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Achieving Regional Collaborations and Publishing Success

Successfully managing the Region 6 Newsletter, promoting Open Access, fostering cross-regional cooperation, and optimizing GHTC2015 publications. Detailed processes, hurdles, and outcomes discussed.

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Achieving Regional Collaborations and Publishing Success

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  1. tasks and goals: • Create the Region 6 Newsletter each month and see that it is sent • Attempt to get the IEEE-Xplore leadership receptive to Open Access • Form Cross-Regional cooperation between R6 and R10 • Make the publications portion of GHTC2015 successful Publications Chairfor both Region 6 and also GHTC By Jeffrey Pawlan

  2. What was accomplished: Create the Region 6 Newsletter each month and see that it is sent Done Attempt to get the IEEE-Xplore leadership receptive to Open Access Done Form Cross-Regional cooperation between R6 and R10 Done Make the publications portion of GHTC2015 successful Will be done but with very difficult hurdles

  3. The Region 6 Newsletter process • Solicit information • Edit all text • Format • Obtain Tom’s approval of text • Manually make it into HTML • Send to MGA • Test the final product – QA • Repeat

  4. The Region 6 Newsletter is sent to 45,684 members • How many people read it? • Redundant emails from IEEE on the same subjects reduce effectiveness • Is it worth doing this? • my time is 13 – 20 hours per month • Is it effective reaching members or is there a better way?

  5. more on was accomplished: • MGA agreed to make GHTC2015 papers immediate open access (free to the world) • Friendship developed with the R10 Director. We now advertise each other’s GHTC events free • (previously was going to cost us $500) • Make the publications portion of GHTC2015 successful • Will be done but with very difficult hurdles • discussion of this in the afternoon

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