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-====== PHP Groups ======
+====== PHP User Groups ======
-PHP Groups networks PHP user groups into a tighter community, provides a means to share information and resources among its community members, and aids in the formation of new PHP user groups.
+We want to network PHP user groups into a tighter community, provide a means to share information and resources among our community members, and aid in the formation of new PHP user groups.
-PHP Groups is a communication tool, allowing PHP user group leaders to connect with one another. For now, we provide a [[http://news.php.net/ug.admins|mailing list]] and wiki to facilitate this communication. More tools will follow in the future.
+===== Handbook =====
-===== The PHP User Group Handbook =====
+One of this group's projects is a handbook for PHP user groups, complete with information about starting a group, planning meetings, contacting publishing companies for books, looking for sponsorship, etc. This information is drawn from the experiences, successes, and failures of all the user groups in our network, and it needs your help to make it complete.
-One of this group's projects is to draft a handbook for PHP user groups, complete with information about starting a group, planning meetings, contacting publishing companies for books, looking for sponsorship, etc. This information is drawn from the experiences, successes, and failures of all the user groups in our network, and it needs your help to make it complete.
   * [[usergroups:handbook|Read and contribute to The PHP User Group Handbook]]
-===== Contribute to the wiki =====
+===== Add your group to the map =====
+The community maintains a map of PHP user groups around the world. Add your group to the map at [[https://php.ug]].
+===== Mailing list =====
+The PHP project graciously hosts our mailing list. You may subscribe to the list by sending an e-mail to [[ug-admins-subscribe@lists.php.net]]. To //unsubscribe//, send an e-mail to [[ug-admins-unsubscribe@lists.php.net]]. The subject line and body of the message do not matter.
+Archives of the mailing list are available at [[https://news-web.php.net/ug.admins]].
-Since PHP Groups is dedicated to providing a means for user group organizers to communicate, collaborate, and share, we provide a wiki where this kind of exchange may take place. If you need editing access to the wiki, please let us know on the mailing list.
+===== Chat on Discord, IRC, or Matrix =====
-===== Subscribe to our mailing list =====
+Our IRC and Discord channels are bridged, so you may chat on one or the other (or both). There's also a Matrix channel, but it is not bridged currently.
-The PHP project graciously hosts our mailing list. You may subscribe to the list through the [[news://news.php.net/ug.admins|news server]] or by sending an e-mail to [[ug-admins-subscribe@lists.php.net]].
+  * Join us in [[https://discord.gg/X8W6YEbX2V|#user-groups]] in [[https://phpc.chat|PHP Community Chat Discord]] for communication within and with other user groups
+  * Join us in [[https://www.irccloud.com/invite?channel=%23phpug&hostname=irc.libera.chat&port=6697&ssl=1|#phpug]] on [[https://libera.chat|Libera.Chat IRC]]
+  * Join us in [[https://matrix.to/#/#phpug:matrix.org|#phpug:matrix.org]] on [[https://matrix.org|Matrix]]
-===== Chat on IRC =====
+===== Checkout the Community =====
-Join us in [[irc://irc.freenode.net/phpgroups|#phpgroups]] on [[http://freenode.net/|Freenode]] for off-list discussions. The results of these discussions will often be posted to the list/forum for others to follow and comment.
+There are irregular meetups of usergroup-organizers on conferences. [[usergroups:community|Check out what happened there]].

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