IRC guidelines

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IRC in the MeeGo project

We use IRC for a variety of real-time conversations:

Review our Community communication document: please review before you start participating for the first time.
Pick the right channel: if you aren't sure, you should start in our main #meego channel.
Keep it clean: many of us participate from work, so keep the language clean.
Don't be a jerk: treat people with respect and consideration - no regional, racial, gender or other abuse will be tolerated
Be helpful: be patient with new people and be willing to jump in to answer questions.
Stay calm: the written word is always subject to interpretation, so give people the benefit of the doubt and try not to let emotions get out of control.
Don't post chunks: avoid posting big chunks of text - use pastebin or a similar service to shorten it to a link.
Be Patient: Folks might not be around when you ask a question so wait a while for someone to speak before leaving.
Don't Private Message: Ask permission before you send someone a private message (PM) as not everyone likes them. Also by keeping it in public others with similar issues can see the solution you were given.
More information: this IRC primer for new users and the general IRC guidelines from freenode are also useful resources.

Use #meego-meeting: meetings should occur in #meego-meeting
Keep minutes / logs: use the MeeGo Meetbot to create minutes and logs.
Say what the meeting is for: For people following along the logs, please use "#startmeeting <meeting title>", stating what the aim of the meeting is, or the team running the meeting. A good title might be "MeeGo QA Tools group meeting, 2011-02-01"
MeeGo-Meeting IRC Schedule: Add your meeting to the schedule to make sure that people can find your meeting.
Announce the meeting: Post to relevant mailing list or forum and in #meego and other required channels prior to starting.
Use good meeting practices: Prepare in advance, use short sentences and give plenty of time for responses.
Follow-up: Post your minutes to your meeting wiki page (example) and reply to the announcement with a link to your minutes.
Tips for presenters: Read our IRC Presentation Tips if you are new to presenting in IRC.
Smile: Keep it fun! :)

Check existing channels first: Make sure that you really need a new channel and aren't overlapping with other channels.
Contact Dawn Foster: It would be really nice if you consulted with Dawn before creating a new channel.
Create and Register: Channels should be created and registered on freenode.
Set founder flags: Give founder access to the following IRC nicks: DawnFoster and Stskeeps. ( use "/chanserv access #chan add nick +F" for each founder )
List your channel: Add your channel to the Community communication document.