<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> On 09/17/2010 10:39 PM, Phil Smith wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:414638.71118.qm@web32805.mail.mud.yahoo.com" type="cite"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; -x-system-font: none;" valign="top">I am not sure what the gllug.org website is served from, but I don't think an IRC server would take up all that much in resources if it was just running a #gllug channel and not linked in with a large network of other irc servers.<br> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </blockquote> gllug.org is hosted from a shared hosting server.  An irc server is not appropriate there.<br> <br> Honestly, if somebody wants to try starting an irc channel, they're welcome to do that, but past experience has shown that we lack critical mass to make an irc channel a useful tool for anybody.<br> <br> If you have trouble using an email program, I suggest taking the time to learn.  Something approximating proper grammar and punctuation go a long way to making this medium easier to use.  We aren't hard cases about it, but in email it's eqivalent to mumbling when speaking in person.<br> <br> Clay<br> </body> </html>