Re: Fw: Your Article

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

Hoboy.  Gosh, if I were Claus or Ole, I'd think twice about even
approaching the AGA now.

I understand part of where Mary is coming from (he did sort of "promise"
the article to the AGA once it had been published overseas, as
acknowledged by Mary's editing out the crucial data in my notes from last
year's NEC convention, and he did make it sound like it was exclusive, or
at least "first", at the time). I'm sure there was some kind of screwup,
like Dave probably came and talked to him and got him to agree to publish
it in PAM too.  How long has Mary been sitting on this article?

Nonetheless, for Mary to say the article is worthless since it's been
published elsewhere is not only insulting, but it's also invalid.
Consider that over half, maybe 3/4 of the articles in TAG are now reprints
from other journals.

So what do we do, ask Mary to apologize to the two authors?  Replace Mary
as editor and merge with PAM to save it from bankruptcy (as per Dave's
note that arrived curiously at the same time?) :)  OK, just kidding on the
last one.

  - Erik


On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Karen Randall wrote:

> I see this as a _real_ problem.  For Mary to completely shut out such
> an important paper is a big mistake for our members.  The subset of
> people who receive PAM and TAG are NOT exactly the same.  Claus has
> always been completely straightforward concerning the conditions on
> his articles.  They are available to all interested parties, and he
> doesn't charge for them.  By telling him that we won't use them
> without exclusive rights means that we just completely lose access to
> this important source of very valuable information.
> 
> What should we do about this?
> 
> Karen
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Mary McCaw 
> To: Claus Christensen ; Ole Pedersen 
> Cc: Karen Randall 
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 10:03 AM
> Subject: Your Article
> 
> 
> Dear Claus and Ole,
>  
> I was disappointed to learn that the same article I was going to publish had 
> already been printed in PAM.  I had intended to print your article, but I'm 
> sure you can understand that I cannot publish it now that it has been printed 
> elsewhere in English.  
>  
> In the future, you need to decide which magazine you would like to publish a 
> particular article.  I cannot accept articles for publication unless I know 
> that they will not be published elsewhere in English for a reasonable period 
> of time.
>  
> If you would like to publicize your findings more, I am happy to do so, but 
> you need to submit a different article. 
>  
> Sincerely,
>  
> Mary McCaw
> 

-- 
Erik Olson
erik at thekrib dot com

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