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Re: scribes

In message <tsl4qxags5z.fsf@mit.edu>, Sam Hartman writes:
>>>>>> "Avri" == Avri Doria <avri@acm.org> writes:
>
>    Avri> hi, i have noticed in the last few days that there are very
>    Avri> few scribes working the jabber conferences.  i know it is
>    Avri> hard to get volunteers, but we should at least be trying.
>
>Is that really useful?  To the extent they are usful I've found Jabber
>to be much more useful for side discussions than for text
>participation by third parties?
>

It can be useful, for parties not in the room to be able to "listen".  
I've used it that way in the past.


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