I wrote up a piece on how to ask Freenode to temporarily raise/remove the
connection limit from the conference's IP block for the duration of the
conference. That has made a huge difference the past two years:

http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/How_To_Plan_A_Code4LibCon#Freenode_IRC_connection

I'm happy to be the point of contact with Freenode again, or let someone
else do the honors. If that means signing up for a committee, well, then
fine. :)

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> So far, it is so elite that it is just me, and it has been a long time
> since I accessed IRC from anything other than Apple products.
>
> It would be great if I could get volunteers from the world of Windows
> and the league of Linux for the IRC Access committee.
>
>
> http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php?title=2012_committees_sign-up_page&action=edit&section=15
>
> Please note that this is, for reasons beyond my ken, distinct from the
> IRC Evangelists committee. Perhaps we could join forces.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cary
>
> --
> Cary Gordon
> The Cherry Hill Company
> http://chillco.com
>