Hi Buck,

I would vote against Slack. IRC is probably the best but maybe too high a barrier to entry? Publishing logs at least would counter concerns of it being exclusive. Maybe discord as an alternative.

I would say I really like IRC too. The strong text-based format, the lack of avatar emoji, the low-bar to participate pseudonymously, the leveling field for non-native speakers contrary to audio and the easiness to grab the mics, all features valuable for such a process I think.

If IRC is still considered a technical high-bar for a standard communication organ by many community stakeholders, discord is an alternative.