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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I can contact JOSIS team to explore the possibility of having special issues on Open Source GIS from selection of scientific articles of OSGeo conferences and other events. The editors (2-3) for each special issue will be experts from OSGeo and will be different for each special issue (so there will be distribution of workload). </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Tyler, please let know your thoughts.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Best wishes,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Suchith</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><STRONG><EM>Dr Suchith Anand</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> newsletter-bounces@lists.osgeo.org on behalf of Sunburned Surveyor<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wed 30/09/2009 15:33<BR><B>To:</B> newsletter@lists.osgeo.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Journal] Next steps<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Dan wrote: "I see this as a bit of an extreme option, but something<BR>that might be worth considering..."<BR><BR>I don't think it is an extreme option at all, but sounds quite<BR>reasonable. We can steer our scientific articles to JOSIS, which will<BR>allow us to streamline (and possibly speed up) the production of the<BR>OSGeo Journal.<BR><BR>This option wouldn't mean we couldn't have good peer review as part of<BR>our publication process in the Journal, but we could run it more like<BR>a traditional newsletter or magazine.<BR><BR>Do we already have a good contact with the JOSIS team that could be<BR>used to explore this idea further?<BR><BR>Landon<BR><BR>On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 2:55 AM, Suchith Anand<BR><Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:<BR>> I think this is good idea . In fact, i am exploring the possibility of a<BR>> special issue of JOSIS based on selected full papers for next year's OSGIS<BR>> 2010 conference. I think OSGeo should explore possibility of having<BR>> dedicated special issues in key Geospatial journals of selection of full<BR>> papers submitted to FOSS4G conferences and JOSIS is a good starting point.<BR>><BR>> Best wishes,<BR>><BR>> Suchith<BR>><BR>> Dr Suchith Anand<BR>> Centre for Geospatial Science<BR>> Sir Clive Granger Building<BR>> University of Nottingham<BR>> Tel: (0)115 846 8408<BR>> <A href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cgs/cgs_suchith_anand.html">http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cgs/cgs_suchith_anand.html</A><BR>> <A href="http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/">http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/</A><BR>> <A href="http://ica-opensource.scg.ulaval.ca/">http://ica-opensource.scg.ulaval.ca/</A><BR>><BR>> ________________________________<BR>> From: newsletter-bounces@lists.osgeo.org on behalf of Rafal Wawer<BR>> Sent: Wed 30/09/2009 09:31<BR>> To: Daniel P. Ames<BR>> Cc: newsletter@lists.osgeo.org<BR>> Subject: RE: [Journal] Next steps<BR>><BR>> Interesting idea Dan,<BR>> It would consolidate efford and as the JOSIS is already a while on the stage<BR>> it could attract more authors.. I guess. On the other hand the publications<BR>> on FOSS4G may dissolve in overall spatial pot, next to papers on<BR>> proprietary solutions (-;<BR>> The future journal of OSGeo, we were discussing about, is to be seen as<BR>> addressing all the aspects of FOSS4G: news, events, scientific papers,<BR>> applications, education, etc. Personally - it is what I would like to have<BR>> as a reader... but my background is also scientific. For ICT specialists as<BR>> well as for GI experts and users the scientific content may not be that<BR>> important.<BR>> Certainly Dan's idea is worth considering!<BR>><BR>> What I like in the setup of JOSIS is the mechanizm fo discussions on<BR>> submitted papers. Nice idea to have it along with the review and not as<BR>> usuall - after publishing.<BR>><BR>> Best regards:<BR>> RAf<BR>><BR>><BR>> Dr. Rafal Wawer<BR>> K.U.Leuven<BR>> R&D Division SADL (Spatial Application Division)<BR>> Celestijnenlaan 200e bus 2224<BR>> BE-3001 Leuven-Heverlee<BR>> Belgium<BR>> tel. 0032 16 329731<BR>><BR>> ________________________________<BR>> From: newsletter-bounces@lists.osgeo.org<BR>> [<A href="mailto:newsletter-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">mailto:newsletter-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</A>] On Behalf Of Daniel P. Ames<BR>> Sent: 30 September 2009 08:14<BR>> To: Barry Rowlingson<BR>> Cc: Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo); newsletter@lists.osgeo.org<BR>> Subject: Re: [Journal] Next steps<BR>><BR>> Barry, I'm glad you mentioned JOSIS. I was about to comment on this myself,<BR>> and you beat me to it! These folks have some ideals that are fairly well<BR>> aligned with OSGeo ideals and it would be nice to support them. I suppose<BR>> there are a couple of ways to do that. One is to contact them about some<BR>> kind of a merger whereby JOSIS accepts some OSGeo people as board members<BR>> and in return OSGeo adopts JOSIS as it's officially sanctioned outlet for<BR>> research publication. I see this as a bit of an extreme option, but<BR>> something that might be worth considering... - Dan<BR>><BR>><BR>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Barry Rowlingson<BR>> <b.rowlingson@lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:<BR>>><BR>>> Has everyone else seen JOSIS:<BR>>><BR>>> <A href="http://josis.org/index.php/josis/index">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>>><BR>>> Barry<BR>>> _______________________________________________<BR>>> newsletter mailing list<BR>>> newsletter@lists.osgeo.org<BR>>> <A href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/newsletter">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/newsletter</A><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> --<BR>> Daniel P. 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