Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 09:01:37 -0600
From: Val Klump <vklump@uwm.edu>
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To: eegle-kites@wings.glerl.noaa.gov
Subject: L&O Special Issue -- ACTION ITEM

All Hands,

This is to follow up on our discussion at Argonne wrt a special issue in
L&O.   Everett has outlined the steps in his letter (attached),
consequently I suggest we  do the following:

1.  Find volunteer editors for the issue.  If you are interested, please
volunteer and submit a brief ăcredentials statementä suitable for
forwarding to the ASLO board to any member of the program management
teams (copy me if you would please).  The combined program management
teams of KITES and EEGLE will consult and propose a group of editors
from both programs and with disciplinary balance (biology, physics,
geochemistry) ö perhaps 6 total.

2.   Provide a rough outline of papers and authors.  ASAP, please
indicate the subject/title and the potential authors for any mss for
which you are relatively certain you will submit for inclusion in this
special issue (again copy me please so that I can prepare a letter to
ASLO).

It would be good for us to be on the agenda of the ASLO board at its
meeting in February, if possible.  Therefore some rapid action is
necessary.   Presumably we have all already given this some thought so
it shouldnât be too difficult.

Cheers,
Val

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Dear Val,
>
>The first step in the procedure for getting a Special Issue (SI)
proposal
>approved is what you have already done: contact the L&O Editor for
input
>and feedback. Assuming that you can convince me that your SI is worth
>pursuing (and you have!), the next step in getting it approved would be
to
>write a letter to the ASLO President, who is currently
>
>     Dr. William M. Lewis
>     Center for Limnology
>     CIRES
>     Campus Box 216
>     Boulder, CO  80309-0216
>     USA
>     telephone: 303-492-6378
>     fax: 303-492-0928
>     E-mail: <lewis@spot.colorado.edu>
>
>This letter must cover the following points:
>
>1. The scientific justification for the SI.
>2. Who the guest editors would be and their credentials.
>3. How the review process would be handled--basically, just say that it

>will follow normal L&O procedures.
>4. Provide a rough outline of the possible papers and authors.
>5. THE CRUX: Identify how the organizers would pay the publication
costs,
>which must be covered by external grants. Costs depend almost entirely
on
>the number of pages in the SI; recent SIs have cost about $45,000, so
the
>proposers must demonstrate that they can raise at least that amount.
>(Better estimates can be given once you know the probably number of
pages).
>
>This letter then is discussed by the ASLO Board with substantial input
from
>the L&O editor.
>
>The next Board meeting will be at the ASLO meeting in Albuquerque next
>February. Bill Lewis is putting together the agenda for this meeting
now,
>so you should act quickly before it fills up if you want to get
approval ASAP.
>
>Best regards,
>Everett