From 04dfdef7853193afe10ec66431c9db5a9484241d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Croome <chris@webarchitects.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 13:07:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] First post text updated

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 README.md | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ request](https://github.com/discourse/mail-receiver/pull/2) and the [Postfix
 notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emails-with-local-smtp/23645/28) for using
 the host for outgoing email, but then we switched it over to use Exim.
  
-### TODO:
-
 ### CoTech Community Discourse Settings
 
 Initial settings used for `community.coops.tech` when it was created:
@@ -88,8 +86,9 @@ On the User Preferences page:
 
 The first post text:
 
-Welcome to the Cooperative Technologists Community, we are a network of technology focused cooperatives, [CoTech](https://www.coops.tech/) who are *"building a tech industry that's better for its workers and customers through co-operation, democracy and worker ownership."* This is our open community discussion forum, you don't have to be a member of a coop to join this community but you do need to support [the cooperative values and principles](http://ica.coop/en/whats-co-op/co-operative-identity-values-principles) and have an interest in technology, you can find out more [about us](https://www.coops.tech/about), read [our manifesto](https://www.coops.tech/manifesto), see who we are and who we have worked for and watch [a video made at our first gathering](https://vimeo.com/196080655) on [www.coops.tech](https://www.coops.tech/). Please read [our community guidelines](https://community.coops.tech/guidelines) before signing up.
+Welcome to the *Cooperative Technologists Community*, we are a network of technology focused cooperatives, [CoTech](https://www.coops.tech/), who are *"building a tech industry that's better for its workers and customers through co-operation, democracy and worker ownership."* This is our open community discussion forum, you don't have to be a member of a coop to join this community but you do need to support [the cooperative values and principles](http://ica.coop/en/whats-co-op/co-operative-identity-values-principles) and have an interest in technology, you can find out more [about us](https://www.coops.tech/about), read [our manifesto](https://www.coops.tech/manifesto), see who we are and who we have worked for and watch [a video made at our first gathering](https://vimeo.com/196080655) on [www.coops.tech](https://www.coops.tech/). We also have [a wiki](https://wiki.coops.tech/) and a decision making group on [Loomio](https://www.loomio.org/g/oVwtKDOn/digital-co-ops), [Slack channels](https://tech-coops.slack.com/) and (for now, we might close it and use Discourse) a public [email list](https://www.email-lists.org/mailman/listinfo/tech-coops). 
 
+*Please read [our community guidelines](https://community.coops.tech/guidelines) before signing up for an account here.*
 
 
 
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