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# Communication officer

Main goal: Create a communication platform for the community.

Tasks:

* Set up a communication platform to use throughout the year for the community
* Run and moderate the platform

## Background

There has been discussions about creating some kind of communication platform in the community for years. It was quite early on decided that the mailing list should be primarily a fairly low-traffic information channel.

## Good examples

* [lines](https://llllllll.co/)
* [TOPLAP](https://forum.toplap.org/)

## Possible platforms

* Slack
* Discord
* Rocket
* Discourse
* Reddit
* Mastodon