[OKCon-Programme] Using correct titles, times and dates: [Was "Tomorrow: OKCon Programme Committee meeting at 6pm CET"]

[Daniel Dietrich]

Dear Peter,

You are right! Absolutely - I am afraid. I will keep this in mind for the future!

Thanks for pointing to this.


Daniel

On 19.04.2011, at 17:40, Peter Murray-Rust wrote:

> If the subject changes can you please change the title. I cancelled a meeting today because the mail read 
> "Tomorrow: OKCon Programme Committee meeting at 6pm CET" and I though it was today instead of the called one yesterday. This discussion is now about Skype, not a meeting time
> 
> Please do NOT use titles with words like "Tomorrow", "Tuesday"  or "6pm".
> If there are dateTimes in the title it should be 
> "OKCon meeting at 1800 UTC 2011-04-19". The use of CET confused many people who thought it was CEST and most people arrived an hour early. The use of "tomorrow" mean I thought the meeting had been rescheduled.
> 
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> P.
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