Use IRC for meeting management

[lianghai]

As shown on our official page, our designated IRC channel is #font-text on the W3C server irc.w3.org (which is the “hostname” to fill when you set up a “server/network”, and note it works on an “unsecured” port 6667).

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Quickly connect to our IRC channel right in your browser via Kiwi IRC: irc.w3.org/#font-text

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Kiwi IRC is an in-browser client, so you don’t have to install one of those legacy-looking apps on your machine before actually starting using IRC. Learn more about it: https://kiwiirc.com

The following are some relevant documents:

• General intro: https://www.w3.org/wiki/IRC
• Zakim, the meeting management bot: https://www.w3.org/2001/12/zakim-irc-bot
• RRSAgent, the record-keeping bot: https://www.w3.org/2002/03/RRSAgent

See also Fuqiao (xfq)’s comment below. I personally use IRCCloud, which provides a pretty modern experience.

[xfq]

Here's some other information for your reference:

• It's possible to be always online using IRCcloud or The Lounge.

• It's possible to use agendabot to automatically add the meeting agenda.

• Some W3C groups also use IRC bots to make comments in GitHub issues with the group resolutions.

• For those who speak Chinese, there is a simple Chinese guide too: https://github.com/w3c/chinese-ig/blob/master/docs/meeting-tools.md

[lianghai]

Generate Meeting Minutes from an IRC Log: https://w3c.github.io/scribe/scribedoc.htm

[xfq]

Generate Meeting Minutes from an IRC Log: https://w3c.github.io/scribe/scribedoc.htm

See also https://w3c.github.io/scribe2/scribedoc.html for an improved version of scribe.perl.