[MCH Team:Info] Proposed text for extending the CfP deadline

[Noor]

I do like the TL;DR being in the title. I was going to tweet it with
something like that anyway later this week.

'Till' is fine IMO, it's only slightly less formal. 'Energising' is
correct, just British.

Noor

On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 1:35 PM Arnout Engelen <arnout at bzzt.net> wrote:

> Hi Walter,
>
> I have no objections to the post, so I'd say we can publish it whenever
> you are happy with it.
>
> As for feedback:
> - perhaps more of the TL;DR should be in the title? Something like "Call
> for Participation deadline extended" or even "CfP extended to March 31st"?
> - s/till/until/
> - s/energising/energizing/
>
> While I sympathize deeply with the last 2 sentences, they're a bit of a
> downer. I think I would prefer ending on a lighter tone (while of course
> remaining sincere).
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Arnout
>
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2021, at 16:48, Walter van Holst wrote:
>
> Please give us your feedback:
>
> Update on the Call for Participation to MCH2021
>
> TL;DR: we’re extending the deadline till March 31st, 24:00 CEST.
>
> It is not entirely unexpected, since for all intents and purposes the
> idea of having a large-scale outdoor hacker event in August 2021 feels
> like it could be on Venus, or Mars, in terms of futurism, but right now
> it is clear that a lot of people aren’t comfortable to committing to
> anything of the sort yet. We have received a good number of proposals,
> and quite a few proposals are of the sort that are exciting. We, the
> Content Team, would like to get more in order to be able to get to a
> proper schedule for the event. So we are extending the CfP deadline till
> March 31st, 24:00 CEST.
>
> By that date, another critical milestone for deciding whether we can go
> forward will have been passed. The bottom line for now is: if we don’t
> carry on preparing as if MCH2021 will happen, it won’t happen anyway.
> Which, admittedly, isn’t the most energising way of making it happen,
> but it is what it is.
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