> At the same time, one can hope for developing a relationship with > contributors that helps them understand the point of requirements or > recommendations, and they too must appreciate the work that someone else > is doing to pull all this raw material together.
Relationship? You don't seem to understand. As en editor of such a publication you have to BEG for contributions. You can't say "Can you PLEASE write a few lines about that?" and then add "But you MUST follow these formatting rules". Also, it's often different contributors every time. /Peter
