Re: [libreoffice-marketing] low turnout on chat sessions

On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Charles-H. Schulz
<charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Yesterday we had to cancel the marketing irc chat session on the spot, due
> to the very low number of participants (3, including me). The conversation
> was interesting but was going much beyond the agenda itself.
> While this is disappointing, it's about the third time this happens.
> Interestingly enough, I'm always thinking that there's something wrong with
> the schedule of the chat session. So the last three sessions were scheduled
> at different times of the day. It does not seem to help or to affect the
> participants' turnout in any way.
>
> I would be interested to know why this is the case. Below are a few possible
> factors:
> - many people are confused by IRC -> should we restart to do marketing chats
> on the phone? I seem to remember the turnout was higher on the phone but I
> might be wrong.
> - people are shy - IRC is supposedly letting many people sit in the
> background and not have to express themselves in public.
> - language barrier?
> - the discussion topics are not interesting
> - the information about the chat session is not spread around enough
>
> What do you think ? What do you propose?
>
> Looking forward to your input,
>
> Charles.

Most times I do not join because the time is bad for me. This chat was
starting at midnight my time. Some chats are at better times, but
often I am not somewhere that I can get online.

I will not join a phone chat. IRC works for me.

--Jean

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