Re: Proposal for a PostgreSQL Print Magazine

Instead of a print publication, what about an electronic one designed for android phones?

Robert Bernier



----- Original message -----
> On 3/10/11 2:53 PM, damien clochard wrote:
> > I think that would be great to have a print media to keep in touch with
> > this large user base, because these are the folks that will recommend
> > PostgreSQL to their clients, co-workers, directors, etc.
> 
> Everything else being equal, this is a cool idea.
> 
> However, the biggest issue for this is getting enough writers.   We don't
> have that many people in our community who can write well, and those we
> do have, have multiple demands for writing on their time (I myself am
> backlogged a couple months for two publications).
> 
> Realistically, we'd need to pay writers as well as the editor and the
> editor/translators.   It is unclear on how we would do this initially;
> SPI has a precedent of not paying for people's time, and US, EU and JP
> only pay for things in their respective countries.   Once we had regular
> publication, we could solicit donations from advertisers.
> 
> I'd think that 3 to 4 issues per year would be sufficient.
> 
> To sum up, the drawbacks to doing this are:
> a) would take writing time away from general publications which reach
> new users
> b) printing costs/waste
> c) unclear on how to pay for the first issue
> d) currently no volunteer as editor
> 
> The advantages are:
> e) nice piece of swag for conferences
> f) gets writing done which can be reused for other portions of
> PostgreSQL.org (i.e. case studies)
> g) potential new source of fundraising
> 
> An alternative option to all of the above would be some kind of fund to
> get people to write articles for PWN, which already gets published
> regularly and has international translation.   Then the last weeks' issue
> could simply be cleaned up and formatted just before each conference.
> 
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