Hi, those who visited SotM 2018 in Milan might remember the printed booklet all visitors get. This year, the booklet will be thicker because it contains short descriptions of all sessions. With more content, more work needs to be done. I am currently typesetting the booklet and looking for help w.r.t. spell checking. It is an opportunity for those who want to contribute to the organisation of the conference but cannot commit themselves for a longer period.
The descriptions are provided by the speakers of the talks coming from all over the world. Unfortunately – that's no surprise – the spelling used in the the descriptions follows different rules. I think that good printed material stands out by consistency, i.e. not mixing too many fonts, too many colours etc. I am not a native English speaker. That's why I would like to ask for support by people who think of themselves being good in spelling and punctuation. If you could go through the descriptions and all the other texts in the booklet and unify them to one spelling and punctuation style, I would appreciate that. Because OSM's tag are usually in British English, I prefer the booklet to follow British English spelling. I don't expect you to change the style of the descriptions. If someone uses simple sentences, let them be simple. If someone prefers US corporate speak, let it be. The style used by the author brings a message what the visitors can expect from the talk. If you want to help, either - create pull requests on GitHub (https://github.com/osmfoundation/sotm2019-booklet) or - download the raw LuaLaTeX files from GitHub, change what needs to be changed and email them to me if you don't know how to use Git. You can find nightly builds of the current state of the booklet at https://michreichert.de/sotm/booklet19/master.pdf Best regards Michael PS If you haven't bought a ticket yet but plan to visit the conference, please sign up soon. We might be booked out this year.
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