Editing How to Create a Fleet Announcement

Please read and incorporate the following information into your Fleet Announcement.  Organizing fleets takes a lot of work and coordination.  The following template will hopefully allow you to easily communicate all the relevant facts in an understandable and consistent manner.  Thank you FC!

NOTE:  If you are announcing a fleet sponsored and sanctioned by our [[FOD:Fleet_Operations_Division|Fleet Ops Division (FOD)]], please also refer to [[FOD:Guide_to_Fleet_Announcements|this additional information]].

=== Fleet Announcement Template ===
# Create a new post in the <code>[https://discord.com/channels/152437634927427584/1128778733092880514 🗪ready-room]</code> Discord forum channel.  
# Copy the raw Markdown text in the gray box below and edit to suit.
## The text inside the square brackets, including the brackets themselves, should be replaced with your custom text.
## Be careful about two-space breaks at the end of lines.
# Use a time zone converter.  See [[How_to_Create_a_Fleet_Announcement#Time_Zone_Converter|below]] for more info.
## Always use 24-hour UTC aka "EVE Time"
## Paste the link to the time zone converter as well.
## If the fleet day is different in UTC than your local time zone because of wrap, make sure you account for it in the announcement to avoid confusion.
## The in-game EVE Year can be obtained by adding 102 to the last three digits of the out-of-game year: 2023 is YC125, for example.

<pre>
**Fleet Name:** [fleet name]  
**Fleet Purpose:** [fleet purpose]  
**Target Audience:** [target audience]  
**Date:** [weekday], [day] [month-name] [eve year] ([year])  
**Time:** [24-hour UTC time] EVE ([link to time zone converter])  
**Duration:** [duration]  
**Formup:** [station system and name, keep opsec in mind]  
**Destination:** [system name, keep opsec in mind]  
**FC:** [fleet commander]  
**Comms:** [FLEET # channel on discord]
**Voice:** [required/optional] 
**Doctrine:** [what kind of ships and equipment to bring]  
**Fit:** [what kind of fit is appropriate]  

[Detailed instructions]

Please arrive early (or at least on time). We have a tight schedule.

Hope to see you there! If you have any questions, just ask in a comment below.
</pre>

=== Time Zone Converter ===
Fleet announcements are always posted in UTC aka "EVE Time".  This avoids confusion when Signaleers from different time zones want to partake in your fleet.  There are a few well known time converters that you can use.  However, here are a couple of the easiest:

* [https://dateful.com/time-zone-converter Dateful Time Zone Converter]
** Simple to use and has a "copy link" button 
* [http://time.nakamura-labs.com/ Nakamura Time]
** EVE specific and shows multiple time zones simultaneously
** Note that you have to copy the URL from the address bar in order to share your link

=== Don't Forget to Promote Your Event! ===
You want fellow Signaleers to show up, right?!  Well if you do, [[How_to_Promote_Your_Fleet_Op_or_Event|read this]].

=== Acknowledgements ===
Po Huit wrote the [https://forums.eve-scout.com/topic/2134/fleet-announcement-template Fleet Announcement Template] for the forums, which itself was derived primarily from Thrice Hapus's [https://forums.eve-scout.com/topic/1166/rescue-cache-training-fleet-sunday-12-mar Rescue Cache Training Fleet announcement].

Reynauld Lachapelle wrote the [https://forums.eve-scout.com/topic/7036/fleets-and-timezones-v2 Fleets and Timezones] post for the forums.