Are town halls just organized sessions in chat, or are we permitted to hold them in an audio forum (GoToWebinar, etc.).
Are there rules or best practices? Are some topics off limits?
Are there examples of town meetings that have been held too soon or too late? What timing is just right for a town meeting? Is there a reason we would not want to start now holding town meetings on some regular basis?
The only event we (the Stack Exchange Team) apply the term "Town Hall Chat" is just prior to a Moderator election where community members can ask the candidates questions. We're still quite a ways off until you graduate and have a general election.
First we have to find you guys some temporary, provisional moderators. There's been too few nominations coming from the community and way too many nominees declining to get even a temporary moderator staff up and running for this site.
See Moderator Pro Tem Nominations.
This is your meta forum and your place to organize your site's governance. If you feel there are issues that can be solved by real-time collaborations, our internal chat rooms are a great place to hold such events. Call them Town Halls or whatever you wish, but these types of organized events are a great way to increase engagement and get things done.
