Hello. IPC is thinking about offering a new free service for the circuit board industry - real time chat over the Internet. Before we do so, we'd like to evaluate the demand for and usefulness of such a service. For the test, we have created a web site that runs an evaluation version of the paraCHAT chat engine. It is available at any time at http://www.ipc.org/IPCchat/IPCchat.html. To take part in the evaluation, we invite you to point your web browser to the chat site on Wednesday, January 15, at 11 o'clock Central Standard Time. If you have a question about the TechNet or any other IPC E-mail email forum or just want to chat with people behind the TechNet, please join us. It looks to us as if the most effective way to use IPCchat would be to use TechNet or other forum messages to gain agreement on a date and time for a "chat" about a pre-arranged topic. The technology doesn't limit the number of participants or the time spent in a chat. The service is not for personal use, of course. Topics should be kept relevant to the printed circuit board industry. Also, since IPCchat is open to everyone, please be aware that any information you provide about yourself could receive wide distribution. When the service asks for your name, consider using your an alias. If your evaluations tell us the service is useful, we will set up private, password-protected chat rooms on request. Please send your opinions to [log in to unmask] Thank you for your participation. **************************************** Dmitriy Sklyar Electronic Communication Manager IPC 2215 Sanders Road Northbrook, IL 60062-6135 voice 847-509-9700 ext. 311 fax 847-509-9798 e-mail [log in to unmask] URL http://www.ipc.org http://www.eecs.uic.edu/~dsklyar **************************************** *************************************************************************** * Roadmap mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * *************************************************************************** * To unsubscribe from this list at any time, send a message to: * * [log in to unmask] with <subject: unsubscribe> and no text. * ***************************************************************************