Maybe some Announce subscribers won't have seen this before?
From: Neill Newman neill@entora.co.uk Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 06:00:01 +0100
This is the automated ALUG IRC meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an IRC meeting Monday at 8.00pm.
The meeting takes place on the irc server irc.openprojects.net in the #alug channel, you can take a look at www.openprojects.net to get more info on the openprojects network.
Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server uk.openprojects.net" or "/server eu.openprojects.net" and "/join #alug".
Popular IRC clients include tkirc, bitchx, xchat and EPIC on Unix, and Mirc under windows. Here are some links to help you get started with irc.
Unix
http://www.xchat.org/ http://freshmeat.net/ http://www.epicsol.org/
Windows
http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)