Hi All, In two days we will have just started our SFD activities!
I promised details of the #debian-women-new channel and how to join it, for those unused to IRC, so here we go: ********************************* Channel Aims and Atmosphere #debian-women-new is a channel for newcomers to Debian Women and/or IRC to join and say hello in the knowledge that they will get a friendly response and that nobody will mind if they are unsure of themselves with IRC technology. It will be a good place to ask questions about the Debian Women project, if you are curious. It will be civilised and friendly. Disruptive behaviour will not be tolerated, so please be nice :) It will give you a chance to meet some of the Debian Women regulars, including some Debian Developers. We are hoping that some of the newcomers joining the channel will go on to become more involved in Debian in the future, but of course it's fine if that is not your intention. We'd like you to drop in and say hello anyway. *********************************** Channel location and times #debian-women-new will be running on the irc.oftc.net [1] network from 0000 to 2359 GMT on the 10th. That is, for 24 hours starting from 5pm Friday in LA 7pm Friday in Mexico City 8pm Friday in New York 1am Saturday in London 2am Saturday in Madrid 5am Saturday in Lahore 8am Saturday in Singapore 10am Saturday in Sydney and that's enough timezones for me :) If I missed your timezone and you aren't sure, you can use the worldclock converter to find out [2] 1. http://www.oftc.net/ 2. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html *************************************** How to join the channel: LINUX COMMAND-LINE install irssi (for Debian: "apt-get install irssi") use the following commands: 1. irssi (irssi will start) 2. /server irc.oftc.net (irssi will connect to the oftc server) 3. /nick myfavouritenick (your nick is the name you are known by on irc. Choose one that appeals to you. If it is already taken, try a variation.) 4. /join #debian-women-new (you will see the channel topic and the list of people who are already there) 5. Say something: type in the irssi entry line down the bottom and hit return to post that comment to the channel. 6. When you have finished, quit irssi: /quit Don't forget the "#" in the channel name and the "/" with *no spaces* at the start of the irssi command lines. LINUX KDE Use konversation, ksirc or another. LINUX GNOME Use xchat or another. WINDOWS Install icechat [3] or another MAC I don't know offhand - please ask if you want help and I'll find out. If anyone needs detailed instructions for any of these clients, please reply (preferably to the list, so others can see your question) and someone will post the instructions in reply. Please don't hesitate to ask about this stuff if you are not sure. 3. http://www.icechat.net/ **************************************** Useful websites: http://women.alioth.debian.org/ http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/faq.html http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_Freedom_Day If anyone has any questions about this, please ask. We are hoping to see lots of new faces (and some old ones) in #debian-women-new on Saturday. Helen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
