[Journal] Regrouping for 2008 - quick questions

[Yves Jacolin]

Hi list,
> * Will you continue/discontinue to work on the journal this year?  Or
> if you are new, are ready to start contributing now?
Yes, I planned some article about Francophone Local Chapter and may be some 
other topic.

> * Would you like your role to change in some way?  How/where/why
> would you like to help?
No, I have enough work, thanks :)

> * How can we get more content through our process faster? E.g.
> improve getting from drafts-->to final easier?
No idea. Seems really goods to me. Just take care about LaTeX tags which can 
afraid a lot of people.

> * What were your top annoying things about the production process in
> 2007?
Translation is not inside the process ! No tools, LaTeX could be an issue for 
some translator. We try to "work" on it in the Francophone LC.

> * What was the highlight of 2007 Journal volumes for you?
The first translation of the Volume 1 and see that the work did not stop after 
thsi first release : better process, some tools to improve the process, new 
translator.

> * What's the biggest challenge for the Journal in the future?
> (solutions welcomed too :) )
Put the translation process inside the current process: tools, "all in one" 
process

> * Was 3 volumes in one year too many?  just right? too few?
The volume 2 was quit big, but great. Vol. 3 is just a little fewer, but great 
as well.

As I wrote it, the process and the quality of the journal seems good to me, 
some issue, not directly link to the project, should be get a solution: 
translation and langage issues, ie some people can have some great topic/idea 
to share in a journal but doesn't write fluently in english :) If you find a 
solution for this two issues, bravo ! The first one could be enough for me ;)

Regards,

Y.
Le lundi 21 janvier 2008 21:59, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) a écrit :
> Happy new year,
> As some of you may have noticed I finally put up a deadline for the
> next volume.
> This is going to be an incredible issue if we can get it all
> together.  But first I'd like to invite you all to take a few moments
> to share your feedback from our first full year of the OSGeo Journal.
>
> Please share with me via the list:
> * Will you continue/discontinue to work on the journal this year?  Or
> if you are new, are ready to start contributing now?
> * Would you like your role to change in some way?  How/where/why
> would you like to help?
> * How can we get more content through our process faster? E.g.
> improve getting from drafts-->to final easier?
> * What were your top annoying things about the production process in
> 2007?
> * What was the highlight of 2007 Journal volumes for you?
> * What's the biggest challenge for the Journal in the future?
> (solutions welcomed too :) )
> * Was 3 volumes in one year too many?  just right? too few?
> ---
> I've taken the past month to regroup my own thoughts on these points
> but I'd like to get yours too before we jump into the next volume.
>
> Hope all is well, just say hello if you don't have any great
> responses.  I'd like to see more traffic on this list if possible.
> I'll have a bit less time to work on the journal this year, so I'm
> hoping that with the couple new additions to the team and a bit of
> streamlining we can still produce 3-4 volumes this year.  I certainly
> believe there is enough content out there..
>
> Now it's your turn, looking forward to hearing from you.
> Tyler
>
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