[Martin]

We had a great response to the proposed live chat session, so it's now officially on!

The live chat is scheduled for Sunday 5 September 2010 at 1pm Pacific/4pm Eastern/9pm British Summer Time.

The more members that make it to the live chat, the more fun it will be, so please try your best to meet us there. The chat is purely text based - so there's no need to feel shy!

To join the live chat session, simply follow these steps:

1. Visit http://www.insomnialand.com/ on Sunday 5 September 2010 at the following time:

1pm Pacific Daylight Time
4pm Eastern Daylight Time
9pm British Summer Time

For emmaree in Sydney, Australia, the date is Monday 6 September (at 6am I believe - but please double check).

For members outside of these timezones, you might want to check the time for where you are using this tool: http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc

2. When you visit the homepage for Insomnia Land at the above date and time, you'll see a big link for the chat page. Simply click it (a new window will open), type in your username and you'll be logged in.

3. If you need any help or have any questions, reply to this email AT ANY TIME. Even if it's the day of the chat session and you're having trouble getting in, email me and I'll respond right away.

This is an exciting step in the development of Insomnia Land - I hope you'll make it along and join in the fun.

See you on Sunday 5 September!

[emmaree]

Thanks Martin

For getting this together and all the work you have
put into this.

[seenafterscene]

Sorry again everyone for having to cut out so short. As a dream team member, I sat this one out too fast. To briefly explain, I simply had too much going on in my head to focus on the chat (mental health, not insomnia.) I do hope to make the next one though and I hope you all had a good time.

[Mike Hooker]

My apologies to everyone on the chat for leaving so abruptly. I clicked on my monitor screen accidentally, and the chat screen disappeared. The "click here" button wouldn't let me back in.

I'll know what not to do next time. Any plans for another one, Martin?

[Martin]

Firstly, let me thank all those who attended:

Mike Hooker
seenafterscene
emmaree
yamerias
Kik

Mike - Sorry to hear of the trouble you had. You should have been able to rejoin the chat session just by clicking the link again. I'll make sure there's a backup next time so you'll definitely be able to get back in if anything goes wrong.

Matt - We did miss you, but I understand you had your reasons for leaving early. No hard feelings - I am grateful you turned up!

To be honest, I was hoping (and expecting) a few more members to turn up - but thank you to the five of you for making sure the event wasn't a disaster. It was a lot of fun chatting with you all in realtime and I think the session was a success, despite the low numbers.

I'd love to make this a more regular event - but let's hold off on confirming that for now. Instead, I want to see if we can come up with some ideas on how to get more of our members involved in the live chat - do you have any personal connections with other members that you can use to encourage them to come along to the next chat session? How can we better communicate just how fun these sessions are, in order to boost attendance?

I had such a great time with you guys on Sunday and would love to extend that fun to more of our members.

I look forward to reading your thoughts, comments and suggestions.

[yamerias]

I will talk to some of the members and see what I can do, it was great fun, and interesting interacting in realtime and kinda getting to know each other better.

Martin, maybe if you offer everyone the beverage and snack if their choice they will join :cP

[Martin]

yamerias, on 06 September 2010 - 09:55 PM, said:

Martin, maybe if you offer everyone the beverage and snack if their choice they will join :cP

In addition to the super secret mega fantastical gifts I gave out last time?!

[Kik]

Martin, on 07 September 2010 - 11:35 PM, said:

In addition to the super secret mega fantastical gifts I gave out last time?!

Mine purrs like a kitten!

[yamerias]

Hey, what did she get? I got a Tshirt saying "I attended the Insomnialand chat and it was awesome...but all I got was this lousy t-shirt"!!!

[emmaree]

Guys thanks for the chat ,,,sorry I couldn't stay about longer ,,,Martin, wow my fave color red !!!!,,,,

[Martin]

Stop talking about the super secret mega fantastical gifts - those who didn't come will be jealous. Plus I don't want the pressure of giving these things away each time we have a live chat session!!!

[yamerias]

Any plans yet for the next chat Martin?

[Martin]

I think it's going to be difficult before November, I'm afraid. I move back to the mainland the first week of October and need to find a place to live. As soon as I'm in a place, we'll set the next one up.

Plenty of time for us to convince others to come on over for the next one!

[GoneWithTheSun]

i can't...i need to take a Greyhound to get back to my university on Sunday, i am going home today.

[emmaree]

Late November is good for me at this stage Martin
not sure how it will be for everyone else

[Martin]

GoneWithTheSun, on 17 September 2010 - 10:04 AM, said:

i can't...i need to take a Greyhound to get back to my university on Sunday, i am going home today.

I trust you made it back safely. How about one Sunday in November?

[yamerias]

November sounds good to me :c)

[yamerias]

Anymore news on this?

[Elfin]

Ooh you had this chat on my birthday

Any thoughts on having another one?????

[Martin]

I'd love to hold another one - the challenge is getting enough people to agree on a specific time, and to commit to turning up. We should get the ball rolling again, though.