Using IRC for Electronic Meetings?

paenguin asks: "Our Linux User Group sometimes needs to hold Exec meetings, electronically. We have used IRC in the past, but it leaves us with a problem: there is no easy or built-in way to prove who is who. Do Slashdot readers know of a way to provide non-repudiation over IRC, or of another open source method of holding group electronic meetings where we can verify that everyone is who they say they are?" Wouldn't a private IRC server, with a combination of suitable IRC services (ala NickServ and ChanServe) and fairly restrictive policies, be one solution to this problem? How would you set up such a system? For those willing to brave the setup hassles, might some form of secure IRC also be an option?

Comments

Don't you have OSS IM software?

[ObviousGuy]

What's stopping you from using an IM client that allows multiple users in a conference-type configuration?

The IM server is responsible for authentication, so you just add your buddies and then start chatting. Seems simple.

Re:Again, MOOs work for this sort of thing.

[Twylite]

You are in a board room. Its long, polished oval table and leatherette chairs are quite intimidating. A filter coffee machine bubbles quietly in the corner.

A Board Member is here.
A Chairman is here.
An Executive Directory is here.
An Axe is on the floor.