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 Questions that need additional attention can be brought to the regular
 specifications meeting. EU and US timezone friendly meeting is held every
-Tuesday at 8 AM Pacific time. Meeting notes are held in the [Google
-doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pdvPeKjA8v8w_fGKAN68JjWBmVJtPCpqdi9IZrd6eEo).
-APAC timezone friendly meetings are held on request. See
-[OpenTelemetry calendar](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community#calendar).
+Tuesday at 8 AM Pacific time. Meeting notes are held in the Google
+doc `https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pdvPeKjA8v8w_fGKAN68JjWBmVJtPCpqdi9IZrd6eEo` (
+TODO: restore link when document permissions are fixed). APAC timezone friendly
+meetings are held on request.
+See [OpenTelemetry calendar](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community#calendar).
 
 Escalations to technical committee may be made over the
 [e-mail](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community#tc-technical-committee).