[FOSS4G2016] Use of #foss4g IRC (monthly meeting spot?)

[till.adams at fossgis.de]

Hi,

thanks for that Jeff - I am personally glad, that you point us to the 
possibilities....

Personally I am not really used with IRC, although I know about that 
.... but. If this is a way to communicate faster and easier, I am fine 
with this.

We also might use our fossgis-channel, but I guess, that also the 
FOSSGIs 2016 planning will go over that, so using the foss4g channel of 
osgeo might be better.

Any opinions on that?

@Jeff: One question: Is there a kind of "quiet backup" that let us take 
some minutes off while having a meeting?

Regards, Till



Am 2015-06-03 15:53, schrieb Jeff McKenna:
> Hi all,
>
> While we are on the topic of communications:
>
> There is an IRC channel that is mostly not used: #foss4g on
> freenode.net (if you don't have an IRC client, you can login directly
> through your browser at https://webchat.freenode.net/).
>
> Why could this channel be useful to the 2016 committee?  A place that
> organizers can chat at any time.  For example, the back and forth 
> that
> Till and I did through private email today could have simply been 
> done
> in that channel (I live there everyday as "jmckenna").  I see about 
> 10
> others there everyday, but the channel is mostly quiet.
>
> You could also start holding monthly planning meetings there (or if
> the meeting is in person, then give updates to remote committee
> members through that IRC channel).
>
> Again, not every local committee listens to me.  But, I'm letting you
> know that this is an option (might as well use it!).
>
> (there is an #osgeo channel of course, but, I feel we could make the
> mostly unused #foss4g channel to be the home for instant FOSS4G-2016
> planning)
>
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
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