You might consider the very small number of people in this thread who are in favour of a chat room? - compared to the 29,447 (as of this minute) registered members of these forums.
The previous threads about chat rooms did similarly well :lol:
Maybe if you want to 'chat' you could consider listing your local electronic events?
In the UK we have a few radio rallies and computer rallies; that sort of thing ... ?
If there was a place to list these events then maybe people could agree (via pm?) to meet there.
This only lets people geographically close to each other to meet but could be interesting :? :?: