Re: [Caml-list] Group registration on Freenode.net for #ocaml channels

[Anil Madhavapeddy <anil@recoil.org>]

> On 5 Jan 2018, at 20:08, Adrien Nader <adrien@notk.org> wrote:
> 
> Now that group registration is possible again, I'm looking at the
> process: http://freenode.net/groupreg . It's not legalese but it's
> clearly not very entertaining.
> The main takeaway is « Represents an official relationship between
> freenode and your project or organisation. ». Everything else is a
> consequence.
> 
> Is there a legal/formal entity that wants to establish that official
> relationship with freenode? This doesn't imply managing the IRC channels
> but only doing the registration and deciding who gets to actually manage
> the IRC channels. If so, what should that contact email address be? If
> not, can "we" register as an informal group?
> [ Note that without any answer within 30 days, i.e. post-FOSDEM, I will
> assume there is no interest from a formal entity to enter a relationship
> with freenode and that we can register as an informal group ]

Dear Adrien,

Thanks for looking into this.  I think an ‘informal project-oriented group’
is most appropriate for a programming language community like ours
on Freenode.

Feel free to put me down as a contact if it helps.

regards,
Anil