From 776ed6b0e2bc337b2f584b8fd8b2e3bc946076cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: petrus comestor <petrus@comestor.org>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 00:40:27 -0400
Subject: ho

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diff --git a/hosts.html b/hosts.html
index 9a8ff63..6acfc0b 100644
--- a/hosts.html
+++ b/hosts.html
@@ -31,10 +31,17 @@
             <br>
             <p style="max-width: 40ch; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto; font-size: large;">
                 <strong>Quiet reading belongs to you.</strong><br>
-                Start your own quiet reading today!
             </p>
             <br>
             <br>
+            <div class="event">
+                <div>
+                    At quiet reading events, readers bring their own books, read for one hour,
+                    and then chat for one hour about books, literature, and arts. Start
+                    your own independently-operated quiet reading today!
+                </div>
+            </div>
+            <br>
             <div class="event">
                 <div>
                     <span class="event-time">1. Audience</span><br>
@@ -42,6 +49,9 @@
                     <br>
                     <br>
                     If you run an event space, invite your regulars and local community.
+                    <br>
+                    <br>
+                    Quiet reading events generally do not require advance registration.
                 </div>
             </div>
             <br>
@@ -58,31 +68,23 @@
             <div class="event">
                 <div>
                     <span class="event-time">3. Time</span><br>
-                    Quiet reading can happen at any time: mornings in the park, weekend afternoons, evenings after work, or late-night at home or at a bar.
-                    <br>
-                    <br>
-                    Quiet reading builds community best when run as a weekly event: same place, same time each week.
+                    Quiet reading can happen at mornings, afternoons, evenings, or nights. Weekly events are perfect for building community.
                 </div>
             </div>
             <br>
             <div class="event">
                 <div>
                     <span class="event-time">4. Promotion</span><br>
-                    Text, Instagram, flyers, venue website, local subreddit, and so on.
-                    <br>
-                    <br>
-                    If you run a space like a library, park, cafe, or bar, we can help advertise your event: please contact <a href="mailto:team@quietreading.org">team@quietreading.org</a>.
-                    However, we do not run your event and we do not have &ldquo;chapters&rdquo;; we simply maintain a directory listing of events.
+                    Text, social media, flyers, venue website, local subreddit, and so on.
+                    <br><br>
+                    If you run a public space like a library, park, cafe, or bar, we can help advertise your independent event: contact team@quietreading.org.
                 </div>
             </div>
             <br>
             <div class="event">
                 <div>
                     <span class="event-time">5. Host</span><br>
-                    Quiet reading is designed to be a casual community event.
-                    The host only needs to announce the beginnings of the
-                    reading hour and the social hour. In fact, there doesn't
-                    even need to be a host.
+                    Quiet reading is designed to be a casual community meetup. There’s no need for a host: readers arrive, read, and then chat by themselves.
                     <br>
                     <br>
                     Happy reading!
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