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== Creating new channels ==

First, you decide if you want non-CDSC members to be able to join the channel. We should create open channels unless there's a very strong reason not to.

If you want to create an open channel:

# Create a Matrix channel within the "CDSC Space" (NOTE: be sure to make it NOT end-to-end encrypted)
# Create an IRC channel, make sure you have registered the channel with chanserv and have ops (i.e., the operator bit) on the IRC channel. 
# Find an administrator on the CDSC Matrix space; they will manually plumb/integrate/connect the matrix channel into the IRC channel by following the instructions here: https://matrix.org/blog/2023/07/make-sure-libera-bridge-keeps-working/ (the link is now under extensions)

If we don't want the channel to be open, we can create the channel in the normal way entirely within Element/Matrix. We should only do this for truly private channels.

'''Import note:''' Once you have created any matrix channel, you should make two changes to the settings:

# You should make a number of people administrators. It's a good idea to add at least two of the following people Mako (@makoshark:matrix.org), Aaron (@aaronshaw:matrix.org), Jeremy (@jdfoote:matrix.org), Kaylea (@kayleachampion:matrix.org), and Nate (@groceryheist:matrix.org). Please invite at least one of these people to your channel! It's important that we have multiple administrators on every channel in case somebody loses an account!
# Go to the "Roles and Permissions" section of the channel's "Settings" and set the <code>Notify everyone</code> feature to <code>Default</code> which will allow all users to send notifications. By default, only moderators can send a message to @room.