IRC Channels and Cloaks
The FSFE is using Freenode for our IRC communication and most of the activity takes place in the #fsfe channel. Other channels may be created on the fly and be called things like #fsfe-newcampaign and so on, as it's needed, but in general, there's not enough talk in #fsfe that having any kind of related discussion there would cause a problem in most cases. We have a group registration with Freenode, which means we're responsible for all channels with #fsfe-* names as well as cloaks of the form @fsfe/<name>.
Our current group contacts with Freenode are Max (mxmehl on IRC) and Heiki (Repentinus).
Cloaks
If you want to have an FSFE cloak enabled for your Freenode name, please send a mail to contact (a) fsfe.org. In order to have an FSFE cloak, you must: (a) have your name registered with NickServ (see the Freenode knowledge base for information), and (b) have an account on the FSFE's systems (meaning you're either a volunteer, supporter, or staff). Please see this Wiki page about volunteer accounts and how to create one.
Our cloaks generally take the form of fsfe/username, where username corresponds to an entry in our account database. Employees and volunteers with defined responsibilities may be granted a cloak of the form fsfe/descriptor/username. The following descriptors are currently in use:
- bot (for bots operated by the person(s) listed in the username section on behalf of the FSFE)
officer (for elected officers of the FSFE)
staff (for current employees of the FSFE)