[Newsletter] OSGeo-.... News? Journal?

[Jason Fournier]

Hi All,

I, too, like the suggestions for the name.  My personal favourites of the
bunch are OSGeo Journal and OSGEO Magazine.  I also like the sounds of OSGeo
Periodical - it's formal and is a nice umbrella term for a variety of topics
(much like magazine).  My only concern with Periodical is that it's
associated with a temporal aspect (monthly, quarterly, etc) and might not
fit in with OSGeo's newsletter mandate.  Just a thought.

Regarding Wiki editing and article submission - I agree with Martin's
suggestion to allow emailing of content to respective editors, at least
until we reach a critical mass of contributors comfortable with editing
OSGeo's wiki.

Jay



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[mailto:newsletter-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Tyler Mitchell
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 1:16 PM
To: wegmann at biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
Cc: OSGeo-News
Subject: Re: [Newsletter] OSGeo-.... News? Journal?

On 6-Mar-07, at 7:53 AM, Martin Wegmann wrote:

> OSGeo-Magazine
> OSGeo-Journal
> OSGeo-News
>
> the latter keeps it informal, not expecting a high-end journal - I  
> would
> reckon. The others sound more ... interesting, fancy.

OSGeo News sounds good, but it is somewhat misleading since we are  
not only doing reports on news, but much more serious stuff too.  It  
will work for now, though, I think - unless we can agree on something  
better.   I also like "Journal", not as a scientific sort of journal,  
but as a chronicle of things over time.  I also like "Magazine" but  
then instantly we are competing with other magazines :)  If I have to  
chose from these three I'd probably choose Magazine.

Some other ideas:
* OSGeo Report - is pretty informal but also professional sounding,  
but maybe sounds too boring
* OSGeo Milestones - to be metaphorical, it is more informal but  
helps give idea of movement over time with significant landmarks  
along the way

I also prefer two separate words "OSGeo News" without hyphen, for  
readability and simplicity.  I don't think grammatically the hyphen  
makes sense, at least not in Canadian English.

What does everyone else on this list think about these ideas?  We  
know Micha is alive, how about the rest of you?  This list is for you  
and I'd love to hear more ideas.

Tyler
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