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[seul-edu] Fw: Re: Open Source Schools Writers and Editors Invitation
On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, David M. Bucknell wrote:
> Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 02:05:24 -0000
> To: "Doug Loss" <drloss@home.com>
> From: "David M. Bucknell" <david@members.iteachnet.com>
> Reply-To: david@members.iteachnet.org
> Subject: Re: Open Source Schools Writers and Editors
> Invitation
>
>
> Perhaps you would consider sending a message about needing
> writers (and readers) to your list?
>
> Best wishes,
>
> David
> --snip---
> FOR WRITERS AT Open Source Schools
> Dear Writers,
>
> Many thanks for your interst and the reply. Here's the deal
> with writing
> (contributing to) for the OpenSourceSchools journal/zine.
>
> I don't know your background/experience, so I will give you a
> general idea of
> what we _think_ we're looking for. If you have some ideas of
> your own, let me
> know. All right?
>
> Here goes:
>
> TIMING/COMMITMENT
>
> *Each writer will be slotted for a particular day of the
> month. If you agree,
> then I will give you a day, right now it's likely to be in the
> first week
>
> *I'm figuring that we should stick to the North
> American/European school year,
> so I'm planning for October through May, or eight months with
> eight articles
> from each of us.
>
> *I'll set up a mailing list (using Mailman) just for keeping
> writers aware of
> when their due dates are, and for answering any questions
> about editing.
>
> STORY (ARTICLE) LENGTH
>
> *I'm asking for articles of about 1,000 words, but, of course,
> would accept
> 500 or even 2,500. You topic might determine the right length
> for your story
> in some cases
>
> TOPICS
>
> *As for topics, well we're open to news (your own), stories of
> your own
> experiences, recommendations of tools, books, sites; comments
> on things
> related to open source in ed (software, content, politics);
> license issues,
> success stories, warnings and worries; educational reasons for
> your decisions
> on tools; stories from the programmer's perspective; stories
> from the sys
> admin perspective; stories from the user's perspective;
> stories you find
> funny; stories about your local LUG (news, I guess); stories
> of why poor
> schools should/do/could adopt open source; stories of why rich
> schools
> should/do/could adopt open source; stories actually relating
> experiences with
> the tools we're talking about; comparisons between tools;
> stories of the
> development process (how it works in practice); stories about
> open source
> content in schools and why it does/doesn't/should/shouldn't
> etc. work in
> schools; stories meant to explain to newbies or oldbies why
> open source does
> or doesn't (mostly the latter ;-)) make sense.
>
> I can suggest titles, too, but it's silly without knowing more
> of where you're
> coming from.
>
> AUTHORS' RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES and EDITORIAL PROCESSES
>
> *We're hotly debating the license under which the site will
> run, but all agree
> that authors will always, in every case, retain rights to
> their work. We ask
> that we be a)first publisher of a work, unless agreed in
> advance (probably
> alway ok) b)that you give credit to all contributors of ideas
> and information
> with links and other appropriate references, c)that work be
> your own and that
> you agree that by submitting it, you are saying you are the
> author (standard
> stuff).
> *As we are a computer-oriented (in most ways) group, I am
> hoping that writers
> will post their own work. Then, they'll agree to have "staff"
> editors, those
> who are even more deeply involved time-wise, edit for grammar,
> punctuation,
> and clarity, before "approving" of texts. This will mean
> collaboration between
> you and me or another editor.
> *Your posts/stories won't be approved until you want them to
> be. If there's
> any editorial question up in the air, editors will wait until
> they have a
> clear agreement with you that your work is ready from both
> viewpoints.
> *Once your post is approved, then we will have the right to
> run it or not as
> long as we like, ok?
> *You will have the right to republish under any license
> anywhere. We would
> love to know where else you right for our own bragging/"pr"
> purposes.
>
> PUBLIC RELATIONS
>
> *Feel free to include a link back to your own
> work/site/project at the start
> of every article.
> *I'll ask you to write a brief "bio" relevant to your interest
> in the site and
> *I'll beg you to spread the word about the site to everyone
> and anyone who
> will listen
> *If you are willing, I would like you to find an e-mail or two
> of
> people/orgs/publications in your area to whome/which I can
> send a pr piece
> telling them that their local "boy" or "girl" is making good
> for the community
> writing for Open Source Schools.
> *Be sure to let me know of open source orgs/schools in your
> area which we can
> promote and which might be interested in reading if nor
> participating in some
> way
>
> NITTY GRITTY
> If you are interested, then please make sure you have an
> account on the
> system. (This should be good for finding out what bugs there
> are in the
> system, too!)
>
> That way, you'll be able to submit your articles. I'll set up
> a "Writers" or
> "Authors" category, and ask that you submit your bios there
> starting next
> week.
>
> Many, many thanks for your interest and I look forward to
> working with you.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> David
>
>
>
> --
> David M. Bucknell
> http://members.iteachnet.org/~david/oldweb
> http://www.OpenSourceSchools.org
> http://members.iteachnet.org/webzine/
> Fax: (US) 775-244-0803
>
>
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