[CREATE] LG magazine #1::∞

[a.l.e]

  ok, that the editorial group composed by the three persons who have 
signed the mail i'm answering to is already working on a plan fror the 
magazine.

a PDF issue of the LGMag at froscamp (which has been announced as a 
possibility one month ago) is not welcome and won't happen.

no problem.

ciao
a.l.e



>
>     one of the answer was that the next mag should come out in august.
>
>
> While our proposed schedule does specify for an August edition of the 
> magazine in future, we didn't want to sprint our first numbered issue 
> the way we did on 0.
>
>
>     ginger has created a wiki page
>
>         http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Libre_Graphics_Magazine, on
>         the wiki page that Jon started a couple days ago. We'll be
>         posting more as we discuss, with some kind of concrete plan
>         tomorrow.
>
>
>     bug that page has not (afaik) lead to an issue of the magazine.
>     and no magazine has been created in august.
>
>
> The wiki states that the first numbered issue, 1.1 will come out in 
> November (with the theme First Encounters/Taking Flight), just in time 
> for it to be present at a number of different events (including 
> FOSSASIA, HTMlles in Montreal, where I'll be distributing copies, and 
> others).  That means so far, we're on schedule.
>
> For avoidance of doubt, an outline of the production cycle on which 
> we're working is below.
>
> Production Cycle
>
> Each issue of the magazine is produced on a twelve week production 
> cycle. The weeks are occupied as follows:
>
> Week1:
>     Editorial team decides on a theme and writes a theming document 
> which eventually becomes both a call for submissions and the Letter 
> from the Editor for that issue.
>
> week2:
>     Regular columnists are informed of the theme and invited to begin 
> working on briefs for their columns, which are due week four. The 
> columns themselves are due later.
>     A brainstorming session is held to discuss what the major 
> feature(s) for the issue will be (if the theme has not already made 
> that evident) and who should be interviewed or profiled. Specific 
> contributors are sought to complete these pieces.
>
> week 3:
>     A call for submissions, detailing the theme of the issue, is sent 
> out across various lists. Deadline for submissions is week 7, after 
> which the editorial team will work with potential contributors to 
> improve their content, if necessary.
>
> week4:
>     Briefs from columnists are due. The editorial team reads and 
> discusses the briefs, providing feedback to columnists. On approval, 
> the columnists are asked to write their proposed columns, within their 
> normal word count. The columns are due week 8.
>
> week5:
>     With columns, features and profiles decided and underway, sponsors 
> are sought for the issue.
>
> week6:
>     The creative team, if they have not begun already, solidify the 
> look of the issue, which is in line with but not slave to the normal 
> style of the magazine. They then present their vision to the rest of 
> the editorial team for discussion.
>
> week7:
>     With all submissions in, the editorial team review them and choose 
> which to pursue for the current issue. With this decision in hand, 
> they inform submittors of the outcome and begin working to help revise 
> (as necessary) the accepted submissions. (NOTE: Necessarily, as the 
> magazine progresses in its life, the means of getting articles and art 
> will necessarily change. There will still be open calls, but perhaps 
> not as high a percentage of content will need to be filled through 
> those calls, as a large stable of contributors builds up. This could 
> lead to other exciting uses of the open call format such as the 
> student design, photography, type, etc. annuals that many design 
> magazines put out.)
>
> week8:
>     Columns are in. They pass through the editorial process, so that 
> all revisions may be finished and the columns completely ready by week 9.
>
> week9:
>     All columns, articles, features, profiles and art should have 
> passed through the editorial process and be ready. The editorial team 
> discusses the structure and flow of the issue. All content is handed 
> over to the creative team so that layout may begin.
>
> week11:
>     Layout of magazine is finished. Editorial team goes over the 
> complete product one last time to look for any surviving errors. With 
> this done, the magazine is sent to the printers, wherever they may be 
> and however the distributed printing process works.
>
> week12:
>     The magazine is printed and ready for distribution. The core team 
> has one week to relax before the next production cycle begins.
>
>
> Ana Carvalho
> ginger coons
> Ricardo Lafuente
>
>
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