[Journal] OSGeo Journal and FOSS4G 2017 Conference proceedings

[Eli Adam]

On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 1:36 PM, Landon Blake
<sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the ping Charlie. I have no problem with publishing the
> conference proceedings.
>
> The journal pages are probably way out-of-date. I'll see if I can make time
> to work on this next week.
>
> Landon
>
> On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 1:30 PM, Charlie Schweik <cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Landon, Venka, Helena:
>>
>> I'm working with Mohammed Zia and Andy Anderson on preparing the Academic
>> Track FOSS4G 2017 conference proceedings. We're almost to the point of
>> abstract acceptance, and then we plan to have the accepted authors submit
>> papers by May 31st.

Do you have someone lined up to put the Journal Volume together?
Working these details out early in the process might make it easier.

>>
>> (Venka, we're using your nice paper template that you created for FOSS4G
>> Seoul [1] -- hope that's OK with you. Let me know if it isn't!).
>>
>> We are planning on using a paper review system that is managed by UMass
>> Amherst's library under our Institutional Repository. At the end of that
>> process, we will create a conference proceeding that can be in PDF form
>> under the OSGeo Journal page [2].

Checking with the list is a good idea too.

>>
>> I just wanted to make sure this plan is OK with the three of you.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> P.S. The OSGeo Journal looks a little stale to me. Was there a proceedings
>> from the FOSS4G 2015 or 2016 conferences? Also, this page looks like it

2015 was not published through the OSGeo Journal.  You can read up in
this thread, https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/newsletter/2015-October/001173.html
 Specifically, the only Journal notice of this publication is in
announcements.
https://journal.osgeo.org/index.php/journal/announcement

2016 is not yet published,
https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/newsletter/2017-February/001240.html

Best regards, Eli

>> might have references to people who might no longer be active (e.g., Tyler
>> Mitchell?)
>>
>> [1] http://2015.foss4g.org/programme/academic-track/
>> [2] https://journal.osgeo.org/index.php/journal/index
>> [3]
>> https://journal.osgeo.org/index.php/journal/about/editorialPolicies#sectionPolicies
>>
>>
>> --
>> Charlie Schweik
>>
>> Professor, Department of Environmental Conservation &
>> Interim Director of the School of Public Policy,
>> University of Massachusetts, Amherst
>>
>> "Make positive change in your sphere of influence." -- CMS
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