Seconding others that IRC is a bit difficult to remember to check in these
modern times. Slack would probably be easier for most people, despite being
unfortunately proprietary. We really do need a FLOSS slack/discordalike.
Also Mastodon is SO hot right now and actually open source, do you have or
hey guys. I'll address each thing separately here.
Nathan:
meetings: I think having one monthly meeting's good for now since
participation has been low like you said and I've noticed it as well. I
know for myself it'll be ok since I'm about to start school in September
and I'm not really sure