Terry Martin's Convention Chat

Yesterday we told you about Center Aisle, the Diocese of Virginia's initiative to bring us daily news of General Convention in Anaheim, California.  Today we hear of another startup effort to provide real time coverage of convention news.  The Rev. Terry Martin, formerly of Fr. Jake Stops the World, now of Fr. T. Listens to the World, has launched a chat room for delegates and friends of the convention to meet and share ideas.  As Rev. Terry says,

One of my ideas for General Convention is to have a chat room available at various times during the day.  So, I'm testing out a particular product:

http://www.stickam.com

Stickam has the advantage of allowing both audio and cams.  The other rooms there are mainly made up of young people, some of them with extremely foul mouths, so I cannot recommend them.

I've created a room with a password, so we won't have to deal with such folks.

So, if you want to help me out, come visit the room.  Here's what you have to do:

1. Go to Stickam
2. Register.  It's fairly non intrusive and just takes a minute
3. You'll be asked to go to the email account that you used and respond to the Stickam email
4. Once you are logged in, go to group chat
5. Scroll down to "Episcopal Chat"
6. Enter this password:  TEC815

Come try it out.  If this works, we'll be using it as part of the reception hosted by the Evangelism and Congregational Life Center at General Convention, as well as throughout Convention.

Dates and times of regular chat sessions TBA...  For now, if you don't find "Episcopal Chat" on the menu, check back later.  Once again, I do not encourage you to visit any of the public rooms.  They can be quite toxic.

Again, it looks like a work in progress at this moment.  But if Terry Martin can get enough Episcopalians to sign on to the chat room, it could be a valuable way to communicate.  And it could be another way for those of us who are watching expectantly to be a part of the proceedings.