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) -- Dave Patton CIS Canadian Information Systems Victoria, B.C. Degree Confluence Project: Canadian Coordinator Technical Coordinator http://www.confluence.org/ OSGeo FOSS4G2007 conference: Workshop Committee Chair Conference Committee member http://www.foss4g2007.org/ Personal website: Maps, GPS, etc. http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss