It's not an online forum. It's an IRC channel. I'd be willing to help if there's interest. There's an unofficial ##pick if interested, but only a couple of pickies hang out there. If you want to get a normal channel on Freenode then you'd need to apply and get representation from IBM in order to form an official channel. Otherwise you can just create ##ibmu2 or ##ibmu2ug and skip the whole official thing. The main benefit to registering with Freenode is that group members can apply for host cloaks that show up when you identify you user/password in IRC. They can say something like "member/u2ug" or "committee/u2ug" instead of your PC's IP address or hostname when you do a /whois on a person. Stop by http://freenode.net/group_registration.shtml for more information. You can also ask the staff specific question in #freenode. Make sure you read the page before you ask, because most channel operators and helpers don't like having to spoon feed answers that are already online.
---------------------------------------- Glen Batchelor IT Director All-Spec Industries phone: (910) 332-0424 fax: (910) 763-5664 E-mail: webmas...@all-spec.com Web: http://www.all-spec.com Blog: http://blog.all-spec.com ---------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:owner-u2- > us...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Ron White > Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 9:58 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: RE: [U2] Freenode #ibmu2 ? > > As I recall in our discussions long long ago that this email list was the > preferred medium because several of our list members are restricted by > their > companies and are not allowed to access the web to participate in online > forums. I for one am quite content with the present mailing list format > so > that all members are able to participate. > > Ron White > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
