@Override
	public SimpleChannel joinChannel(final String aNetwork, String aChannel)
	{
		final Semaphore _sema = new Semaphore(1);
		final SimpleChannel _simpleChan = new SimpleChannel();

		if (aNetwork.equals(_session.getBot().getServer().getHostname()))
		{
			_session.execute(new JoinChanCmd(aChannel), new JoinChanCallback(aChannel)
			{
				@Override
				public void gotSuccess(Channel aChanInfo)
				{
					_sema.release();
				}

				@Override
				public void gotFailure(String aErrorMsg)
				{
					_sema.release();
				}
			});
		}
		try
		{
		if (!_sema.tryAcquire(2, 10, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
		{
			// log couldn't acquire after 10 seconds
		}
		catch (InterruptedException aExc)
		{
			// log exc
		}

	return _simpleChan;
}