Dear all,
Joe Turner (chair of IFIP publication committee writes:
----- Otto, Thanks very much for your input and your efforts to obtain additional comments from your TC. If you receive additional comments of substance then we will try to consider them. It would not be appropriate for us to provide the Springer proposal to anyone outside the official IFIP channels. In fact, I regret that I did not ask you not to distribute the proposal to others, because it definitely was my intent that the proposal be kept within the Pubs Committee. Normally IFIP handles contract matters by having a small group of appropriate IFIP members analyze proposals and make recommendations to the president/EB. My intention in this case was for the Pubs Committee to serve that function. Proposals submitted to IFIP are not public documents. It is fine to seek opinions on general situations from others, but we should not distribute proposals submitted in confidence to us.
Joe ------------
Conclusion: Please do not distribute the IFIP open access proposal to others.
Best regards Otto