Has anyone thought of having scheduled discussions? Often when I go to the chat room no one is talking. When people are talking it's mostly small talk. How about picking a time to meet and discuss "What is a folk song" or somthing like that. I doesn't have to be officially organized, people talking within a thread could agree to meet in the chat room at a given time. Just an idea to prime the pump.

And, speaking of obvious problems, is there realistic time when people from the US, the British Isles, and Australia might all be in the chat room at the same time?