Hey Jo Jo! I think that's a brilliant idea! It would be so much fun and at the same time, informative, educational and well, more fun! I've learned so much from you and from the others and it would be simply marvellous to share that with others outside DS. Wonderful idea! (Only wish I'd thought of it first! LOL)

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Chat Schedules

PLEASE NOTE
ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN TIME ZONE
Remember to adjust for your time zone if you are not on eastern time ( GMT - 4 Hours).

9:00 Eastern -is- 8:00 Central -is- 7:00 Mountain -is- 6:00 Pacific

NOTE: The United Kingdom (UK) switches to British Summer Time (BST)
(which is an hour ahead of GMT) ------- the 9:00 eastern example above becomes 2:00 in the UK


Daily Scheduled COPD Chats in the Main Chat Room
10:30 AM, 3:00PM, 9:00 PM and Midnight

Caregiver's Chat
Every Sunday at 10:00pm
and every Wednesday at 7:00pm
and every Thursday at 10:00pm
in the Caregivers' Chat Room
Join our hosts and others in the Caregivers Chat Room

Quit Smoking Now Support Chat
Now - Every Day at 7:30pm
Need support and guidance on getting rid of the demon?
Join our hosts and others in the Quit Smoking Chat Room

Newcomers Chat Every Tuesday
Tuesdays at 1 p.m. (Eastern Time).
Officially titled "Newcomers Chat," you do not have to be new to COPD to join us! It is for the newly diagnosed, new computer users or those that
are unfamiliar and want to learn more about how chat rooms work.
This chat will be slow paced to give all time to keep up, and will be co-hosted by Deb and Lyn.

This chat is held in the Special COPD Topic Room at
http://www.copd-international.com/COPD/chat.htm
If you are a mIRC or Web TV user, the room is #copd



NOTE: All 7 chat rooms are open 24 hours per day.
Stop in anytime - you never know who you will meet, or from where.



All times are Eastern Time Zone (US)



Note: We have changed 2 chats from "Open chats" To Focused Chats.
This new format keeps the hour long chat "focused" on COPD and COPD related subjects.
The socializing, normally seen in an open chat is eliminated.
(Monday@3:00pm & Friday@10:30am)



Sunday

10:30 AM - Open chat Hosted by Naomi in the Main Chat Room
3:00 PM - Open chat Hosted by James in the Main Chat Room
7:30 PM - Quit Smoking chat Hosted by Jackie in the Quit Smoking Chat Room Special Topic Chat for those trying to quit only
"compare notes - what works for us, etc."

9:00 PM - Open chat Hosted by Norm in the Main Chat Room





10:00 PM - Caregivers chat Hosted by Kitty in the Caregivers Chat Room Special Topic Chat for
caregivers only
This chat discusses the special issues faced by caregivers

12:00 - Open chat Hosted by Rachel in the Main Chat Room Midnight Eastern - 9:00 PM Pacific


Monday

10:30 AM - Open chat Hosted by Chip in the Main Chat Room
3:00 PM - Focused
chat Hosted by Lyn and James in the Main Chat Room
7:30 PM - Quit Smoking chat Hosted by James in the Quit Smoking Chat Room Special Topic Chat for those trying to quit only
"compare notes - what works for us, etc."

9:00 PM - Open chat Hosted by Norm in the Main Chat Room
12:00 - Open chat Hosted by Deter in the Main Chat Room Midnight Eastern - 9:00 PM Pacific




Tuesday

10:30 AM - Open chat Hosted by Claire in the Main Chat Room



1:00 PM - Newcomers
Chat
Hosted by Deb and Lyn in the
Special COPD Topic Room


For mIRC or Web TV user, the room is #copd

3:00 PM - Open chat Hosted by Jackie in the Main Chat Room
7:30 PM - Quit Smoking chat Hosted by Gal in the Quit Smoking Chat Room Special Topic Chat for those trying to quit only
"compare notes - what works for us, etc."

9:00 PM - Open chat Hosted by Norm in the Main Chat Room
12:00 - Open chat Hosted by Rachel in the Main Chat Room Midnight Eastern - 9:00 PM Pacific


Wednesday

10:30 AM - Open chat Hosted by Deb in the Main Chat Room
3:00 PM - Open chat Hosted by James in the Main Chat Room
7:00 PM - Caregivers chat Hosted by Kitty in the Caregivers Chat Room Special Topic Chat for
caregivers only
This chat discusses the special issues faced by caregivers

7:30 PM - Quit Smoking chat Hosted by James in the Quit Smoking Chat Room Special Topic Chat for those trying to quit only
Support for those trying to "kick the habit"

9:00 PM - open chat Hosted by Norm in the Main Chat Room



12:00 - Open chat Hosted by Deter in the Main Chat Room Midnight Eastern - 9:00 PM Pacific


Thursday

10:30 AM - Open chat Hosted by Naomi in the Main Chat Room
3:00 PM - Open chat Hosted by Carolynn in the Main Chat Room
7:30 PM - Quit Smoking chat Hosted by Gal in the Quit Smoking Chat Room Special Topic Chat for those trying to quit only
"compare notes - what works for us, etc."

9:00 PM - Open chat Hosted by Norm in the Main Chat Room
10:00 PM - Caregivers chat Hosted by Lyn in the Caregivers Chat Room Special Topic Chat for
caregivers only
This chat discusses the special issues faced by caregivers

12:00 - Open chat Hosted by Rachel in the Main Chat Room Midnight Eastern - 9:00 PM Pacific


Friday

10:30 AM - Focused
chat Hosted by Deb and Naomi in the Main Chat Room
3:00 PM - Open chat Hosted by Rob in the Main Chat Room
7:30 PM - Quit Smoking chat Hosted by James in the Quit Smoking Chat Room Special Topic Chat for those trying to quit only
9:00 PM - Open chat Hosted by Norm in the Main Chat Room
12:00 - Open chat Hosted by Gal in the Main Chat Room Midnight Eastern - 9:00 PM Pacific


Saturday

10:30 AM - Open chat Hosted by Naomi in the Main Chat Room
3:00 PM - Open chat Hosted by Rob in the Main Chat Room
7:30 PM - Quit Smoking chat Hosted by Gal in the Quit Smoking Chat Room Special Topic Chat for those trying to quit only
"compare notes - what works for us, etc."

9:00 PM - Open chat Hosted by Norm in the Main Chat Room
12:00 - Open chat Hosted by Lyn in the Main Chat Room Midnight Eastern - 9:00 PM Pacific

I joined that site, and I kept getting everyone in the countries e-mails in my box, I was getting so many I couldn't keep up with erasing them. I tried to remove myself from the site and that took many tries, because the e-mail requests were coming to my box instead of their's, needless to say, I never got to find out how good the site was.

I never joined the site. I just entered a username and nick name. It told me entering my email was optional...and that was all. I was able to enter a chat room just like that. So, I think we could all do that. Those chat rooms are open 24/7. So, I think we could go into one during a time of our choice.

SURE THAT SOUNDS GOOD

Thanks Sassyme and BreathEasy for the web site it may very well be just the place we all need . Has anyone set up a time yet for our group to meet ?

Sassyme is a member of the web site. She does not think we will be able to just go in and use there chat rooms without actually joining. What I would like to do is have someone go into one of them with me and see if we can chat with each other. I was able to enter the chat room on two different occassions, but no one was in the room to talk to. I did not go in during one of their structured chat times. The web site says that the chat rooms are open 24 hours a day. I will be unavailable most of today... I think. Or, at best intermittently. My thought on all of this is... it would not hurt for us to belong to more than one support network. Not, that we would ever abandon each other and DS. But, if we joined the other web site and that allows us to chat...and gain a lot of knowledge and information from it...how can that be bad? Let me know what ya'all think...K? JoAnn