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 .. 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!