[Noisebridge-discuss] Should the NB board take action wrt IRC?

[Rachel McConnell]

The board could do this.  Should we?  I won't agree to it unless we have
a general membership consensus in favor of it; the most difficult bit, I
think, is to decide who the new channel owners should be.  Let's take
that in two parts.

IF YOU ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT IRC:

1. should the board request this from Freenode?

2. let's wait on *who* until we know if there's consensus on *whether*.

If you don't care about IRC, feel free to suppress this thread entirely.

Rachel

Josh Berkus wrote:
> On 3/26/10 1:19 PM, Ani Niow wrote:
>> It seems like you know a bit more about the processes with Freenode
>> than I do, would you have any suggestions beyond what you've said
>> already to help secure the channel with owners that actually care
>> about it?
> 
> Yes.  The NB board should write an official letter to the Freenode
> board, in which they:
> a) identify themselves
> b) identify 3 individuals to be channel owners
> c) explain the current #noisebridge channel situation and Jake's absence
> d) request that the #noisebridge channel be assigned to these 3 people
> and registered as an official channel
> 
> Given that Freenode is an overworked non-profit, I would also suggest
> that we make a small donation (like $40 or $50) towards its maintenance
> since we'll be using *their* time.
> 
> Also, note that the matter will probably wait until the next Freenode
> monthly board meeting to resolve.  There's been too many issues over
> channel hijacking for them to risk rushing a resolution.
>