Re: [HOT] Greetings, and a question about protocol

Greets! Hotties is okay, I feel, hope its okay to say that, cause everyone is treated in a friendly way here...and everyone is very helpful too if we need any clarification, Cheers, Autre On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 4:32 AM, Pine W wrote: > Thanks for the comments. I'd like to

Re: [HOT] Greetings, and a question about protocol

Thanks for the comments. I'd like to propose an alternative. "HOT" is an abbreviation for Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. I would feel comfortable addressing a group of members with a greeting such as "Hi HOT", "Hello HOT", or "Dear HOT". All of those avoid the problems associated with referring

Re: [HOT] Greetings, and a question about protocol

​"Hi Hotties" the term grates with me as well. However you have to remember that many are from the states where it seems such forms of address are normal. I suspect it is to do with the fact that there aren't that many people to greet compared to other places in the world. Coming from the UK my

Re: [HOT] Greetings, and a question about protocol

Hey Pine, first off, welcome to HOT. Definitely we have grappled with term of 'endearment'. There are a number of Women within the growing community. I can see how this term (in English) could be seen as inappropriate. HOT and OSM have much work to do to be more inclusive for women. We truly

[HOT] Greetings, and a question about protocol

Hi Humanitarian OSM people, I got the chance to meet some of you in Seattle. Thank you for the information about your project! I have a question about protocol for this list. I saw someone greet this list with "Hi Hotties". I must admit that this surprised me. Is that a normal form of address