Indeed, acronyms are best expanded on first use. A truly constructive way to point it out, Mr. During, would have been to model the change you would like to see yourself.
CEE = Central and Eastern Europe. A. On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 7:57 PM Dennis During <dcdur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Would it be unreasonable to ask that a notice to a general mailing list > from an organizational unit such as CEE actually had the full name of the > organizational unit? Even the two linked Meta pages did not contain the > name. Only the Eventbrite page had it. Some mailings seem to have wandered > in from the US DoD or some other country's bureaucracy. It doesn't seem > unreasonable to me that the opening post for a new thread should not have > any acronym or initialism, but should have the topical organization, event, > proposal, or whatever spelled out (Yes, even CoC.). It would seem to me > that such is a requirement for the kind of inclusiveness we are allegedly > seeking. > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 9:41 AM Kiril Simeonovski < > kiril.simeonov...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > I would like to inform you that the draft schedule > > < > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Online_Meeting_2020/Programme#Schedule > > > > > of > > the Wikimedia CEE Online Meeting 2020, which will take place from 2–4 > > October, has been published. We have received proposals covering > > interesting topics with creative ideas and it was a real challenge to > > accommodate them in the optimal way. Thank you for your interest in > taking > > part as a speaker. > > > > The registration for the event is still open. You can add your username > to > > the list of participants > > < > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Online_Meeting_2020/Participants/List > > > > > and > > subsequently confirm your participation by getting your ticket for free > on > > the following link > > < > > > https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikimedia-cee-online-meeting-2020-tickets-116483763071 > > > > > . *Note that the number of participants per community is unlimited and we > > also welcome interested participants from outside the CEE region. > > *Additionally, > > there is no obligation to attend all sessions at the conference and you > can > > freely choose only those that you find particularly interested in. > > > > Best regards, > > Kiril > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > -- > Dennis C. During > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Asaf Bartov <asaf.bar...@gmail.com> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>