Fwd: Administrivia question: transitioning IRC from Freenode to Libera (or alternative)?

[Mark A. Matienzo]

Hi all,

As you may know, the Freenode IRC network has recently transitioned into hostile ownership leading to most of its staffers resigning [0], [1]. A couple of communities, including Code4Lib and Wikimedia [2], have transitioned to use Libera.chat [3], a new network set up by former Freenode staffers and backed by a Swedish nonprofit organization. 

The Blacklight wiki's support page [4] refers to the #blacklight channel on Freenode, which is infrequently used. If IRC is still a need, are we willing to transition to another network (e.g. Libera)? Is #blacklight on Code4lib Slack an adequate replacement?

Mark

[0] https://gist.github.com/joepie91/df80d8d36cd9d1bde46ba018af497409#disclaimer

[1] https://www.kline.sh/

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC/Migrating_to_Libera_Chat

[3] https://libera.chat

[4] https://github.com/projectblacklight/blacklight/wiki/Support

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