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docs/blog/2024-january-update.rst

@@ -6,20 +6,20 @@ Write the Docs Community Update - January 2024
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 Hey folks, Eric Holscher here, one of the co-founders of Write the Docs.
-I'm here with our traditional January community update to give the newsletter team the month off.
+I'm here with our traditional January community update while the newsletter team takes the month off.
 
 2024 is looking to be a refinement of our approach to 2023,
-with a few new experiments thrown in.
+with a few experiments thrown in.
 
 Our 2024 conferences
 --------------------
 
 It was lovely to see everyone again in Portland & Australia conferences this year,
-and to continue connecting virtually with our Atlantic conference.
-We're planning for 2024 to be similar to last year:
+and to connect with folks online at our Atlantic conference.
+We're planning similar events for 2024:
 
 * `Portland <https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/portland/2024/>`_ will be in-person on **April 14-16**.
-* `Atlantic <https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/atlantic/2024/>`_ will be a virtual event, spanning the US and European timezones, on **September 22-24**.
+* `Atlantic <https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/atlantic/2024/>`_ will be a virtual event, spanning the East Coast and European timezones, on **September 22-24**.
 * Australia will likely be in-person again in December, but we're still working on the details.
 
 We are currently accepting `talk proposals <https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/portland/2024/cfp/>`_ and selling tickets for our Portland conference.
@@ -30,34 +30,36 @@ We hope that you'll work with us to make all of our events unique again this yea
 Community board and teams
 -------------------------
 
-We've had our Community Board & CoreOps team in place for a year now,
+We've had our Community Board in place for a year now,
 and we've been posting `quarterly updates <https://www.writethedocs.com/blog/archive/tag/community-board/>`_ for everyone to read.
 We continue to refine our processes and approach,
 and would love any feedback that folks have.
 
 Overall, we're pretty happy with the structure that we have in place,
-and are looking forward to continuing to refine it in 2024.
+and are looking forward to continuing to refine it in 2024. We'd like to thank all the community board members, who also serve as team leads for the community, for their dedication and enthusiasm in supporting our events and online spaces. 
+
+If you're interested in joining one of the community teams, check out all the team descriptions and contacts on the `Team page <https://writethedocs-www--2073.org.readthedocs.build/team/>`_. 
 
 Salary Survey
 -------------
 
-We just finished up the 2023 Salary Survey, and we're excited that we had **over 1,000** responses.
+We just closed the 2023 Salary Survey, and we're excited to announce that we received **over 1,000** responses.
 There were enough contractors this year for us to break out some high-level data,
 along with our normal breakdown of full-time employees.
 
-We plan to release the results in Q2 of the year,
-and will be sure to share that in the newsletter.
-There was also talk about possibly doing a tooling survey this year,
-and that is something we are considering as an additional service to the community.
-We aren't 100% sure what that will look like,
+We plan to release the results in Q2, in time for the Portland conference, 
+and will be sure to share them in the newsletter and on social media.
+There was a conversation in slack about doing a tooling survey this year,
+which we are considering as an additional service to the community.
+We aren't 100% sure what that will look like yet,
 so if you have any good examples or ideas, please let us know!
 
 Other community updates
 -----------------------
 
 We have shared our high-level community stats for past 6 years,
-and will continue to do it each year going forward.
-You can view our 2023 stats on our blog at :doc:`/blog/write-the-docs-2023-stats`.
+and this year is no different!
+You can view our 2023 stats at :doc:`/blog/write-the-docs-2023-stats`.
 
 From our sponsor
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docs/blog/write-the-docs-2023-stats.rst

@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ You can read our previous posts from 2016_, 2017_, 2018_, 2019_, 2020_, 2021_, 2
 Conferences
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-* 325 attendees in Portland (from 600 virtually)
-* 300 attendees in Atlantic (from 225)
-* 75 attendees in Australia (from 100 virtually)
+* 325 in-person attendees in Portland (from 600 online in 2022)
+* 300 online attendees in Atlantic (from 225 online at Prague 2022)
+* 75 in-person attendees in Australia (from 100 online in 2022)
 
 It was great to be back in person in 2023,
-as well as offer a new approach to our virtual events.
+as well as offer a new approach to our virtual event.
 
 Slack network
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