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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=436020607-30092009><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Interesting idea <SPAN
class=774202908-30092009>Dan</SPAN>,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=436020607-30092009><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>It would consolidate efford and as the JOSIS is already a
while on the stage it could attract more authors.. I guess. On the other hand
the publications on FOSS4G may dissolve in overall spatial pot, next to papers
on proprietary solutions (-; </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=436020607-30092009><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>The future journal of OSGeo, we were
discussing about, is to be seen as addressing all the aspects of
FOSS4G: news, events, scientific papers, applications, education, etc.
Personally - it is what I would like to have as a reader... but my background is
also scientific. For ICT specialists<SPAN class=087033008-30092009> </SPAN>as
well <SPAN class=087033008-30092009>as for </SPAN>GI experts and users the
scientific content may not be that important.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>C<SPAN
class=436020607-30092009>ertainly <SPAN
class=774202908-30092009>Dan</SPAN>'s idea is worth
considering!</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=436020607-30092009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=436020607-30092009>What I
like in the setup of JOSIS is the mechanizm fo discussions on submitted papers.
Nice idea to have it along with the review and not as usuall - after
publishing.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=436020607-30092009>Best
regards:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=436020607-30092009>RAf</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> newsletter-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:newsletter-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Daniel P.
Ames<BR><B>Sent:</B> 30 September 2009 08:14<BR><B>To:</B> Barry
Rowlingson<BR><B>Cc:</B> Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo);
newsletter@lists.osgeo.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Journal] Next
steps<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Barry, I'm glad you mentioned JOSIS. I was about to comment on this myself,
and you beat me to it! These folks have some ideals that are fairly well aligned
with OSGeo ideals and it would be nice to support them. I suppose there are a
couple of ways to do that. One is to contact them about some kind of a merger
whereby JOSIS accepts some OSGeo people as board members and in return OSGeo
adopts JOSIS as it's officially sanctioned outlet for research publication. I
see this as a bit of an extreme option, but something that might be worth
considering... - Dan</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Barry Rowlingson <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:b.rowlingson@lancaster.ac.uk">b.rowlingson@lancaster.ac.uk</A>></SPAN>
wrote:<BR>
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class=gmail_quote>Has everyone else seen JOSIS:<BR><BR><A
href="http://josis.org/index.php/josis/index"
target=_blank>http://josis.org/index.php/josis/index</A><BR><BR>it seems to be
run on volunteer effort, and needs 3 editors-in-chief<BR>and a whole load of
luminaries on the editorial board. Plus<BR>who-knows-how-many reviewers (they
just got one more).<BR><BR>They're also using OJS for journal management, and
seem to have open<BR>comments on pre-published articles.<BR><BR> They
don't seem to say how often they publish an issue though.<BR>Perhaps these
days the concept of an 'issue' is becoming meaningless,<BR>and articles should
just be published when the editor gets the reviews<BR>and gives the okay?
Click a button and there it is in everyone's RSS<BR>feed.<BR><FONT
color=#888888><BR>Barry<BR></FONT>
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