I decided this should go in customer service since providing a chatroom is, essentially, a service to Paizo's customers.
Well, that let the cat out of the bag, didn't it?
Let's make it official. I'd like to propose the creation and support of a Paizo chatroom on an IRC network.
I suggest the use of Psionics.net for the room as it is a well-known, well-established IRC network which has provided chatroom services specially for RPG players for many years and hosts a number of already well-established chatrooms for well-known entities such as Malhavoc Press, EN World and Kathryn Kurtz' channel for her Deryni novels.
They don't ask for money, but the operators have given a lot to the RPG online community over the years so it would also be nice to have an entity like Paizo use their service and provide a bit of a donation now and then to keep them running.
I'd volunteer to set-up the channel and set-up all the permissions and auto-ops for Paizo staff and the organizing of chat events, however if Erik remembers me from Greytalk, then I'm guessing I'll be last in line for the job :)
That doesn't mean, however, that it's a bad idea.