Dear Friends, For a long time I have been a lurker here, but I have been reading all the posts with utmost interest. This time, however, I would like to make a suggestion to the whole group concerning an electronic medium for our purposes, an e-Journal, the engine of which immensely facilitates the editorial process, and thus would probably be ideal for what we might be wanting to do.
Below, please find two suggestions: consider both and then get back to with your opinions and questions. 1) I will be happy to make my own e-journal "The Soft For Humans Journal" available to the list and publish as many issues as would be needed dedicated solely to our purposes. The journal is to be launched in the second half of this year; the first call for contributions will be out within the next month. I can see no reason why the center of interest of the first issue should not be the MAP Server. Should you wish to see an analogous system that has been in operation for the past six months and gains readership all over the globe, please visit the website of the Review of International American Studies, of which the first issue is free. Do access and download the journal, please Log is as "TEST"/"TEST"; the login and password will be valid until the weekend. http://www.iasa-rias.org By way of explanation: I am an owner and director of the "Soft For Humans CMS Designers - Adamczewski i Liber, sp.j.," a Polish company specializing in designing and complementing custom made contents management systems. One of our targets is the academic audience and e-Journal CMSs are among our most desired products. At present, our website is under reconstruction, but our e-Journal, to be launched as mentioned, is a part of our mission to spread knowledge concerning IT solutions) 2) I would be more than happy to sell the system to the MAPSERVER Foundation at a largely reduced price so that a separate e-journal could be established. Please, let me know what you think. Yours, Tomash
