Dear Texas Team,
It has been discussed previously that the IRC channel is hard to manage meetings. Or can become one-sided due to moderation. I would suggest on meetings we might use something other than the current IRC because of technological limits.
What I would propose is simply using google wave or dimdim. The reason why-- these would offer a greater flexibilty in the conversation plus allow simple voting and document presentation techniques not available using IRC.
The current IRC is a nice resource but has many limits. To a slower user they might not answer a specific question on the IRC in a timely manner or may not get to vote entirely due to moderation of that channel. Plus they would have to be on a channel. Other methods would allow a simple feed that you can update especially google wave.
We as TexasTeam have one of the largest areas and thus require staying abreast on methods that improve overall state involvement. This means that we must look at technologies that assist us to communicate.
I do not propose that we stop using IRC immediate. I do say we should use technology that can be used.