[Staffslug] IRC channel

Hi All The reason for my post is that I have noticed the majority of our regular channel users are also using irc.z.je (formerly irc.nixhelp.org). I want to propose moving to this network for several reasons. 1) Connecting is much quicker - feel free to try yourself. 2) There are less channels to use, however for our users convenience we will appear clearly in the /list 3) The network is hosted mainly in the UK, which eliminates latency to some extent I realise that there may be issues for some users with the change, therefore I propose we deal with this by implementing the following 1) Pjirc Java applet on the Staffslug site 2) use a DNS A host for irc.staffslug.org.uk and aim it at the z.je dns pool I don't believe that we require the extensive help pages that Freenode offers given that IRC has been around longer than the "web". Should anyone feel it necessary - documentation could be produced quite quickly and I would even do it myself to save arguments. Does anyone have any objections/opinions on this? All constructive criticism welcome. Thanks for reading and if this does not apply to you (perhaps you don't use IRC at all) then please don't feel you have to contribute anything to this topic! If anyone knows of a regular to the IRC channel who is not on the list, please mention this to them. -- Andrew Edwards