Lets all use the IRC channel for once

[Jamon Camisso]

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Having been on freenode for more hours a day than I care to admit for 
more days/months/years than I care to admit (pick one or all of the 
three), I am writing this to encourage anyone who reads this to use the 
#toronto-lug irc channel on freenode. So many lugs, smaller and larger, 
have thriving channels and there is no reason why gtalug shouldn't have 
one of the best with the 1000 or so members subscribed to this list, and 
the pool of expertise and just plain computers running 24/7.

It's time that people got to introducing themselves to/on irc. Sure 
there are monthly meets and other various related user group meetings, 
but we should still make a good showing of things. There are people in 
the channel at this very moment, some of whom are there more than anyone 
else, who live in the UK and *not* in Toronto. Please, let's all try to 
make a better showing of things, perhaps foster an open atmosphere for 
new people to come and chat, etc. etc.

IRC is a great thing, both for wasting time *and* for doing and learning 
linux related stuff. With talk of house/lan parties, a gtalugradio 
podcast of some sort, Linuxworld coming up, and all manner of other 
related stuff going on, surely we could at least have more than the 
current 12 users, perhaps with more than 1 line of text per day?

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Jamon
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