[FreeGeek] impromptu irc-chat on the idea of Boards

ifny iamlachance at gmail.com
Tue Nov 7 11:54:51 PST 2006


yes i was on geek time :D

the meeting is tonight



On 11/7/06, sean hill <sean at seanhill.ca> wrote:
>
>  Just for clarity Scott, the web based interface will allow us to get
> through a firewall correct? I may be at Langara College so I'm going to need
> something that operates on a pretty benign port.
>
>  Also, you say the meeting is tonight, but ifny wrote that it was taking
> place tomorrow. I notice ifny wrote in at ~3am, she must have been on geek
> time and meant today.
>
>  sean  :o)
>
>
>
>  agent humble wrote:
>  I think the subject of this message is a bit of a red herring. As I said
> previously co-ops also have boards and what we are really talking about is
> the operating structure we want FreeGeek to have. Having something called a
> board is an unavoidable legal requirement if we're actually going to manage
> a
> 15,000ft warehouse and operate a storefront. It's up to us how we craft the
> articles of incorporation (ie. bylaws) that will govern how we operate.
>
> Just so people know why this IRC server?... I have trouble connecting to IRC
> servers that use the standard 6667 port because of the Tor node I run at
> home. Indymedia IRC will let you connect using SSL at port 994.
>
> If you have no idea what I'm talking about and have never used IRC before
> you
> can still get in on the action by using Indymedia's web-based interface to
> IRC. It's at http://chat.indymedia.org. Just be sure to give yourself a
> unique 'nickname' and specify the name of the 'extra channel' as Ifny
> specified below - #FGHQ. For 'software' leave the default on the Java unless
> you are having troubles connecting - then choose the other (HTML - CGI).
>
> Hope to see you there later tonight.
>
> Scott
>
> On Tuesday 07 November 2006 3:26 am, ifny wrote:
>
>
>  okay so there will be an impromptu meeting tomorrow night on irc to
> continue this discussion.
>
> 8:30pm
> irc.indymedia.org
> #FGHQ
>
> if you canʻt make it, donʻt worry
> no decisions will be made
> weʻre just gonna see if we can type as fast as we think
> if you need to be late or whatever no prob. david says he will join late
> too.
>
> if you have never used irc, you should install client software. some
> are listed at:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat#Clients
>
> if you have any problems installing it, you can email me or the
> recently irc-deflowered david (or phone him at 604-690-7372).
>
> ~ifny
>
> by the way, in the conversation below:
> humble was played by scott
> iamturnip was played by david
> fuzzybunny & ifny were played by ifny
> sean was played by sean moffat
> simeon played via phone
> ifny was distracted by phone
>
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