were you using the new link showing several posts down?

Cant get in group tonite .....?

I was in the new chat room with Karl. I signed in about 15 min early as he soon signed in after I did. We didn't see you. :(

I was in the new chat room at 5:00pm PST last evening
along with one other chatter.
We finished up about 6:00pm.

Tillie where are you?

Karl,
I'm not sure, but on the new one can you see if anyone is on/in the chat room without signing in?

I did see the new one before and when I did sign in I realized I wasn't out just because I closed my web browser, I actually have to log out of it, which I didn't know before.
I did read what Cory had posted about the new chat room though before I tried signing in.

I checked the board at 8p Central and waited, but didn't see anybody then checked again at 9.

I can be there tomorrow as far as I know.

Anybody interested in having a chatroom meeting tomorrow at 5:00pm PST?

As far as I know I will be able to attend.

Thank you Karl. :)

I do know who it is that is in London, but didn't know when meetings are taking place. I didn't see anyone on Tues night.

I will post in advance though when I'd like to meet/chat with others.

Does the meetings still meet on Sundays?

What days and times is everyone around for the online chat? Is Sunday the only day?

Sorry to those who were hoping to catch me over the weekend; I didn't get home until about 1am. I'll be going to sleep "soon", I expect, and I'll open the chat room when I get up; as a wild guess, maybe 12:00 PDT / 3:00 EDT.

As usual, since the first person to show up might not be watching the screen, later arrivals are encouraged to be patient when waiting for a response.

I'm around for the unofficial Friday afternoon chat right now, if anyone would like to join me.

I concur!

I agree, Tillie. Setting ground rules allows everyone in the chat to get the most out of the discussion.

Excellent suggestions, Karl! I actually ran my cursor over the entire chat text and copied it into a Word doc so that I had all your suggestions from yesterday saved. The forum doesn't highlight the text, so at first I didn't think I could copy it. But, I right-clicked my mouse and the copy option was there.

Note: The following problaby goes without saying, but I think it should be stated: If you do save the content of the chat window, please do not re-publish online and have it be for your own personal use. I consider the content of the chat completely confidential, including comments, names, etc. I plan to keep only the content of references and suggestions such as book titles and techniques. I will delete everything else. I think everyone would appreciate it if we all follow the same protocol.

Great ideas Karl. :)

I like that people are making suggestions for changes to the way we do stuff in chat and voting on the issues.
A true democracy.

Here are some thoughts I had about the chat room; maybe others will find this useful.

• Be prepared to take notes! Often someone makes an awesome suggestion, and if you don't write it down, you might forget by the time the chat is over.
  
• If we're giving everybody a time limit to have the floor, then you can use the time before your turn to think about what you might say. Again, notes can be helpful here; write down some ideas on what you'll be saying, so that you won't hem and haw while the clock is running. If you know you'll have a lot to talk about, you can even have a monolog prepared in advance using some other tool, and paste it into the chat a line at a time so that you won't waste time typing it again.
  
• If you come to the chat room for an off-schedule meeting, and there are people in there but nobody answers you, please don't leave immediately -- they might be doing something else while waiting for people to show up.
  

Cory made an appearance in the chat room today and he may be back later, do join me there if you have time.

I am in the chatroom and will be in and out throughout the day, if I don't answer right away I will be back very soon. Do come and join me if you have some time.

Thank you Karl! We should do those chats more often, eh?

It's short notice, but if anyone wants to stop in tonight, I'm around for a bit; otherwise, see you in the regular Tuesday chat tomorrow, I guess.

We are in chat if anyone would like to join us, should be here until the meeting tonight at 6, 9EST.

I know what time it is over there at mo. But it rise and shone over in UK. So if you want to have a chat I'll be there for 2 hours.

We need a bell system so we can ring it when someone comes in hahahaha!

I will be in and out all day and would love to have a chat session if anyone else is up for it. Also, if anyone has Skype/MSN I am more than happy to share my contact information to chat there, or arrange chats here.

Hoorah!

Very nice to see you again Kara I enjoyed it immensely thank you for being there.

Yes, chat soon.

Hi Mare, It was great chatting with you earlier. I am usually a night owl too. I usually forget Fridays chat and it was put on especially for me (being in UK and 5-8 hours earlier than you in the USA). I must remember. Chat soon.

I would love to schedule a chat meet!

I am a night owl, so anytime between now and early morning hours will work for me, or during the day after 5 EST.

I am in there with two others if anyone could join us, and I will catch up in here in a little while.

Hey, Mare --
There are a few of us in the chatroom right now if you (or others) want to join us! :)

I can be there.

Thanks so much, it worked, I tried so many other things last night and today, just more frustration, then did what you said and it worked, thanks for your daily help Tillie. It is very windy here so not so great outside, so here I am messing with computer--maybe will go unload the car at thrift store, might motivate me to dump some of the nursing scrubs, oh, it is pretty late, maybe tomorrow, just relax for now.

Diane
I just did a java update and I was able to access the chatroom.
It was not easy, kept saying stuff was corrupt and download did not work.
But it evidently did work because I was able to get into the chatroom.
Nobody else was in there so I was only posting to myself.
Hoping it works for real when others are there too.

Try to update your java. Keep clicking away even though it gets frustrating.

:)

ACK!!!! :o

I JUST CHECKED TO SEE IF I HAD A PROBLEM TOO AND I DO!!!!!

Don't know what to do!!!!!! :(

HELP!!!!!
Somebody PLEASE help us! :(

HELP---I tried to go on chat last night and a note said internet explorer blocked active X--tried to install active X, not sure why I couldn't do it, but spent over an hour trying--could not get on chat, does anyone know what I need to do? Thanks for your help. I was with you in spirit, would like to fix this by Friday to join you.

Tuesdays 6:00pm PST/9:00pm EST

What time is the Tuesday chatroom?

HEY! Everybody
Are you coming to the Friday noon PST chat?

Come post here when you are available to chat so others can try to schedule to be there. :D

Tillie -- thank you for posting this thread :)

Hi, Everyone!

I would like to "attend" a daytime support group.

I work during the day on many Fridays. (For example, starting this week, I will be working Fridays for the next 2 months.)

Since the 12pm PST/3pm EST works for me without conflict on Thursdays, I wondered if the other daytime people might be willing to switch the Friday group to Thursdays?

I find I prefer the moderated online support groups & Tuesday group runs too late for me. I think Sunday works if I log out by 10pm -- last night I was on til 11pm here & I was not able to unwind enough to fall asleep until 2a.m. (I live with ADHD & high-functioning Autism -- transitioning from high stimulus to low is VERY challenging for me.)

Note: I was not available for the online support group during which the day of the week for daytime group was chosen -- so don't know if Friday was the best daytime day for everybody.
I could make Tues, Wed, or Thurs.

Thanks (in advance) for responses!

We have Sunday night chat and Tuesday night chat.
Recently started a Friday, noon PST chat.
Please come here to discuss your schedules and find others who can meet up with you in the chat room at the same time. :D

The chat room, ONLINE SUPPORT GROUP, is always open and available for us to use.