From 88018808acff767afc9d4b1c382c39771e6627d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amin Bandali <bandali@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 18:46:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add new web irc client announcement

---
 news.xml | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/news.xml b/news.xml
index 09be486..ee04bd1 100644
--- a/news.xml
+++ b/news.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 
 <!DOCTYPE newdefs SYSTEM "csc.dtd" [<!ENTITY mdash "&#x2014;">]>
 <newsdefs>
+  <newsitem author="abandali" date="2020-07-27">
+    <p>The CSC Systems Committee announces the availability of a new
+    web IRC client for CSC members at
+    <a href="https://chat.csclub.uwaterloo.ca">chat.csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a>,
+    as the first of several steps it is taking to bring modern user
+    freedom- and privacy-respecting communication tools to CSC
+    members.  Please see the
+    <a href="https://mailman.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/pipermail/csc-general/2020-July/000837.html">notice</a>
+    sent to csc-general for the complete announcement.</p>
+  </newsitem>
   <newsitem author="abandali" date="2020-05-28">
     <p>Spring 2020 elections have concluded. Here are your executives for the term:</p>
     <ul>