better next steps, less agro

Author: igor47

communications/initial-email.md

@@ -23,14 +23,10 @@ We would love your help with any of the associated tasks, and in order of import
 - general enthusiasm/support for the project
 - any other ideas for engagement & impact
 
-All of us have full lives with various priorities.
-We are prioritizing this project in ours and setting a weekly work meeting on Thursday nights, alternating locations in SF and Oakland.
+We would love your help with any of these, and there are opportunities for both synchronous and asynchronous assistance.
+As a next step, __please reply if you're interested in helping out__, and we will add you to a mailing list which will include further discussion.
 If you do not have the bandwidth for this project right now -- we totally understand, and we hope we can find a way to make participating easier in the future!
 
-Please take a moment to reply with some form of:
-A: “I am super-excited to help, please add me to your mailing list!”
-B: “Thanks for reaching out, but I’m not interested in helping at this time”.
-
 Thanks,
 Igor & Stacey