I would suggest doing a test period of one week without the chat & put up a "Chat Room Currently Being Upgraded - email me for ETA" in it's place. Set up an email account just for that & see how many emails he gets wanting to know when the chat room will be back.
Or:
Put a seperate counter on the chat room enterance page (if possible) & keep an eye out on the stats.
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