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 Thanks for signing up to give a 20-minute Journal Club talk on Thanks for signing up to give a 20-minute Journal Club talk on
 MONTH DAY. Once you have a topic picked for your talk, please let MONTH DAY. Once you have a topic picked for your talk, please let
-me and OTHER ORGANIZER know a few things when you get the chance:+us know a few things when you get the chance:
  
 - What work(s) will you be presenting? - What work(s) will you be presenting?
-- If you'd like to provide your own abstract for your talk, feel 
-  free to do so; otherwise we'll post the abstract of your 
-  chosen paper. 
 - Do you expect to use PowerPoint (or similar) for your talk? - Do you expect to use PowerPoint (or similar) for your talk?
-- What kinds of feedback would you like on your talk? +- Is there any particular kind of feedback you'd like to get 
-- If the subject area of your talk is one with which you're not so +  after your talk?
-  familiar, would you like us to try find someone who can +
-  spend a little time helping get you oriented? We can also mention +
-  this when introducing you to help set audience expectations +
-  appropriately. +
-- Do you have any other goals for this talk that we can help you achieve?+
  
 For some suggestions on choosing a topic and preparing for your talk, For some suggestions on choosing a topic and preparing for your talk,
-see http://tinyurl.com/ucbjcsi .+see http://tinyurl.com/ucbjcsi . Please let us know if you have 
 +any questions.
  
-Thanks,+Cheers,
  
-YOUR NAME+YOUR NAMES
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 +(As a side note, everyone always says that they'll use some form of presentation
 +software, but I like to ask because it encourages the idea that you can actually
 +give a talk **without** such software.  --- //[[pwilliams@astro.berkeley.edu|Peter Williams]] 2011/04/07 23:58//)
 ===== Journal Club Man-Cron ===== ===== Journal Club Man-Cron =====
  
-  * Every Tuesday+  * Tuesdays
      - Send a reminder to the following week's speakers using something like the above template      - Send a reminder to the following week's speakers using something like the above template
      - Bug the current week's speakers for an abstract if necessary      - Bug the current week's speakers for an abstract if necessary
-  * Every Thursday, send a notice about Friday's JC speaker/topic. (If undergrads don't show up for a couple of weeks, we should stop spamming then.) For ease of copy-paste, the addresses are: ''faculty@astro.berkeley.edu, research@astro.berkeley.edu, students@astro.berkeley.edu, postdocs@astro.berkeley.edu, astromajors@astro.berkeley.edu'' +  * Thursdays, send a notice about Friday's JC speaker/topic. For ease of copy-paste, the addresses are: ''faculty@astro.berkeley.edu, research@astro.berkeley.edu, students@astro.berkeley.edu, postdocs@astro.berkeley.edu, astromajors@astro.berkeley.edu'' 
-  * Every Friday +  * Fridays
-     - In the morning, make notes about the speakers' experience/feedback desires/etc for the intro +
-     - In the morning, ask the speakers if they have any last-minute needs+
      - At ~11:30, send out another reminder email to the same set of lists.      - At ~11:30, send out another reminder email to the same set of lists.
      - At noon, do Journal Club.      - At noon, do Journal Club.

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