[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo and use of freenode for IRC

[Dave Patton]

OSGeo makes use of freenode for IRC, including both
'general OSGeo channels' such as #osgeo and project-
specific channels.

1)
Has the OSGeo board considered contributing to the
Peer-Directed Projects Center?
http://freenode.net/how_to_help.shtml

2)
Has the OSGeo foundation, or any of the OSGeo projects,
done the Group Registration with freenode?
http://freenode.net/group_registration.shtml

3)
There has been, on more than one occasion, discussion
about whether to use #foss4g as "the" channel for any
discussions relating to the FOSS4G conference, or to
continue the pattern of creating a new channel for
each year (e.g. #foss4g2007, #foss4g2008, etc.).
Jeff McKenna (Conference Committee chair) suggested
deferring any decision until after FOSS4G2008, so as
not to disrupt any communications relating to the
conference, which makes sense.
I only raise the issue now because such planning might
relate to Group Registration.
Info on channel registration on freenode:
http://blog.freenode.net/?p=78
Also, it is possible to setup a series of channels such
as #foss4g2009, #foss4g2010, etc., and have /join requests
redirected to a different channel such as #foss4g
(e.g. /mode #foss4g2008 +if #foss4g)

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Dave Patton
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