Good question @pruntela and appreciate the thoughtful response @jmgold !
IUG won’t attempt* to shut down avenues, including the Sierra Slack, that members or customers may have self-established for support or dialog.
However, within the context of what the IUG Steering Committee maintains, updates and promotes as @sruhe noted our official channels of communication will for the time-being be:
- The newsletter for outbound communication
- These forums for two-way asynchronous communication
- Discord for real-time communication
- You might also get member account and conference updates from our XCD platform
The social media accounts established had their value at the time they were created, but based on current trends, and as a small volunteer led organization we’re now attempting to put more 
behind fewer 
.
*Note: I highlighted the word attempt here because we’d likely be unsuccessful in shutting down something we didn’t create or maintain anyhow 