[Journal] Update and next steps

[Daniel Ames]

Hi all. I wonder if it is time again for an announcement to the general
OSGeo list calling for technical papers for OSGeo Journal?  I see nine
articles in the queue for Volume 5, but not any technical or research papers
for the peer review process.  Are there other places where we could issue a
call for papers? Perhaps getting project leaders to post such a call to
individual project lists would be good... ? - Dan

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Martin Wegmann <
wegmann at biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de> wrote:

> Hello Tyler,
>
> On Mittwoch, 4. Juni 2008 19:42:45 Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
> > Hi all, sorry for little to no communication over the past couple
> > months - I've been focused on other work.  Interest in the journal
> > has continued to grow over the past 6 months and I believe we have
> > more editors and reviewers ready to contribute than before.  However,
> > my time availability on the journal has been much reduced and I'm
> > still looking for more ways/ideas to help make the journal happen.
> >
> > I would like to open up the discussion on this list to find some
> > ways, maybe a volunteer - even temporary - associate editor who can
> > help see the next volume through production.  Volume 4 is still the
> > OSGeo Annual Report and no it has not all been finalised yet.  If you
> > are looking for something to do, I encourage you to grab a copy from
> > SVN and review/edit it.  It is certainly ready for review, though one
> > primary article is missing.
> >
> > I think the next steps for Volume 5 are to get all article
> > submissions into the online system:
> > http://www.osgeo.org/ojs/index.php/journal
> > Currently there are only 6 articles in the system.  But if we can get
> > the number up to maybe 10, then I think it would be a good time to
> > start the production cycle.  Until then, let's discuss any ideas you
> > have - then wait and see for when we get enough articles for an issue.
>
> I have at least 2 more articles which have been submitted in the last
> couple
> of months and will ask the authors to submit it via OJS.
>
> Others are already in svn without touching OJS.
>
> However I am still pretty much busy in the next months and will be abroad
> nearly all august till december, so I am only of little help, but will try
> to
> help as much as I can.
>
> regards Martin
>
>
>
>
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