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    Connect with the GeoBlacklight Community
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    GeoBlacklight is more than just software, it's about the community. There are lots of different ways to connect with the community and get involved with the project.
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      <h2>Join the Google Group</h2>
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        For feature announcments, discussion about the project, technical questions, the <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/geoblacklight-working-group">GeoBlacklight Google Group</a> is a great way to get connected.
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      <h2>Chat on Slack</h2>
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        GeoBlacklight has a Slack channel. <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/stanford.edu/forms/d/1xrvbtsHEIL-jvlVKOsizXtRGVEzv5Mi3WTFeipKNLvk/viewform">Sign up</a> for the Slack channel to instantly talk to others in the community.
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      <h2>Follow GeoBlacklight on Twitter</h2>
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        You can follow the latest news on the project on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/geoblacklight">@GeoBlacklight</a>.
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      <h2>Monthly Community Meeting</h2>
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        The GeoBlacklight Community Meeting takes place on the second Wednesday of every month. Take a look at the <a href="https://z.umn.edu/gbl-meetings">meeting agenda</a> and join in on <a href="https://meet.google.com/eth-xuhk-wux">Google Meet</a>.
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      <h2>Discuss on GitHub</h2>
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        Do you have an issue you want to report? Or maybe there is a piece of documentation missing. You can <a href="https://help.github.com/articles/creating-an-issue/">create an issue</a> on <a href="https://github.com/geoblacklight/geoblacklight/issues/new">GeoBlacklight's GitHub issue tracker</a>.
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      <h2>Free your metadata</h2>
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        GeoBlacklight gets even better when organizations share their metadata. Start contributing your metadata to <a href="https://github.com/OpenGeoMetadata/metadatarepository">OpenGeoMetadata</a> or use metadata on OpenGeoMetadata for your GeoBlacklight installation.
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