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

[jim]

+1


On Sat, 2010-03-27 at 01:55 -0700, aestetix aestetix wrote:
> I am against anything which empowers the board at all beyond their
> minimally prestated duties and responsibilities.
> 
> I am in favor of any individual who takes action on their own accord
> to help solve issues and promote good community.
> 
> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 2:55 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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