Joining a FOSS project's leadership is rewarding, but if you haven't participated in IRC channel administration before, the learning curve can be daunting. Did you know that if you forget a vital step when creating a new channel, you can end up stuck without the ability to register it? Can you craft the right command to add a new project leader, without accidentally banning them from your channel? This talk will cover those skills and more, to keep you from having to find out the hard way. Focused on Freenode but applicable to many other networks, we'll discuss what administrators do, how to get ChanServ and other bots to do most of the hard work for you, and techniques to identify and foster the project culture that you're looking for.