Synchronous Meetings - Version 1.1g

This document is by the e-conf team of Region 3. Comments are welcome. In this document, guidelines for holding synchronous meetings using technology such as Internet Relay Chat (IRC) are discussed along with some suggested client technology. This is part of a continuing effort to develop e-conferencing approaches. Many e-conferences using these guidelines were held in the development of this guide and has been beta-tested by several groups.

Organization

TopicFile
Introduction intro.html
Description desc.html
Limitations/Trouble Areas limit.html
Training train.html
Evaluation Form eval.html
Appendices  
Design Documentation design.html
Common IRC Tool Issues ircinfo.html
Glossary of Terms glossary.html

Latest Master Document: master.html (useful for printing)

The Region 3 E-Conf Team

Change Log

Date/Version Changes
15 Dec 2003 - Version 1.1g Add 2000/XP to windows clients, mark recommended clients ***, add mIRC cheat sheet
22 Mar 2003 - Version 1.1f Changed address to MsChat (1.1e, date not logged), added OS X clients for Mac (1.1f).
15 Apr 2002 - Version 1.1d Remove link to quiz (server gone) and changed training coordinator to Charles.
22 Oct 2000 - Version 1.1c Changed links to emoticons, mschat download, added some text to make searches more likely to find this document.
17 Jan 2000 - Version 1.1 Added information about Voting, Executive Sessions, Sample Text for Facilitators. Created this change log.
05 Oct 1999 - Version 1.0 Initial release in time for Sections Congress '99.

This page: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/3/e-conf/guidelines/index.html
Region 3 E-Conference Project: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/3/e-conf/
Last modified: Mon Dec 15 22:23:32 CST 2003