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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I think this is good idea . In fact, i am exploring the possibility of a special issue of JOSIS based on selected full papers for next year's OSGIS 2010 conference. I think OSGeo should explore possibility of having dedicated special issues in key Geospatial journals of selection of full papers submitted to FOSS4G conferences and JOSIS is a good starting point.</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> newsletter-bounces@lists.osgeo.org on behalf of Rafal Wawer<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wed 30/09/2009 09:31<BR><B>To:</B> Daniel P. Ames<BR><B>Cc:</B> newsletter@lists.osgeo.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Journal] Next steps<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=436020607-30092009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Interesting idea <SPAN class=774202908-30092009>Dan</SPAN>,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=436020607-30092009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>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 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>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>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=436020607-30092009></SPAN><FONT 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>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><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 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=436020607-30092009>Best regards:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><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>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">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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