--- a/NEWS	Thu Sep 20 18:00:47 2001 +0000
+++ b/NEWS	Thu Sep 20 18:06:06 2001 +0000
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
 	wondering about setting buddy icons, wait til 0.45 or 
 	use CVS shortly after this release. ;-)
 
+	Eric: You should all be using CVS anyway. This has become the
+	slogan in our IRC room, #gaim on irc.openprojects.net. The IRC
+	plugin got lots of updates (mostly because I felt bad about using
+	X-Chat for IRC when gaim supposedly had an IRC plugin), so you
+	should load the plugin and join us. :)
+
 0.43 (09/06/2001):
 
 	Rob: Well, I knew that the day would eventually come. I just didn't