The legal background: epidemics.univie.ac.at/new-hosting-...

Of course, it always depends on the purpose and the targeted readership (maybe already used to parentheses).

Cf. cikitsa.blogspot.com/2016/04/on-u... (I show both these blogposts to my students).

Definitely. Maybe we should simply demand this. "I will be happy to review this article after the basics, such as spelling and syntax, have been taken care of."

One idea for the proceedings that builds upon the pre-circulation concept: After submission of the final articles, we intend to once again share them among ourselves and thus organize our own open peer review before sending the whole volume to the publisher. Curious how this will work out.
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3. The concept of pre-circulated papers and pre-defined discussants was a success: well-prepared presentations, an informed audience and meaningful discussions. However, for those who have not read the papers, it can get harder to follow the presentations.
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2. The hybrid format has its drawbacks. While it is better to have this option than to simply exclude people who cannot participate on site, it is difficult to include them in the same way as the people in the room. We tried our best, still it does not feel completely satisfactory.
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… The format repeatedly resulted in dialogues only between the presenters and the pre-elected discussants, and left little time for questions and remarks from the rest of the audience. While this resulted in well-thought, meaningful feedback, more diverse reactions would have been welcome.
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5. We allotted 45 min to each paper, 20–25 presentation, the rest for discussion.

While in general the workshop went quite smooth, we learned a few things:

1. There can never be enough time allotted to discussion, especially if the audience is well-prepared. …
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3. The event was not open to a public audience, but to interested colleagues able to contribute to the discussed topics.
4. It was a hybrid event, allowing for lively discussions on site, but also enabling those who could not come to Vienna to take part.
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1. The participants sent papers in advance for pre-circulation, so that everyone had an idea about what will be presented in the talks.
2. Every participant agreed to reading at least two of the other submissions before the event and act as a discussant for these.
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Doesn't know Tamil, but Sanskrit: dharmamitra.org

Just tested it with a few ślokas and the results were not too bad. Still, I can see enough work for us :)