Add Matrix Account

Gitea-Account.md

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+# Gitea Account Setup
+
+To create a Gitea account on `aipt.group`, select "Register" in the upper-right of any Gitea page on https://aipt.group
+
+This account is not (yet?) tied to either your Matrix account or your shell account (optional).
+
+Definitely use a throwaway password. This is a self-administered server, and may not be all that secure just yet.
+
+You will need to coordinate with an existing Gitea admin once you've created your account to get access to various other things.
+
+## Additional Notes
+
+Not as feature-rich or polished as GitHub.
+
+No simultaneous editing like with Google Docs.

Home.md

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 - Similar to GitHub Pages. Editable via web frontend or by pushing git commits.
 - Gitea also provides git hosting, which could be used for study guides.
 - Could be used for tracking details about the next meeting, including the reading.
+- Currently using mostly stock settings for everything; we could customize the appearance at some point, if desired.
+- We will need to collectively determine which documents (if any) are publicly available without an account.
 
 ### Chat
 
 Provided by [Synapse](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/welcome_and_overview.html) (a [Matrix](https://matrix.org/) implementation)
 
 - Intended to replace Slack, with no restrictions on history retention.
+- We _may_ be able to install and configure a bridge to synchronize rooms between Matrix and Slack.
 - Could eventually replace Zoom for video (maybe).
+- We will need to collectively determine which rooms (if any) are publicly available, and what other settings they have (e.g. end-to-end encryption)
 
 ## Principles
 
 - Open-source
 - Privacy-respecting
-- Federated vs centralized 
+- Federated vs centralized
 - Collaborative
 
 ## Participate
 
-- Create a [Gitea Account](Gitea Account)
-- Create a [Matrix Account](Matrix Account)
+- Create a [Gitea Account](Gitea-Account)
+- Create a [Matrix Account](Matrix-Account)
 - If you are interested in collaborating on maintenance, we can add a shell account for you on the server instance

Matrix-Account.md

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+# Matrix Account Setup
+
+To create a Matrix account on the `aipt.group` homeserver, go here: https://matrix.to/#/#testing:aipt.group
+
+If you follow this link in a browser and use the Element web client, when you get redirected to `app.element.io` you will have to manually edit the homeserver to be "aipt.group" before continuing with registration. (Nor does `app.element.io` even support a URL parameter to pre-populate the target homeserver, and this omission has apparently been hotly debated for at least seven years).
+
+Definitely use a throwaway password. This is a self-administered server, and may not be all that secure just yet.
+
+This account is not (yet?) tied to either your Gitea account or your shell account (optional).
+
+Also join https://matrix.to/#/#converse:aipt.group
+
+You will need to coordinate with an existing `aipt.group` homeserver admin once you've created your account to get access to various other things.
+
+## Additional Notes
+
+There are quite a few different Matrix clients supporting different platforms, and with different priorities. None of them are as feature-rich or polished as a commercial chat client like Slack or Discord. The hope is that these tools will improve over time, but for now this would be the tradeoff for our being able to have a free, privacy-respecting chat solution that neither paywalls accessibility to scrollback nor trains AIs.
+
+Not all clients support all chat features, but no resource for determining what does what just yet.