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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