[Air-l] TANSTAFL

[Michael Baron]

1) Having the journal online can save alot in distribution costs
2) I have been involved with a number of publications and all of them have
been proactive in seeking sponsorship. The more sponsorhip/adveritising the
journal can obtain - the better!


On 12/20/06, Terry Calhoun <splendid at umich.edu> wrote:
>
> Second that, Barry. Our managing editor has been getting about $16/hr
> for 20 hours a week as a law student, and I know from experience that
> she's been a real bargain.
>
> Likewise, a stipend of $20k/annual for an executive editor is not out of
> line; we use a very senior retired person and he's worth every penny of
> that and more.
>
> Luckily, without printing and mailing costs, you save $$. OTOH, if you
> try to replace maybe $10-15k of copy editing and fact checking with
> volunteers, someone has to administer it and do quality checks.
>
> In any case, significant time from experienced volunteers is also needed
> for strategy and operations.
>
> Then . . . would we want to solicit and fulfill sponsors and/or
> advertisers?
>
> What about hosting and coding expenses for various functionalities?
>
> - Terry Calhoun
>
>
>
>
> Barry Wellman wrote:
> > David Silver suggested our proposed journal be free to all, as JCMC
> seems
> > to be.
> >
> > But even if online there are costs, which someone has to pay for with
> > either bucks or sweat.
> >
> > I was the initial founder of _City & Community_, and am still on the
> > board. Here are some ideas about the costs, from memory, excluding
> > printing and postage.
> >
> > Managing editor (a grad student): $20K/year
> >
> > Editor (faculty member) teaching reduction -- if you're lucky, donated
> by
> > your university. If you're not, my university would charge about
> > $20K/year.
> >
> > Room -- will the university give it to you for free or charge rent.
> >
> > Furnishings: ibid
> >
> > Phone, xerox, etc. Figure $5K year.
> >
> > So a free journal is at least $25K a year in cost, and maybe twice that.
> > Unless you can convince the university to subsidize and a student to
> work
> > for free.
> >
> >  Barry Wellman
> >  _____________________________________________________________________
> >
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> >
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