A bit like a cabinet shakeup, but with fewer expense scandals.

For a while now the committee and I have been thinking about the IRC op-regime and how to make it sleeker and more effective – and indeed several people have made comments saying that there ought to be some changes. So, this weekend, there will be!
The visible effect will be that there will no longer be as many ops in the channel. So that people know who they are, the committee will be voiced, and apart from that there will normally be no ops except for COGSBot. Then if something op-ish needs doing, those with permission can become an op, do whatever needs doing, then go back to normal. As well as not filling the channel full of ops, it’s my hope that this will prevent rashness with regard to the doling out of kicks and bans, as has sometimes been problematic in the past.