http://www.sfgate.com

The Gate is a web-based conferencing system (using Motet) that is part of The San Francisco Chronicle and The San Francisco Examiner's web site. The Gate, due to effective hosting, great leadership and a crucial Bay Area audience hip to telecom options, has taken on a life of its own. Consistent with San Francisco's image, The Gate's Food conference is an area of avid interest (though haute cuisine is not always one everyone's minds -- a recent discussion fixated on what are the best sorts of Halloween candy). The users of the Gate tend to be in their middle adult years and many women use the system. - J.S.D.

subject matter: Northern California, general conversation, regional affiliation

regional affiliation: San Francisco

format: conferencing

language: English

cost: no cost