<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">MIT EDITORS' CLUB</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">*Meeting Notes from September 19, 2007*</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>About 15 people attended our first Editors' Club meeting of the 07-08 school year, and the hour flew by as we discussed such things as scientific journals and exactly what a planned gift is. (As Editors' Club member Sarah Rowley of the Office of Gift Planning told us, "most people don't know what a planned gift is. That's why I have a job.")<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"><DIV>*Stories, Please!*</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>My colleague Greg Frost, the News Manager for the News Office, encouraged everyone to send MIT stories or story ideas his way. Here's a great example: a few weeks ago Editors' Club member Karla Mansur of CSAIL sent Greg a note about a young man who hadn't even heard of MIT as of three years ago, but is now a freshman. He's here as a result of a program founded by other MIT students to bring together Israeli and Palestinian youths in an educational environment. End result: a fantastic feature (go to <A href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/meet-tt0919.html">http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/meet-tt0919.html</A>).</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>What about more modest announcements, like the need for host families of international students? Send 'em along, said Greg. He's at <A href="mailto:frost@mit.edu">frost@mit.edu</A> or x8-5401.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Of course, I'm always interested in research news from your department.....As I mentioned at this meeting, the key is advance notice. For example, I'd rather know about a paper that's been *accepted* by a journal than one that was published a few months ago. A paper that's already been published has lost its "news hook." </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>*Careful....Careful!*</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>That was my advice when Editors' Club member Nancy Stauffer of the MIT Energy Initiative called about some really cool research she's writing about that is ALSO the subject of a technical article the researchers had submitted to the journal Science.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Nancy was wondering if a story about the work could affect the researchers' chances of getting into Science. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>And the answer is: yes. Journals like Science and Nature are quite strict about papers they're reviewing or that have been accepted. They're quick to bounce anything that has already appeared in a public forum. In this case, the MIT team had derived their Science paper from a "working paper" they planned to post on the web. My guess was that the "working paper," once posted on the web, would indeed break the rules. And although Nancy's own story about the work wouldn't be too technical, I thought it best not to post that, either....to err on the safe side. A quick call to Science confirmed my suspicions.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>*So what IS a planned gift? *</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>According to Sarah, who is the marketing coordinator for the Office of Gift Planning, a planned gift involves money given to the Institute before a person dies. MIT cannot use that money, however, until the person dies. In the meantime, that person receives income from MIT based on the gift, and there are tax advantages to that.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>*Open House!*</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">The Environment, Health, and Safety Office will be holding an open house on October 11. Emily Ranken of EHS invites everyone to come on by. <FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Plus, she says,</FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> "if people bring in a sample of water, they can have it tested for lead. We also will give Radon test kits to those who request them so they can test their houses for radon (our office will analyze the kit)." How's that for a great MIT bene?</FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </FONT>For more info, go to <A href="http://web.mit.edu/environment/openhouse.html">http://web.mit.edu/environment/openhouse.html</A></SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>*Next Meetings*</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The next meetings of MIT Editors' Club are as follows. All meetings are from 12-1 in the News Office (11-400). Please feel free to bring a lunch. </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Tuesday, October 16</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Geneva; min-height: 19px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thursday, November 15</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Geneva; min-height: 19px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Monday, December 17</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Geneva; min-height: 19px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Wednesday, January 16, 2008</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Geneva; min-height: 19px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Tuesday, February 12</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Geneva; min-height: 19px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Friday, March 14</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Geneva; min-height: 19px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Monday, April 14</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Geneva; min-height: 19px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Friday, May 16</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Geneva; min-height: 19px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Tuesday, June 10</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Cheers!</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Elizabeth</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Geneva; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Geneva; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ; font-size: 12px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">================================</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ; font-size: 12px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Elizabeth A. 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