Re: Your Article

["Karen Randall" <krandall@world.std.com>]

I'm sure he did _not_ pay for this article... Claus' policy is that he does not sell articles, just to avoid this issue.  He allows his articles to be printed by any interested publication.  This has always been his policy.  It's nothing new. 

 

I have to say that while the subject has not usually come up, AGA doesn't have much of a leg to stand on considering that we don't pay ANYTHING for articles.  Beggars are very rarely in the position of being choosers.  If AGA is going to have any sort of exclusivity policy, it needs to be stated up front to all contributers.  But then we have to be ready to accept the consequences... a much more limited range of information to offer our members.

 

Kren

 

---- Original Message -----

From: David Lass

To: aga-sc@thekrib.com

Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 4:01 PM

Subject: Re: Your Article

One thing we should keep in mind is the fact that Gomberg pays a lot of money for articles. This should enter into our negotiation strategy.

David

----- Original Message -----

From: Karen Randall

To: AGA Steering Committee

Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 2:34 PM

Subject: Fw: Your Article

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  I cannot accept articles for publication unless I know that they will not be published elsewhere in English for a reasonable period of time.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