While I don't plan to act for a little while. I wanted to make sure to get everyone's opinions.

The IRC network cannot be sustained. I am not longer going to wait for Bouche and am going to act on my own (and maybe with Blackhole89's help if he still wishes)

So for our network here are the options I am presenting:

1. Rebuild as NoLimitNET - I would update the services and ircd. The services would be reset; so everyone would need to re-register everything! I would keep it as close to the same as possible.

2. Create a new network/server - Again I would go with a single server model. I would look at different server daemons and see if anything would better fit.

3. Migrate to an existing network. - I would take network recommendations if this one should come out on top. I have a network in mind though. (The network owner said they would take the time to try and merge out services db into theirs.) I would help every channel owner if they wished to migrate move their channel over to the selected network. I would likely not have IRCop privileges.

4. Give up on iRC altogether - (well this only really applies for #kafuka) Rely on Discord or any other service for communication. I don't think this is a best for most of us.. but I am putting this as the 'none of they above' option.

Please use this Staw Poll to vote: https://www.strawpoll.me/15413931

(I wanted to make it accessible to all..)

This is just an information gathering poll. Nothing is happening right away.. Also the decision is ultimately decided by myself and those who work on NLZ. Your input will be very helpful to know what you personally would like! Thank you so much for your input!

-Emuz

Hello everyone,

The services/akaneiro servers have been restored. Sorry for any inconvenience this has caused.

-Emuz

Hello all,

There was a power failure at the datacenter that houses akaneiro and the services for IRC. While the issue if the server itself has been resolve, the irc server hasn't come back up yet. I currently do not have the means to fix it myself, so I've let DJ Bouche know his IRC server is down.

I will be out most of the day, so in the mean time please use kuroi if you can't connect. I am sure this will be resolved in a timely manner (Bouche is West Cost US so he's asleep now)

Thanks,

-Emuz