[Journal] Vol 6. looking good...

[Tyler Mitchell]

We can surely improve in some ways, that's for sure.  I think we'll all agree that we have more content than we can ever publish and I'm looking forward to optimising our methods as much as possible.

There is a lot of potential out there and a growing push to actually publish books too.  More on this as I lay out the thoughts that have been in my head.  To take things to the next level may require a bit more dedicated manpower to make it happen - so not sure there, but possibly look at selling issues or getting a sponsor to help fund a part time editorial slot.  Just thinking out loud for now...

Tyler

----- Original Message -----
From: Micha Silver <micha at arava.co.il>
Date: Friday, September 17, 2010 2:05 am
Subject: Re: [Journal] Vol 6. looking good...
To: "Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)" <tmitchell at osgeo.org>
Cc: Sunburned Surveyor <sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com>, newsletter at lists.osgeo.org

> Tyler Mitchell wrote:
> 
> > Excellent, thanks Dan and Landon.  I've already started 
> on vol 7 this 
> > morning.  I'm putting the 2009 annual report into that 
> slot.  I 
> > usually work on this alone, but will be grateful for anyone 
> who wants 
> > to help with it.  It's a much easier project to work - 
> since all input 
> > comes from wiki pages.  If anyone wants to help, let me know.
> >
> > Tyler
> >
> Looking on to future issues, I think we need to find a way to 
> get each 
> publication out the door faster. Some of the articles in Vol 6 
> are over 
> 2 years old! I thought to suggest to limit each volume to one or 
> two of 
> the topics that we usually try to cover. In other words, one 
> issue would 
> be dedicated to project updates, the next perhaps case studies, 
> etc. 
> Each issue would be much shorter, of course, but there'd be a 
> better 
> chance of publishing content in a timely manner. As it is 
> already, one 
> issue a year is more or less dedicated to the annual report. My 
> suggestion is to expand that model to other areas that the 
> journal tries 
> to cover.
> 
> Best regards,
> Micha
>  
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Sunburned Surveyor <sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com>
> > Date: Thursday, September 16, 2010 1:16 pm
> > Subject: Re: [Journal] Vol 6. looking good...
> > To: "Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)" <tmitchell at osgeo.org>
> > Cc: newsletter at lists.osgeo.org
> >
> > > Tyler,
> > >
> > > Sorry I didn't get back to you yesterday.
> > >
> > > Volume 6 looks good. My only important comment was about heading
> > > consistency, but we can work on that in the next issue. I'd 
> go ahead
> > > and publish.
> > >
> > > I look forward to working with everyone on Volume 7.
> > >
> > > Landon
> > >
> > > On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Tyler Mitchell
> > > <tmitchell.osgeo at shaw.ca> wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > I've been looking through the current draft PDF and don't 
> see any
> > > > showstoppers to releasing it.  Do you?
> > > >
> > > > http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/journal/volume_6/en-
> > > us/OSGeoJournal_vol6.pdf>
> > > > Does the attached article list confirm all the expected
> > > articles are
> > > > appearing?
> > > >
> > > > Landon mentioned a few questions, but aside from a few look
> > > and feel things
> > > > I don't think there is much outstanding.  The table borders
> > > all look good to
> > > > me now.  The bullet lists are always an irritating 
> issue due
> > > to vertical
> > > > justification, but it's not the end of the world at this point.
> > > >
> > > > Any final comments or commitments to fixing it all up 
> before I
> > > or Landon
> > > > push out an announcement?  Best of all, we can 
> continue to
> > > improve the
> > > > digital version when we find issues or ways to improve it.
> > > >
> > > > Tyler
> > > >
> > > > p.s. Due to the high number of complex tables, this issue
> > > seemed unduly
> > > > difficult to layout properly.  I mention this because it's
> > > certainly not the
> > > > norm, as most of you already know.
> > > >
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