[Journal] FOSS4G 2011 Special Edition

[Yann Chemin]

Looking at IJG that made special issues on some of FOSS/GIS
conferences, they had a sponsorship based system at that time. Well,
for some reason, they shifted to Open Journal and now authors are
financing the publication. I guess you are looking into a match of
both: Open Journal with sponsorship so that authors do not have to pay
for publishing.
Now, if the Journal keeps strictly in Web (no printed copies) then the
cost is certainly reduced and sponsorship will then fill the editors
fridge :)


On 28 September 2011 06:55, Michael P. Gerlek <mpg at flaxen.com> wrote:
> I honestly don't see the Journal as a high priority for the board right now -- it would be a tough sell to get any funding for it in the next 6+ months certainly.  (Do you have any metrics on readership/downloads, etc?)
>
> That said, I don't think the Board would mind you trying to get sponsors or sell advertising space.  If you can raise the money, more power to you!
>
> ( Speaking only for myself, I'm increasingly looking at OSGeo projects moving towards a three-part model to sustain themselves: (1) volunteer efforts, (2) 3rd-party sponsorship, and (3) foundation-level support.  The ratio of these three is not necessarily 1:1:1, but (3) would likely be a matching grant against (2) at best. )
>
> -mpg
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: newsletter-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:newsletter-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Tyler Mitchell
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 4:26 PM
>> To: OSGeo Journal
>> Subject: Re: [Journal] FOSS4G 2011 Special Edition
>>
>> What's your sense on this Michael?  Is the board prepared
>> to financial support the Journal?  In the past it was seen as
>> out-of-scope for my position so it's production slowed down
>> significantly.  So far the Journal hasn't actually reported to
>> the board, as it's not an official recognised committee and
>> never had a budget.
>>
>> Everyone else... if we did want to, collectively,
>> move forward with it to generate funds that could help
>> raise the profile of OSGeo, GFOSS researchers and more in
>> our community, then we should come up with a plan to present
>> to the board.  e.g. what is the goal, how will it be implemented,
>> who will be in charge of it, how will it be used?
>>
>> If there is little interest from the board (has been minimal in
>> past at least), yet sustained interest from those on this list
>> and those helping with publication, then I'd consider
>> taking it outside of OSGeo and producing a professional
>> journal addressing the same issues.  But I doubt I'd do that
>> if it at all threatened the volunteer spirit of this team.  Same
>> as if we raise funds for any reason - if volunteers thought it
>> was then no worth their time, I'd respect that.  Of course, I
>> haven't only worked on this during work hours, but much of
>> it I have, so I've already been working on so far :)
>>
>> Not trying to find money to keep me afloat, but really don't
>> want this great effort to die due to lack of trying.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>
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