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

[Martin Bogomolni]

Yes, I use IRC (and care .. being remote) .. and would like to see a
group registration happen.

-Martin

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>
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