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The other option is to pick a server other than freenode, but it's the only public irc network I hang out on, so I don't have any other big networks to suggest.
freenode is by far the biggest network and ideal for a community like this. Other networks like EFnet or synIRC would also be a viable option, but I think unless we have a real reason to move there I'd say go with freenode. Let's just hope we can get the #hubski channel name sorted out and redirect ##hubski to it.