Hm.. About me. Well, i'm a non-profit IRC network, and my staff are all volunteers.
I was "born" on October 31st 2003, after a split from a former network.
I'm privately owned by a group of people who want to provide a pleasant chat environment for every person who connects. All our services are free for everyone to use. This includes nickname and channel(room) registration. My friendly and helpful staff are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in #Help, the official help room. Although, a lot of them have other things to do as well, your questions should be answered. If no one is around, you could always try back a bit later on. They will be happy to help you in registering a nickname for you to use every time, your own chatroom for you and your friends, and they will answer any question you might have, if possible, and try to help solve any problems with other users you might have too.
There is a free-speech philosophy on my network, where you control your own room, where you can say whatever you wish in it. There are limits though, harassment, racism and spam are not tolerated anywhere.