File puptcrit/puptcrit.0703, message 34


Date: Tue,  6 Mar 2007 01:53:42 -0500
From: Jamie Ashby <jamie.ashby-AT-utoronto.ca>
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Help with Puppetry Chat Session


Hi Mathieu,


The Board of Trustees of the Ontario Puppetry Organization has used  
MSN Messenger for online meetings, and they were great successes!  
Simple to use for both Macs and PCs.


Best,

Jamie Ashby

PhD Candidate: "Ideas in Motion: New Work Development at Puppetmongers Theatre
Company"
Graduate Centre for Study of Drama,
University of Toronto

Co-founder, PuppUTopiate: the *only* puppet company at the Univ. of Toronto
Member, Ontario Puppetry Association Board of Trustees


Quoting Mathieu René <creaturiste-AT-magma.ca>:

> Hi all.
>
> For the Internationnal Day of Puppetry, someone from my local UNIMA   
> comittee wants to organise a live chat session online. He asked me   
> for technical help in setting this up.
>
> I'm looking for a simple and stable solution, with as little setting  
>  up and installation as possible.
> It should be compatible with most (if not all) platforms.
> If it works well and there is enough interest, we could keep the   
> channel reserved, and people could drop by and see wether there are   
> other puppet chatters online, whenever!
>
> My first reflex is to recommend we ask people to install an IRC   
> client (MIrc for the Pc, Ircle for the Mac are the ones I have used   
> in the past).
>
> I already know I would NEVER use any Yahoo group chat session. too   
> heavy, too slow, too unstable, very frustrating. For the same   
> reasons, I am trying to avoid any Java applet.
> If we could avoid Flash, even better (lots of people still have slow  
>  internet connections).
>
> Any help would be very appreciated. I have a meeting about this on   
> thursday evening, between two puppetry events.
>
> Thanks!
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