LOPSA and members of the community use irc (Internet Relay Chat) for informal communication and chat.

LOPSA IRC channels

The LOPSA channels are on irc.lopsa.org:

• #lopsa is a combination professional channel and coffee house -- conversation is often freewheeling and ranges on a variety of topics. However, when you ask a technical or professional question, you will get answers!
• #lopsa-live is used for scheduled community discussions with the Board

LOPSA IRC FAQ

• How do I join the IRC channel?
  • Connect to irc.lopsa.org, and join #lopsa
• How do I share "NSFW" ("Not Safe For Work") material?
  • Please, remember that #lopsa is a professional channel. If you must, prefix URLs with "nsfw://".
• What is with the /topic?
  • It is tradition on #lopsa that anyone can change the topic, usually to an announcement or funny quote from someone online (usually out of context). Please remember that this is a professional channel, and the topic should be appropriate for members who use irc at work
• What do I do if I can't connect to irc.lopsa.org if all the servers in the round robin are down?
  • The LOPSA irc channel is hosted on Freenode, which maintains a list of alternate servers. Alternatively, you can use irc.lopsa.org which points to Freenode's main rotation servers.
• What is lopbot?
  • lopbot is an approved bot that provides a variety of functions, including shortening URLs for us, simplifying cutting and pasting from the IRC client.
• What is pastiebot?
  • pastiebot is an approved pastebot. One can paste info to pastiebot for use in the channel.
  • Send pastiebot a private message with just "help" for the URL and commands available.
• How does one politely post more than a few lines of information to the IRC channels?
  • Put it on a web page and post the URL to the channel. See the question above on pastiebot on how use the channel's approved pastebot.

Getting an IRC client

Wikipedia has a list of irc clients for many platforms

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