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                   <div class="section-body">
                     <div class="section-body-0">
                       <div class="section-body-1">
+                        <h3>September 15, 2006 - BoostCon 2007</h3>
+                        <ul>
+                        <li> The inaugural Boost conference will be held
+                        May 14-18, 2007, in Aspen Colorado.  See our
+                        preliminary <a
+                        href="more/BoostCon07.html">announcement
+                        page</a> for more information.</li>
+                        </ul>
+
                         <h3>???, 2006 - Version 1.34.0</h3>
 
                         <h4>New Libraries</h4>
@@ -766,6 +775,9 @@
                                 <li><a href=
                                 "more/version_history.html">Version
                                 History</a></li>
+
+                                <li><a href=
+                                "more/mailing_lists.htm#IRC">#boost IRC channel</a></li>
                               </ul>
                             </div>
                           </div>
@@ -775,6 +787,8 @@
                               <h4>Other Resources</h4>
 
                               <ul>
+                                <li><a href="http://www.boostcon.com">BoostCon 2007</a></li>
+
                                 <li><a href=
                                 "http://boost-consulting.com/vault/">Vault
                                 Files</a></li>
@@ -787,6 +801,9 @@
                                 "more/mailing_lists.htm#sandbox">Sandbox
                                 CVS</a></li>
 
+                                <li><a href=
+                                "http://engineering.meta-comm.com/boost.aspx">Snapshots</a></li>
+
                                 <li><a href="tools/index.html">Tools</a></li>
 
                                 <li><a href=
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     </dd>
 
     <dt><a href="#sandbox">Boost Sandbox CVS</a></dt>
+
+    <dt><a href="#IRC">#boost IRC channel</a></dt>
   </dl>
 
   <h2>Boost <a name="users" id="users">Users</a> mailing list (also available
@@ -383,6 +385,13 @@ div.admonition p.admonition-title {
   listed on its <a href=
   "http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost-sandbox/">Sourceforge Project
   Page</a>.</p>
+
+  <h2>#boost <a name="IRC" id="IRC">IRC</a> channel</h2>
+
+  <p>In addition to the mailing lists presented above, a #boost IRC channel on
+  <a href="http://freenode.net">freenode</a> is frequented by some boost users.
+  As usual with IRC channels, one should not necessarily expect that his questions
+  will be answered. The channel is not moderated.</p>
   <hr>
 
   <p>Revised