'Send the topic of the given group to this user, if it has one.'

def _sendTopic(self, group):

    topic = group.meta.get('topic')
    if topic:
        author = (group.meta.get('topic_author') or '<noone>')
        date = group.meta.get('topic_date', 0)
        self.topic(self.name, ('#' + group.name), topic)
        self.topicAuthor(self.name, ('#' + group.name), author, date)
