[Bulk] Re: Bulb Garden newsletter

Karl Church 64kkmjr@gmail.com
Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:22:12 PST
Braces, well said.

Karl Church
Dinuba zone 9b
On Nov 16, 2014 5:16 PM, "Bracey Tiede" <tiede@pacbell.net> wrote:

> As a PBS member, I do enjoy the printed copy but an online publication is
> fine as well.
>
> As for a mailing list vs a forum for communications, I strongly prefer the
> mailing list. As has been mentioned a forum requires a great deal of
> management time and usually one person ends up 'owning' it, creating either
> a welcoming group or a not so welcoming group. I've seen both kinds. Aside
> from occasional rants that I can ignore, this group is amazingly calm and
> even handed on postings and responses.
>
> I absolutely treasure the wiki and all the incredible knowledge within it.
> Bravo to every person who has contributed to it.
>
> Cheers,
> Bracey
> San Jose CA USDA 9B/Sunset 16
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Karl Church
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2014 4:53 PM
> To: Pacific Bulb Society
> Subject: [Bulk] Re: [pbs] Bulb Garden newsletter
>
> Thanks Jane
> On Nov 16, 2014 3:07 PM, "Jane McGary" <janemcgary@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > Karl asked
> >
> >> If there's no editor for the printed version how will you manage an
> online
> >> only newsletter? As a paying member, I appreciate the print version but
> >> would accept an online version over having no newsletter.
> >>
> >
> > One option we are considering for an online journal is occasional rather
> > than scheduled, deadline-based publication. This is my own preference and
> > would offer the opportunity to print longer, sometimes more technical
> > articles as well as the contributions that now appear in the Bulb Garden,
> > along with some features typical of disciplinary journals, such as a list
> > of articles of interest in other journals. There is a committee
> discussing
> > options and we will report to the members in a couple of months. The
> staff
> > could have both a corresponding editor and a copyeditor, as well as
> someone
> > to do the formatting for posting online.
> >
> > Jane McGary
> >
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