<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'> Hello everyone, The following was printed in the last Sput, but we wanted to post it here on the listserv, and also provide submission guidelines for anyone interested in contributing.  Once again, these are not requirements, but are meant to provide helpful information and examples to authors and photographers to make the process as smooth as possible for everyone.  If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us at gosatransactions@gmail.com.  We will be happy to work with you! We think we have a great volume coming together already, but would be very happy for more! Thank you! Tara CrossJeff CrossPat Snyder TRANSACTIONS 13: CALL FOR PAPERS   The Transactions editors would like to follow up our brief call for papers with a reminder to everyone that our submission deadline is September 1, 2013, and there is still plenty of time to write.  We have received several article proposals but are hoping for more!   Here are some suggestions for papers:   <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">Observations of a rare geyser—you may have been one of a very few people to see it.  A simple report guarantees that the details of this event will be preserved for future researchers.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">Observations of an uncommonly-studied geyser—you may take a special interest in a geyser that everyone sees but nobody studies.  Three million people a year visit Yellowstone, yet the geyser basins are full of small-to-medium-sized geysers that go unnoticed.  One of these projects might require only a day or two to give interesting results.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">In-depth observations of a well-known geyser or group of geysers—you may be able to uncover unexpected patterns in its activity, or establish that historical patterns have remained consistent.  Even a simple graph of interval vs. duration may show something unexpected—or, you might find that the geyser was doing exactly what it did when someone studied it in 1985.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">Historical studies—research of a geyser’s past behavior can help us understand its present behavior.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">Observations of thermal features not in Yellowstone are always welcome.</li></ul>   In the 23 years that have passed since Volume I was published in 1989, the GOSA Transactions has provided 2,510 pages of information on geysers in Yellowstone and in other places throughout the world.  Eruption data analyses, experiments with model geysers, conjectures on how geysers function and accounts of rare or unusual geyser activity are some of the topics that past authors have addressed in their papers.  Much of this information can be found only in the pages of the Transactions—no other journal exists where these articles could be published.  Were it not for publication in the Transactions, much of this information would be forgotten.  That we have chosen to collect and publish papers in each volume of the Transactions means that future generations will have access to what we know about geysers and other thermal features, and that they will be able to build on it.   Whatever your observations and research interests may be, it is important to the study of geysers and to the mission of the GOSA Transactions.  We hope that you will consider contributing to Volume 13!   Jeff Cross Tara Cross Pat Snyder Editors, Transactions 13  </div></body> </html>