Add text to schedule announcement

2 files changed, 66 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/2022/organizers-notebook.md b/2022/organizers-notebook.md
index 20d27763..1d7dac12 100644
--- a/2022/organizers-notebook.md
+++ b/2022/organizers-notebook.md
@@ -370,9 +370,11 @@ Ordered chronologically (and therefore by importance).
 
 <a id="announce-program"></a>
 
-## TODO Send program-published email for emacsconf-discuss     :needsowner:timesensitive:email:
+## BLOCKED Send program-published email for emacsconf-discuss     :needsowner:timesensitive:email:
 
 Probably post schedule instead if available by that date
+BLOCKED: We asked speakers to get back to us by the 14th, so we'll probably be good to go re: schedule on the 15th
+When we're ready, we'll flip emacsconf-publishing-phase to 'schedule, call `emacsconf-generate-main-schedule` and `emacsconf-generate-info-pages`, and be ready to send the e-mail.
 
 
 ### TODO Post it to r/emacs as well     :reddit:zaeph:
@@ -389,10 +391,33 @@ announce the program for EmacsConf 2022 (Dec 3 and 4), available at:
 
 <https://emacsconf.org/2022/talks>
 
-We continue working on scheduling the talks in a way that works
-reasonably well for as many of our speakers as possible with respect
-to their availability, and will add the allocated time slots for the
-talks in the coming weeks.
+All of the times listed on the schedule are in EST (UTC-5). You can
+click on each talk's title to open its page for more information,
+including its scheduled time in your local time. (Displaying local time
+requires running a tiny bit of AGPLv3+-licensed free/libre JavaScript
+code, included on the talk pages.)
+
+For prerecorded talks, this time is also when the talk's video will be
+made available on the same page. Please note the '~' tildes near the
+times, indicating that they are approximations and not meant to be
+taken as exact times. The schedule may change leading up to the
+conference.
+
+As the conference approaches, we'll post more details on how to watch
+and participate.
+
+You can subscribe to the emacsconf-discuss mailing list at
+<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacsconf-discuss/> if you want to
+be sure you'll get updates.
+
+Want to help make EmacsConf even awesomer? Volunteer! 
+<https://emacsconf.org/2022/volunteer/>
+
+We hope to see you all around on Dec 3-4 for EmacsConf 2022!
+
+P.S. please direct all replies to this post either to myself or to the
+emacsconf-discuss list, so as to help avoid generating extra off-topic
+chatter in the other lists cc'd in this message; thank you.
 
 
 <a id="mail-upload"></a>
@@ -1920,7 +1945,7 @@ Probably focus on grabbing the audio first and seeing what's worth keeping
 
 Make a table of the form
 
-<table id="org8f3ece4" border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" rules="groups" frame="hsides">
+<table id="orgf2d0837" border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" rules="groups" frame="hsides">
 
 
 <colgroup>
diff --git a/2022/organizers-notebook/index.org b/2022/organizers-notebook/index.org
index 08308d10..72e10818 100644
--- a/2022/organizers-notebook/index.org
+++ b/2022/organizers-notebook/index.org
@@ -119,17 +119,24 @@ Ordered chronologically (and therefore by importance).
 - progress report:
   - ansible and etherpad
 
-** TODO Send program-published email for emacsconf-discuss :needsowner:timesensitive:email:
-DEADLINE: <2022-10-14 Fri> SCHEDULED: <2022-10-11 Tue>
+** BLOCKED Send program-published email for emacsconf-discuss :needsowner:timesensitive:email:
+DEADLINE: <2022-10-15 Sat> SCHEDULED: <2022-10-15 Sat>
 :PROPERTIES:
 :CUSTOM_ID: announce-program
 :END:
 
 Probably post schedule instead if available by that date
+BLOCKED: We asked speakers to get back to us by the 14th, so we'll probably be good to go re: schedule on the 15th
+When we're ready, we'll flip emacsconf-publishing-phase to 'schedule, call ~emacsconf-generate-main-schedule~ and ~emacsconf-generate-info-pages~, and be ready to send the e-mail.
+
 *** TODO Post it to r/emacs as well                           :reddit:zaeph:
 Please let zaeph know when it’s live so that the post can be distinguished.
 
 *** Template
+:PROPERTIES:
+:SUBJECT:  [ANN] EmacsConf 2022 schedule
+:TO:       emacsconf-discuss@gnu.org, emacs-tangents@gnu.org
+:END:
 
 Greetings, fellow Emacsians!
 
@@ -138,11 +145,33 @@ announce the program for EmacsConf 2022 (Dec 3 and 4), available at:
 
                  https://emacsconf.org/2022/talks
 
-We continue working on scheduling the talks in a way that works
-reasonably well for as many of our speakers as possible with respect
-to their availability, and will add the allocated time slots for the
-talks in the coming weeks.
+All of the times listed on the schedule are in EST (UTC-5). You can
+click on each talk's title to open its page for more information,
+including its scheduled time in your local time. (Displaying local time
+requires running a tiny bit of AGPLv3+-licensed free/libre JavaScript
+code, included on the talk pages.)
+
+For prerecorded talks, this time is also when the talk's video will be
+made available on the same page. Please note the '~' tildes near the
+times, indicating that they are approximations and not meant to be
+taken as exact times. The schedule may change leading up to the
+conference.
+
+As the conference approaches, we'll post more details on how to watch
+and participate.
+
+You can subscribe to the emacsconf-discuss mailing list at
+https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacsconf-discuss/ if you want to
+be sure you'll get updates.
+
+Want to help make EmacsConf even awesomer? Volunteer! 
+https://emacsconf.org/2022/volunteer/
 
+We hope to see you all around on Dec 3-4 for EmacsConf 2022!
+
+P.S. please direct all replies to this post either to myself or to the
+emacsconf-discuss list, so as to help avoid generating extra off-topic
+chatter in the other lists cc'd in this message; thank you.
 ** BLOCKED Prepare email for nudging speakers to send prerec, and inform on upload workflow :timesensitive:needsowner:
 :PROPERTIES:
 :CUSTOM_ID: mail-upload