[Esip-ejournal] some quick thoughts

[Bruce Barkstrom]

I think it is important to have some discussion of affiliation with one or
more professional societies.  I don't know that scientists would have
a strong motivation to publish here if it doesn't get them professional
recognition.  Ditto for those of us doing IT research.  From my standpoint,
I'd be much more interested in submitting papers for publication at ACM
or IEEE conferences, since they are peer-reviewed, archival publications.
The esip journal does not strike me as a place I'd like to send papers,
since I don't get professional credit.  To put it another way, without the
professional society imprimatur, the esip journal seems to me to be
just another form of "grey literature".

Bruce B.

At 10:30 AM 4/16/2003 -0400, Menas Kafatos wrote:

>Hi all:
>
>I have contacted Bill Emery, I will let you know his views.
>
>On the scope, here are some quick thoughts:
>
>. We need to decide on a name
>
>. We need a short description of the e-journal in terms of goals
>
>. in terms of implementation of the goals we should have a separate
>   document where we describe the journal:
>         - editorial board
>         - venue (I presume the ESIP Fed?)
>         - how often? (I would say, initially not more than twice a year)
>         - types of articles we will be accepting for review
>         - instruction to authors
>         - address to send articles (e-address)
>         - the first general invitation for submission of papers
>
>Talk to you at 1:00 today. Please start the telecon, I have a luncheon but
>I should be back on campus by 1:00.
>
>Menas
>
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