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        <h1>Welcome to the IRCv3 Working Group</h1>
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      <p class="lead">We're a group of IRC client and server software authors working to enhance, improve, maintain and standardize the current IRC protocol. Stakeholders in the IRC protocol, such as IRC networks and IRC network operators are invited to participate.</p>
        
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          <p>The IRCv3 Working Group contains participants from many top IRC networks and development teams, and welcomes new participants.</p>
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          <h1><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/irc/" class="blog noline"><span class="fa fa-fw fa-cogs"></span> Specifications</a></h1>   
          <p>We have been releasing new IRCv3 specifications with exciting, useful new features for networks, and client / server authors.</p>
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          <p>The IRCv3 blog contains our latest project releases and research as well as viewpoints from our members.</p>
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          <h1><a href="https://github.com/ircv3" class="blog noline"><span class="fa fa-fw fa-github"></span> GitHub</a></h1>
          <p>All of our projects and code (including even this website) can be found and contributed to on the IRCv3 GitHub.</p>
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