[Journal] Volume 2 - timing

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Hi all,
Thanks again for the work on Volume 1.  Sorry I was out of touch so  
much during the publication time, I hadn't anticipated being offline  
while attending a conference out of the country.

Timing for next volume can be as slow or quick as we like.  I think  
we already have a lot of great content committed.  Please add any  
more ideas, even if only a guess, to the wiki  as soon as possible so  
we know when we are going to be "full".  I think we are pretty close  
already!

I was hoping we could have the next volume done by the beginning of  
September.  That would then give us time to reformat, compile or  
print copies in time for FOSS4G (Sept 24).  The way things are  
looking we could probably do it faster than September, but only if  
you all have time and interest to churn it out faster.

The main question, in my opinion, is how soon we are going to require  
articles to be submitted.

Here is an easy schedule:

Schedule 1
* Articles welcome: Now
* Article Submission Ends: August 3, 2007  (* ~70 days to submit  
articles *)
* First Draft: August 22, 2007
* Final Publication: September 1, 2007 (* ~30 days from article close *)

I personally think we could do this one month earlier to help keep  
the momentum:

Schedule 2
* Articles welcome: Now
* Article Submission Ends: July 3, 2007 (* ~30 days to submit  
articles *)
* First Draft: July 22, 2007
* Final Publication: August 1, 2007 (* ~30 days from article close *)

Of course, if we can push the contributors quicker, then the better  
for us and the sooner we could wrap up the First Draft.

Make sense?  I'd prefer schedule 2.  What about you?

Tyler