[Wikimedia-l] FDC Letter of Intent process and schedule for 2013-14

[Milos Rancic]

On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Jan-Bart de Vreede
<jdevreede at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> I am sorry I don't understand the remarks completely… can you tell me a little bit more about what you are referring to?

As not particularly interested in the topic, I read the first
paragraph or two of the emails related to FDC, hoping that it's enough
to be generally informed. This time I read the whole email.

The first paragraph uses present tense, which means that things are
definitely defined.

Just fourth paragraph says that it's about *proposed* process schedule
(which could be changed if there are [really] good reasons).

So, if it's about something which has been proposed, which is not in
power already, notice at the top of the email like "*** The
information inside of this email is proposal. Conclusion of the
process is schedule for <date>. ***", as well as noting that inside of
the subject could be very useful for those (including myself) who are
not particularly interested in the matter.

In other words, if I am an active member of an affiliate organization
and see this email before the first coffee, I'd alert my colleagues
and likely cause a small level of panic. Note that the first date of
the schedule has been put in less than two months, which is quite
tight for some chapters (those which operate in large area and require
board members to gather in person).

So, while not a big deal per se, not marking such emails properly
could cause unnecessary tension.