Re: Meetings in other regions

[Dave Crocker <dhc2 at dcrocker.net>]

Fred Baker wrote:
> On 7/17/06 10:51 AM, "Iljitsch van Beijnum" <iljitsch at muada.com> wrote:
>> Why do you need a jabber _scribe_ for input?
> 
> The primary value of a jabber scribe is that someone knows that *they*
> should type into the chat room. Absent that, yes, anyone *could* type,
> but who reliably *would*?


To underscore your point:

1. There is a clear benefit in having a reasonably something along the lines of
a meeting trascript.  The jabber log is a remarkably good means of obtaining
that and having it be available in real time.

2. The mere existence of a jabber session is not enough to produce the
transcript. Without having a person assigned the task, the group would be
relying on the happenstance of that different individuals would decide to
perform this task. There is quite a bit of research on group behavior that
assures us that this will not happen. (*)

(*) The body of formal, sociology and psychology research underscores what is
perhaps the best-known example of this phenomenon:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Genovese>.

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