> I figured out the basics from the web site, but what exactly does being > the group contact allow/require that person to do?
We've made some changes to the site to clarify the purpose and role of a group contact. Please look at http://freenode.net/group_contacts.shtml which should explain it better. > The form makes a comment about the group contact having "the authority to > act on their behalf". What acts are they going to be asked to perform on > debian's behalf? I talked to Rob and he agreed that the wording wasn't very clear. The form has been moved to http://freenode.net/group_contact_form.shtml and the wording has been changed from: Provide as much information as you can, to help us research your application to make sure you have the authority to act on their behalf. to: Provide as much information as you can, to help us research your application to make sure your status as contact is sanctioned officially by your project or group. If you look at item #5 on http://freenode.net/group_contacts.shtml it should help clarify as well: 5. _Needs no special level of authority._ Delegate whatever level of authority seems appropriate to your contact. We won't necessarily expect them to make policy decisions, just to find out the answers to any questions that are raised. The specific activities of the group contact would include things like passing on changes to Debian project participant cloak lists, requesting resets of project-owned channels in cases where the registered contacts have disappeared, requesting ownership of channels that begin with "#debian-" which might be considered important but which are controlled by other groups, etc. More generally, does the debian project yet have any commitment from freenode? Channels entered on the form are "for informational purposes only" so I assume not. That wording was in place because we currently have no way built into the servers to reserve channels beginning with "#debian-", for example. The wording has been changed to: # Channels. List the channels your group and/or project currently uses or those channels you believe you'll need. You can list a channel name prefix followed by a wildcard character, as in #foo-*, to request all channels starting with #foo-. We'll make sure you are able to assert ownership of those channels where the name is clearly associated with your project or group, and eventually this function may be automated. Hope this helps, Mike -- Mike Mattice - Debian Developer mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1024D/137A955E print 050C 2D2F A95A 25BB B61F CD16 EC3B CAC4 137A 955E
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