Transformus Virtual Town Hall Meeting - Sunday June 29th, 8pm EST
topic posted Today, 4:43 PM by Jace
Thought I would post this here because I see a lot of familiar faces, this is going to be a GREAT opportunity for our whole team to be together and get to the bottom of so many issues

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Ah yes, what you all have been waiting for, a Town Hall Meeting, which will take place in our new chat room on Sunday June 29th at 8pm EST. The Topic of this meeting is "Problems, Changes and The Future"

The main web address for this is chat.transformus.com/ - but check at the end of this email for more options on how to load the chat, especially if you have a slower computer

The BOD has assured me that all BOD members will make their best efforts to join in and answer any questions you might have, but please be warned, this is not going to be a yelling match or blame fest, derogatory remarks and insults will not be tolerated and will result in a temporary ban from the chat room for 60 seconds. A lot has happened in the past month to us and we need to pull together and work hard to rise up and become stronger. Some BOD members have prior engagements that they are working on rescheduling, but we are aiming to have as many as we can there. I am also asking that all Team Leads try and make it, as there are a lot of questions for them also.

We want to make sure and lay down some guidelines for those that want to participate. The meeting will follow the following format:

1. All questions must be submitted by email to jace@transformus.com until 2 hours before the chat session, anything after 6pm EST will not be answered this week. As some of the replies might be a little longer than usual, we are using this format to give the BOD and Team Leads appropriate time to type replies. Each BOD and Team Lead member will be given an opportunity to paste their replies, but please keep all question until all BOD and Team Lead members have replied.

2. After each question is answered there will be a 10 minute open forum to ask any questions you might have about the current question only.

3. We ask that while a question is being ask and answered that users in the chat keep their comments to a minimum, repeated disruptions will result in a temp 60 second ban from the chat.

4. After all questions are asked and answered we will spend some time on an open forum to discuss what is on everyones mind in better detail. Once again, this is not an open forum to disrupt or belittle, this is to talk calmly, learn and teach. The open forum will last until we decide it is over, I am not setting any time limit on this.

Why the 60 second temp bannings?
As a community I feel it is in our best interest, especially with planning type conversations, to not get so heated that you belittle someone else or make someone else feel lower than you. Yes, some of us are smarter than others and some of us think we can do better than others at their job, but that is exactly what this chat is about, talking everything out face to face (sort of) and working through our issues. So, it is my decision that if someone starts to get out of line, start name calling, or trying to butt into one question with their own issues, that they need to be removed until they can act in a civilized manned and sitck to the format we decided on.

What to do if you are temp banned?
If you are temp banned you will be kicked from the room and will be brought to the login page again. Click the refresh button on your web browser so the login page comes up again, and when your 60 seconds is up, log in again. Please don't ask what was dicussed while you were gone, the chat logs from this meeting will be posted, you can see what was talked about when those are posted.

Ok, now that we have the specifics out of the way, how about we talk about this brand new shiney chat room?

How do I get in to the chat?
You have a few options, and all can be found on chat.transformus.com/
But let me explain what each one is

chat.transformus.com/flashchat.php is the basic chat room, it takes up your whole browser window. It is refreshed every 2 seconds with new replies

chat.transformus.com/flashchat.php is a much better interface for the chat room, it has a desktop appearance, and if you intend on using the private message system to talk privately to others, this is the best solution for you

chat.transformus.com/ajax/index.php is what is called an Ajax system, it is the same layout as the basic chat room, but instead of using flash for the chat, it uses what is called Ajax...what is ajax? it stands for Asynchrous Javascript and XML, and is essentially a way in which a website can update what you see on it without you having to refresh the page. That makes it perfect for rich web applications - websites which are aiming to act as much like traditional desktop applications as possible. Bottom line, it is like a normal web page, but updates itself instantly with new information when that new information is presented to it.
This is perfect for those that don't have broadband connections, slow computers or users that don't have flash installed

All of these will be listed on chat.transformus.com in the next day or so with explanations for each

OK, I think that is all you need to know for now, I hope to see a couple hundred of you in the chat

PLEASE REMEMBER TO HAVE ALL QUESTIONS SUBMITTED BY SUNDAY NIGHT AT 6PM EST

Thanks,

Jace