Google Hangouts - Mar. 20: 7 central/8 eastern US

What should be the announcement format moving forward, if this is to be a regular thing? I think that the forum, while convenient to those that only ever look there, is not the best place. Can we try and use some of the social components of our little home, and make it an Event? To set up a new event, simply click on "Share" at the top, then "Events" where you would put in your status update, and follow the prompts from there. If we do that for the next one, then I can work out the kinks in terms of making it obvious something is coming up, etc.

Also, this enables multiple hangouts to be established, because there may be topics that are not necessarily of universal interest, not to mention the fact that each hangout has a limit of 9 attendees.

I'll go with the flow, but that is my advice.

Hmm, good point. One could argue that the hangout creator draws a line in the sand and proposes something, and if attendees say "I want to come but the time sucks" then it could be revised? But I see the need to communicate ahead of time to put something together. I am just trying to nudge people to do some of the social stuff in other parts of the site, to see how well that works. I am just a little hesitant to use the forum as a "wall", when we have walls.