option of creating an alternative profile
(ID) and using that in the chatroom, if you'd rather pretend to be
i_love_lupin than jbloggs999, for example.

**For those of you who used to use the old Yahoo club for the Sunday chat
sessions, the interface appears to be the same as the Yahoo chat one, but
Yahoo Groups is promising greater stability for Internet Explorer users (who
had experienced problems with Yahoo chat).  You could just click on 'Chat'
and be done with it, but there is an alternative chat facility that taps
directly into the Yahoo Groups chat, provided by Cheetachat
(http://www.cheetachat.com).  If you sign up for Cheetachat you'll get lots
of groovy additional features and the option of having an Avatar [little
picture] attached to your name.

**If you register with Cheetachat, you can save the HPforGrownUps chatroom
as one of your favourites by selecting Rooms from the top menu bar, then
Favorite Rooms, then Manage Favorite Rooms.  Then, if you then click 'ADD',
and enter the following handy code  -  *g2176166:1  - the HPfor GrownUps
chatroom will become one of your favourites.  Could it be any other way?

**All the Sunday chats are recorded and stored in a sister club,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownupsChatScripts/  run by Dee, Simon
and Catlady, so be aware that your words won't just vanish into the
cyberether.  The Chatscripts club will give you all the information on the
chats, if you ever need another reminder.

**For new members, the Sunday chats run from around 8pm GMT onwards.  To
check the times for your zone, go to the club calendar
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/calendar ) and make sure the
time zone on the right read correctly for your area.  This should adjust all
event times to your local time.

**We'll make an announcement and repeat these hints when we've decided for
sure whether to go with Yahoo Groups for tomorrow's session.

Neil
Moderator Team

Mods reachable at: hpforgrownups-owner at yahoogroups.com