IRC presence requirements

[Sarah Hobbs]

I don't think IRC is mandatory for MOTUs.  Unless:

- They are wanting to change things.  Discussions are much quicker, and 
often more fruitful as a result, when done on IRC

- They don't know where they are in the release cycle, and are looking 
for what everyone else is working on

- Probably a few other things

But, the policies seem to get forwarded to the mailing list eventually, 
once they've been decided - so MOTU's are not fully in the dark, if they 
  aren't on irc.

Hobbsee

Brandon Holtsclaw wrote:
>>> Daniel Holbach wrote:
>>>> Demanding IRC presence of MOTUs or MOTU applicants is something I'm not
>>>> very happy about. We have contributors who work with us via email and
>>>> bug reports and that's fine.
> +1
> I agree 100% IRC presence shouldn't be required or even considered IMHO
> for the Official MOTU criteria , if you as a sponsor or "cheerleader"
> for an Applicant and don't feel comfortable giving them a "+1" without
> speaking to them in "Realtime" first thats fine and a personal choice,
> but to make it a requirement is just short of insane IMHO. Personally I
> go months without being on IRC at times and still feel "connected".
> 
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