[Lincs] IRC Voting

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On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 12:30:32 +0100, Ben Francis <lists at hippygeek.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> 
>  =====VOTING STARTS HERE=====
> 
>  SERVER
>  ffdesign.net         0
>  oftc.net             5
> 
>  IRC CHANNEL NAME
>  #llug                5
>  #lincslug            0
>  #lincs               0
> 
>  IRC WEEKLY MEETING DAY
>  Monday               0
>  Tuesday              2
>  Wednesday            2
>  Thursday             0
>  Friday               0
>  Saturday             0
>  Sunday               1
> 
> IRC WEEKLY MEETING TIME
>  Morning              0
>  Afternoon            0
>  6:00pm               0
>  8:00pm               5
>  10:00pm              0
> 
>  =====VOTING ENDS HERE=====
> 
> I _think_ the above votes are what we've got so far. Looks like we've had a turnout as 
> good as local elections :P

Thats fine as long as Robert Kilroy Silk doesn't turn up. :s

> ARE THERE ANY MORE VOTES? Failing that, is there any reason anyone _can't_ meet > on IRC at 8:00pm on Wednesdays?
> 
> We need a deciding vote for the day really but it looks unanomous (sp?) that we'll be hanging out on irc.oftc.net in #llug - in fact this channel is already being used! Remember irc talking times aren't restricted to the "official" meeting!

Talking of which, does anyone know how to get ops in that channel?
Would be nice if we had a topic in there. :)

> If anyone needs any help using IRC please feel free to ask questions on this list.
> 
> Some IRC clients to try:
> 
>       Unix
> 
>     * http://www.xchat.org/
>     * http://freshmeat.net/ (lots of them)
>     * http://www.epicsol.org/

In linux, I especially recommend irssi, which is available both in a
GUI for X and for the console. Bitchx is also another one to try
although I switched away from that when a major security vulnerability
was found in it.

>       Windows
> 
>     * http://www.mirc.com/
>     * http://xchat.org/win32
>     * http://www.bitchx.org/ (ported from *nix version)

One problem with bitchx for windows is that, when it runs in a DOS
emulator window, whenever I've tried it, it won't actually let me type
anything, so its basically useless. But then, it is running in
windows. If you really must use IRC in windows, try XiRCON
downloadable from http://www.xircon.com/ (remember also to get the
bugfix script with it).

--
Thanks,
-Matt Dancer <barodato at gmail dot com>