The EA hotline.
When I came up with the idea of the online Enterprise Architects user group many people thought it’s a good idea but many had doubts about how exactly this online user group will be running. Most of them even thought it will be just a mailing list : -). Apart of using wikis, webcasts, and forums I’ve introduced a new idea to this group: the EA hotline. Behind this idea stands the need (of all of us) to consult with other colleagues about doubts and challenges that we meet in our daily work. What we offer actually is a FREE matching agent that would receive requests from group members and visitors for consultation conversations over VOIP (i.e. Skype) and find the right member/s that could and would like to participate. Finally, the agent would schedule a conversation between the demander and our members. If all participants are willing to share their conversations, we will add digital records (mp3) of the conversations to the group site.
You’re all welcome to use this service.