RealPagan- Paganism for the Real World

Fireside Chat Nights!

Hello, all.

Well, everything has its season, and RealPagan's chat community has been at a bit of a lull for a while now. I like to think of it as a sort of winter, really - things slow down, the sap freezes up, critters climb into someplace warm to hibernate and the world gets still and quiet for a while.

Of course, the best thing about winter, in my mind, is that spring always follows.

With that in mind, we would like to announce our new Fireside Chat Nights! In an effort to get folks chatting on the site again, and to get some conversation about the sort of things people want to talk about, but might not necessarily know who to talk about it to, the mods and admins of RealPagan have decided to host chat sessions during some evenings of the week.

Each of these nights will be attended and organized by one or more of the mods, including a specific topic. We'll do our best to make sure that there are plenty of folks there, including people who know about that topic, but ultimately, we're all just here to chat a bit about it, throw in some of our own opinions and conjecture about it, and in general dig our teeth into the subject at hand. It's a chance to share what you know, and learn about something you don't.

In the next couple of weeks, we'll be announcing the nights that these chats will be held on. They're going to be based on mod availability, but we'll make sure to try and choose evenings when people can be around, and make sure that we announce them in plenty of time beforehand.

What we need from you guys is simple: We need Topics!

What do you want to chat about? Got any topics that you'd like to see discussed, or that you'd like to take part in discussing? Please reply to this thread with some of your Topic suggestions, and we'll go through with the mods (and possibly some "guest hosts") and see who wants to host what, and then go from there.

Sound good? Great! Looking forward to seeing everyone in chat!

Regards,

Oakthorne

Site Mod

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Permalink Reply by Seren Haf on August 28, 2011 at 20:16

Please can you post the time the chats will start [ then non USA members can adjust to their time]...Id love to chat, but your evenings could well be my wee small hours lol

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Permalink Reply by Alorer (The Gecko) on August 29, 2011 at 0:30

I would love to chat with you guys again! However, time can be a problem. We have 7~10 hours difference, so your evening could very well be in the wee hours of the morning for me!

Anyway, how about "Angels" as a topic? I've been reading Star Foster's Pantheon post on angels, watchtowers and Wicca and it's quite interesting!

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Permalink Reply by Daniel O'Neill (Cat wrangler) on August 29, 2011 at 5:16

Sounds Great Ya'll

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Permalink Reply by Sporkboy on August 29, 2011 at 6:27

This is fantastic. I can't wait.

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Permalink Reply by Dog on August 29, 2011 at 7:05

I think this is a great idea! I'll have a think of any topics that might spark some chat.

Also, Like Seran Haf said, I hope that the times would be good for those in other parts like the UK as well. I would very much like to join in, but the time zones might make it difficult.

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Permalink Reply by Oakthorne on August 29, 2011 at 7:30

We will certainly do our best to be accommodating regarding the time, but we're also going to have to be flexible - these are being done as mods have the opportunity to do them, after all.

That said, there is nothing to prevent anyone from posting their own Fireside Chat times and topics, and inviting everyone to get together in the chat during times that are good for them. In fact, we encourage it!

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Permalink Reply by Neiges on August 30, 2011 at 11:50

Well, I think that it's summer and that winter will bring people inside and more available to chat, myself ;)

I know that it is the case for me. I need to finish summer vacation, yes I am looking forward to the end of vacation to get some personal stuff done instead of taking care of everyone else's, then there will be the terrible transition to back to school scheduling and somewhere mid-september I will be super roaded (french expression meaning got into the groove) and will love to chat! :)

So my suggested topic is : working with elementals

And my time zone is Paris (+1)