I think the Guitar chat room was initially set up to require an invitation because a previous incarnation that allowed anyone to join resulted in spammers and trouble makers making their presence known in a most annoying way during our "sessions"
I know towards the end of those guitar chats, we started using another voice chat program because of technical problems. Hopefully over the years, Yahoo has corrected those problems and there wouldn't be any issues. I guess I unsubscribed from the Yahoo Guitar Chat group when we switched, because I don't see it with my other Lightfoot related groups in "my groups" listing. So if this goes forward, I definitely request an invitation to join.
I'm not a player, but always attended the guitar chats because I enjoyed listening - and performers deserve an audience to cheer them on
I think it's a great idea, Cathy. I think it would be fun to include the News Group players who don't post here as well - could be that none of them would show up. Evidently real life is pretty busy as quiet as it's been over there lately. But, Derek and I were recently discussing how much we missed those guitar chats, so you never know.
As far as whether it should it be performance only or some teaching as well - I'll leave that question up to you players. I'd be fine with it either way.
Janice