as far as i'm aware, though, no-one uses "fora" in place of "forums" unless they are complete arsewipes, even though it IS correct, technically.
so, how about a chat room each for those who are shy/don't like chat rooms/can't manage it/can't get pissed enough? they could all go and sit on their own in their chat room, at the same time as the main chat event was going on, so they don't feel left out.