Dear all,
the following message was received from Basie von Solms (see below).
In TC6, too, we have spoken about electronic publishing and about electronic journal - free for all! To my knowledge, the business plan (i.e. who would cover the cost) and the management (i.e. who would run the journal reliably and for a long time) were much less concrete or nonexisting.
Could I get input from the protagonists of our dreams about how we might do that (running the system by Google, micropayment,...), please.
Best regards Otto
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Message received from Basie von Solms:
Dear TCChairs
At a recent EB meeting, EB requested the following from TC Chairs :
1 A number of TC's have indicated that they intend to start free electronic journals. EB requests every TC who wants to start such a free electronic journal to submit a brief bussiness paln on how the journal will run and managed. EB is not against such initiatives, but just wants some insight in how the TC intends to handle the whole issue.
I therefore request any TC who intends to go this route, to submit such a plan to Eduard for submission to EB.
I appreciate your coopertion on this issue.
2. On The IFIP Website there is a section on experts. Please visit and add relevant info from your TC as appropriate.
3. As you know, IFIP is creating an archive of all possible material available. If you have any old info on previous conferences (proceedings etc) please send that to Eduard.
Thanks
BASIE