updates committe recommendations

Author: katyhuff

manual/guides/katy/commreq.md

@@ -8,19 +8,19 @@ permalink: /manual/guides/katy/commreq
 # Conditions
 
 - Your research should be something I can substantively comment on. 
-- Please schedule all committee meetings well in advance (at least two months).
+- Please schedule all committee meetings well in advance (at least a few weeks)..
 - You must have a reproducibility plan for your research that describes how a 
   scientist could reproduce your work. This may involve pointing to data, 
   scripting analysis, version controlling all scripts you use in your work, and 
   recording any details of software that you rely on.
 - You should provide me with yearly updates on your progress.
 - I will need at least two weeks to review any document under 100 pages. For 
-  documents over 100 pages, I will need one month. 
+  documents over 100 pages, I may need longer. 
 - All documents should be provided in PDF format. If you happen to be version 
   controlling the documents you are writing, I am happy to make line comments 
   via GitHub.
-- If I don't know you well, I may ask to set up a meeting before agreeing to be 
-  on your committee.
+- If I don't know you or your research well, I may ask to set up a meeting 
+  before agreeing to be on your committee.
 
 # Asking
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ information. I'll need to know:
 
 - Where I know you from.
 - Your advisor's name
-- Your topic
+- Your thesis topic
 - Your year in school
 - Your general timeline
 - Your expected graduation date