[Geysers] GOSA Transactions 12 submission guidelines

[TSBryan at aol.com]

The curmudgeon here... though this will be a lot shorter than what I  
initially drafted. However...
 
Upon reading the new "Submission Guidelines" for Transactions 12, I do have 
 a couple of comments. Note, by the way, that the start of the "Citations"  
section of the guidelines it says Transactions 11, rather than 12. I also 
ask:  will this be "12" or "XII"?
 
1. My most pointed comment is: Why adopt the citation style of the  
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)? I believe this to be a  
serious mistake, as the Transactions is not a publication of the IEEE sort.  
Rather, it is geological in nature, and therefore ought to abide by the 
style  used by geological publications. I have a pretty fair library, and I can 
note  the styles (plural, but with little variation among them) used by the 
U. S.  Geological Survey, Geological Society of America, various state 
geological  surveys, numerous commercial publishers (such as Cambridge, California
,  Colorado, and Arizona university presses), and a bunch more (I actually 
wrote  out a list of 18 sources). None uses anything remotely akin to the 
IEEE  style.
     I think the editors need to seriously rethink this  decision.
 
2. Perhaps the intention is to publish maps at full-page size. But if not,  
then maps should be submitted at the anticipated publication size, for it 
is at  that size where it needs to be legible.
 
3. While of course it is the desire for the Transactions volumes to be as  
professional in appearance as possible, I feel the detailed submission  
requirements will turn off a number of potential contributors. Remember  that I 
do have some experience in this matter. Even with the comparatively lax  
requirements during my tenure, some contributions were lost because those 
people  simply did not wish to expend the effort or expense necessary to comply 
with the  request.
 
OK, I'm not the editor, so......
 
Scott Bryan
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