[Journal] Volume 2 - timing

[Martin Wegmann]

On Tuesday, 22. May 2007 18:22:42 Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
> 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?

I vote for the second schedule, too.

Martin

>
> Tyler
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