Is the Herbertia archive available online? If not, it should be! On 11 August 2014 14:02, Tim Eck <teck11@embarqmail.com> wrote: > Tony, > I know a few people with good skills for the publication and general > editing > who are retired and would love to do something like this for minimum wage. > They would have to farm out the 'peer review' to members. > Is this an option? > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Tony Avent > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 8:23 AM > To: 'Pacific Bulb Society' > Subject: Re: [pbs] PBS is seeking a new Bulb Garden editor > > Thanks for all the comments on the idea of an expanded bulb > journal...on-line or otherwise. The linchpin is finding someone with the > time to manage the project. The publication expense of Herbertia is not > the reason that that IBS folded...it had everything to do with personality > issues and unsustainable philosophies of fiscal management. Fingers > crossed > that someone steps up for what would be an incredibly worthwhile project. > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Greg Ruckert > Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2014 7:00 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] PBS is seeking a new Bulb Garden editor > > The International Aroid Society now publishes a fully electronic only > edition. It has an ISSN which means that, under the new Nomenclature Rules, > it allows for valid publication of new species. Indeed there were many new > species in the first two editions. > > Greg Ruckert > Nairne, > South Australia > > > On 11/08/2014 5:51 AM, arnold140@verizon.net wrote: > > I can tell you all a bit of the cost of publishing and mailing > Herbertia. I was the Director of Mailing and Publication in the IBS back > then. > > > > Alan Meerow did all the collating and editing of the Journal at no cost > to > the Society. We had a graphic editor who was paid, not very much to put it > into the format to be printed. > > > > The major cost was the printing and mailing to our members. Overseas > postage , which is much higher now was prohibitive back then. > > > > When you print small numbers like 1000 to 2000 you pay a large amount and > the cost to print 5000 would not have been much higher. > > > > Membership dues could not support the project on an ongoing basis. Sooner > or later it was bound to come to a halt. > > > > We would need an underwriter to foot the cost of the project... > > > > any takers? > > > > Arnold > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- Ralph Carpenter 2 & 3 Stone Cottages Chilmington Green Great Chart Ashford Kent TN23 3DW 01233 637567