I'm in on this. Justin, do you want to take lead on getting this done?
I can assist where you need me.
Solomon
On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 10:59 AM Stephen Jacobs <sj(a)magic.rit.edu> wrote:
+1 let’s get it done :-)
> On Mar 11, 2017, at 10:48 AM, Justin W. Flory <jflory7(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone!
>
> I was doing some research and I had a cool idea about something we could
> try to do to better include ourselves with the wider open source
> community on Freenode and get some cool perks.
>
> It's possible to file a group registration on Freenode to register an
> organization or community on Freenode. The full details can be found
here:
>
>
https://freenode.net/groupreg
>
> It can be summarized into these points, though:
>
>
> === What does registration mean? ===
>
> (1) Represents an official relationship between freenode and your
> project or organisation
> (2) Requires no special type or level of participation
> (3) Is accomplished by discussing your registration with the community
team
>
>
> === Requirements to register ===
>
> (1) Email to Projects team by representative of RIT (which I confirmed
> could be a professor)
> (2) Links to relevant websites and other online presences
> (3) Links to relevant FOSS work
> (4) Provide IRC user to act as group contact and explain their role in
> the organization
>
>
> === Benefits of registration ===
>
> (1) Additional channel management capabilities (this means any channel
> in the #rit-* namespace can be claimed by the registrants)
> (2) Group hostname cloaks (more on this below)
>
>
> So this is everything summarized quickly, but the full policy info can
> be found at the link above. What I was hoping to do with this email was:
>
> (1) Get confirmation from SJ / Schneidy to do this, and I can start an
> email with the Projects team
> (2) To discuss hostname cloak ideas with everyone!
>
>
> === Hostname cloaks ===
>
> If you're not familiar with a hostname cloak, it's a way you can mask
> your IP address / hostname when connecting to Freenode. It's also a way
> to "display" your affiliation or participation in the community too. For
> example, hostname cloaks could look something like this:
>
> * jflory7@rit/foss/student
> * axk4545@rit/ritlug/member
> * serubin@rit/foss/captain
> * schneidy@rit/foss/faculty
> * dzho@rit/professor
>
> And so on. I thought this could be a cool way to also encourage people
> to use IRC and to wear their affiliation across Freenode or wherever
> else they decide to join, if they'd like a cloak.
>
> Any other thoughts?
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Justin W. Flory
> jflory7(a)gmail.com
>
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