Lorea Assembly bot is a baby Cinch.

bot.rb

$:<< File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'lib'))

require 'cinch'

class TurnBot
  include Cinch::Plugin

  def initialize(*args)
    super
    @turns = []
  end
  
  match "queue", method: :queue
  def queue(m)
    if @turns.empty?
      m.reply "Queue is empty. Use '+q' to be added to the speaker's queue."
    else
      n = @turns.count
      s = n>1 ? 'speakers':'speaker'
      m.reply "#{n} #{s} on queue: #{@turns.join(', ').sub(', ([^,]+)$', ', and $1')}."
    end
  end

  match "+q", use_prefix: false, method: :enqueue
  def enqueue(m)
    @turns << m.user.nick unless @turns.include? m.user.nick
  end

  match "-q", use_prefix: false, method: :dequeue
  def dequeue(m)
    speaking = (@turns[0] == m.user.nick)
    @turns  -= [m.user.nick]
    if speaking
      reply_msg = "#{m.user.nick} finished speaking. "
      if @turns.empty?
        reply_msg << "No next speaker.  Use '+q' to get on the speaker queue."
      else
        reply_msg << "Next speaker: *#{@turns.first}*.  End your turn with '-q'."
      end
      m.reply reply_msg
    end
  end
end

bot = Cinch::Bot.new do

  configure do |c|
    c.nick            = 'lorea-bot'
    c.user            = 'wisteria'
    c.realname        = 'Cooperative Bit Fiend'
    c.sasl.username   = 'lorea'
    c.sasl.password   = 'MySekritIsNotAvailabletoYou'
    c.server          = "irc.freenode.org"
    c.port            = 6697
    c.ssl.use         = true
    c.channels        = ["#lorea"]
    c.plugins.plugins = [TurnBot]
  end

#  listen_to :connect,  ethod: :on_connect

#  def on_connect(m)
#    User("NickServ").send("identify #{configuration.password}")
#  end

  on :message, "hello" do |m|
    m.reply "Hello, #{m.user.nick}"
  end

end

bot.start