[19:30] <jelkner> dfarning, are you here?
[19:30] <jelkner> we just had an event on #sugar that should give us pause
[19:31] <jelkner> a troll joined the channel and started typing inappropriate language
[19:32] <jelkner> there were no channel ops there to ban them
[19:32] <jelkner> at present we have the same problem here
[19:32] <jelkner> we should try to be sure that there are channel ops on hand most of the time
[19:33] <jelkner> which means:
[19:33] <jelkner> 1. asking people who are here all the time anyway if they mind being channel ops
[19:33] <jelkner> 2. making the ones who volunteer channel ops
[19:39] <satellit_> jelkner: I monitor here.... but am nubie for IRC...
[19:44] <jelkner> satellit_, that's cool.  just checking
[19:44] <jelkner> it was an awkward situation today
[19:44] <jelkner> i was encouraging one of my students to use the irc channel, #sugar
[19:45] <jelkner> she was a bit shy about it, but i told her it was a friendly place, and not to worry
[19:45] <jelkner> then this troll comes in and makes a liar of me :-(
[19:46] <jelkner> something we definitely want to avoid if we want this place to be open and friendly to students and educators
[19:47] <satellit_> I agree...
[19:48] <jelkner> ok, gotta run to a meeting
[19:48] <jelkner> bbl
[19:48] <satellit_> I am not familiar on how to do it. Xchat has a function operator/functions ban...can we do it?
[22:31] <satellit_> jelkner: #sugar still dealing w troll
[23:29] <dfarning> sorry about the problem on #sugar this afternoon.   I think we doubled the number of people with ops permission on the channel.
[23:32] <dfarning> requesting the jelkner be added to #sugar ops