Call for operators

[Alan Bell]

Hi all,
Roughly in line with the cadence of the wider Ubuntu project we like to 
have a round of operator recruitment following the Ubuntu Developer 
Summit for each cycle. We are now looking for enthusiastic users of IRC 
to join the operator team and help us to manage the channels that allow 
us to provide instant peer reviewed open support to thousands of users 
every day.

So if you’re active on our IRC channels and you think your channel has 
too few operators, and if you’ve been aching to help, you should 
consider applying for membership! You might get your chance if
- You are great at resolving conflicts
- You are very patient. Superhuman nerve control is a basic IRC operator 
feature
- You can take criticism
- You are happy when helping and advising others
- In addition to the Code of Conduct and our IRC Guidelines, you are 
happy to adhere to some additional guidelines :)

the process is documented here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/IrcTeam/OperatorRequirements

It starts with step 1, applying to join the launchpad team for the 
channel you would like to help with, they are in the form: 
https://launchpad.net/~irc-ubuntu-ops change the ubuntu bit to the 
channel you are interested in, for example 
https://launchpad.net/~irc-ubuntu-offtopic-ops and join the team. Some 
people have been doing this through the trusty cycle, and there is still 
time for more people to apply.

We are currently at step 2, the call for operators. This starts a 1 week 
review process where existing operators are invited to discuss the 
candidates and provide feedback, for reference the queues looked like 
this earlier today: http://paste.ubuntu.com/7121828/ feedback may be 
provided through any of the normal means of contacting the IRCC, mailing 
list, public channels, the #ubuntu-irc-council channel or any RFC 1149 
compliant procedure.

Alan.

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