[melbourne-pug] Melbourne Community

[Maurice Ling]

Hi,

I'm away from Melbourne for 7 months and will only be back next month, 
so I must admit that I've not been following up the happenings.

>To that end, perhaps I could offer to collate and edit some articles
>into an e-magazine, perhaps bringing the first issue into existence
>around June 1? I would be happy to do put such a thing together, and if
>anyone has any articles, cookbook recipes or even simple ideas, please
>feel free to contact me. The existence of a magazine of this kind might
>help people feel a bit more connected? Also, if any of the more
>long-standing members of MPUG would care to contribute an article on the
>history of mpug, or personal accounts, that would be great.
>
>If people think this is a bad idea, feel free to let me know that, also.
>Crocker's rules are fine by me.
>  
>
I am largely in favour of this. I feel that in the OSS community, there 
is still a substantial lack of documentation and support for getting 
materials out into the public.

This Melbourne Python Users' Bulletin (or letters) may be a collection 
of published case studies or personal experiences and tutorial-like 
articles. From an academic perspective, I believe that at least the 
technical contents needs to be correct before "publishing", so even 
though it is not a real academic journal, some forms of "technical 
peer-reviewing" needs to take place.

I've also just did an initial proposal to Firebird Foundation about 
starting a peer-reviewed journal. (Let's talk about this off-list if you 
are interested) But I think the administration and moderation are the same.

I can offer my assistance to this e-zine as a form of associate editor 
or sort if needed.

Cheers
Maurice