As described (informationally) in RFC 7649, the role of the Jabber scribe is to relay questions from remote participants, not to take notes. https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7649.txt Peter On 8/6/19 5:19 PM, Linda Dunbar wrote: > Installing Jabber is not easy. You have to find specific servers to > download, and very often you are not really sure which one is legitimate. > > Many people don’t have Jabber installed on their device, especially for > people using mobile devices. > > > > Given Etherpad allows anyone with any devices to post questions. Why is > it still mandatary for WG session to have Jabber scribe before it can > start? > > > > Puzzled > > > > Linda > > > > >