Registering RIT as an organization on Freenode

[Justin W. Flory]

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

[Stephen Jacobs]

+1  let’s get it done :-)
>  On Mar 11, 2017, at 10:48 AM, Justin W. Flory
> <jflory7(a)gmail.com&gt; 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
>  
>

[Solomon Rubin]

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&gt; wrote:

>  +1  let’s get it done :-)
>  > On Mar 11, 2017, at 10:48 AM, Justin W. Flory <jflory7(a)gmail.com&gt; 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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[Justin W. Flory]

Okay, great, I'll start the process with the Freenode Projects Team.
Once we have more info back from them, we can figure out what's next.
Coming up with ideas for hostname masks that we want to assign and
seeing what people think is probably best for now. :)

On 03/11/2017 06:19 PM, Solomon Rubin wrote:
>  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
>  <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>  
>      +1  let’s get it done :-)
>      > On Mar 11, 2017, at 10:48 AM, Justin W. Flory <jflory7(a)gmail.com
>      <mailto:[e-mail]>> 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 <mailto:[e-mail]>
>      >
>  
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Cheers,
Justin W. Flory
jflory7(a)gmail.com