From 340b88a2d6f5270ec0811fc3c1bf07bc6162876e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Kridner <jkridner@beagleboard.org>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 12:51:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] reduce words

---
 ideas/index.rst | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ideas/index.rst b/ideas/index.rst
index f297c16..8d75e2c 100644
--- a/ideas/index.rst
+++ b/ideas/index.rst
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ and to automate things in the physical world.
 
 .. important::
 
-   BeagleBoard.org is a community centric organization and we keep all of our discussion open for our
-   community on our `forum <https://bbb.io/gsocml>`_. Discussion for all the project ideas, proposals or development will
-   be done via our `forum <https://bbb.io/gsocml>`_ as well and must be open for everyone to access. **No
-   direct messages should be sent to mentors or community members until unless there is a private matter.**
+   **No direct messages should be sent unless the topic is truly a private matter.**
+
+   BeagleBoard.org is all about being open. Please keep discussion in public
+   on `our forum <https://bbb.io/gsocml>`_.
+
 .. sidebar:: Did you know?
 
     BeagleBoard.org has been accepted to be a mentoring organization in the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) for twelve previous years!
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