[Editors] MIT Editors' Club Minutes: June 2012

[Patricia Sampson]

Dear all,

To add to the *Newsletter Hurdles*

the MIT EECS Connector (2012) was issued in mid May (limited print) and
online pdf at: http://www.eecs.mit.edu/sites/default/files/connector2012.pdf

And, on the website front, EECS has a new website!  eecs.mit.edu

thanks as ever to Elizabeth for the great meetings...and even when unable
to attend, we get great minutes!

Patsy

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Elizabeth A Thomson <thomson at mit.edu>wrote:

> MIT EDITORS' CLUB
>
> *Meeting Notes from June 11, 2012*
>
> As this meeting was breaking up, Melanie Miller of chemical engineering
> said, "I can't wait to see what you write in *these* minutes, Elizabeth."
> Suffice it to say that at one point we strayed--wildly--from the general
> topic of MIT communications (although the conversation started with a
> communications question!).  Melanie's comment gives me the chance to remind
> ya'll that Editors' Club minutes are far from complete---you have to come
> to the meetings for the full experience! :)
>
>
> *Newsletter Hurdles*
>
> Melanie and Nancy Stauffer of the MIT Energy Initiative both shared copies
> of their latest newsletters (XCurrents and Energy Futures, respectively).
> Actually, both publications are more magazines than newsletters, at 32 and
> 56 pages each, respectively.
>
> We asked both Melanie and Nancy to describe the biggest hurdle in
> producing their biannual pubs.
>
> Nancy: the reviewing process, which involves multiple MITEI people in
> addition to the researcher(s) interviewed for each story.
>
> Melanie: the fact that she's a one-woman shop, although she notes that
> this can also be good.
>
> You can download PDFs of both XCurrents and Energy Futures at the
> following urls:
>
> http://web.mit.edu/cheme/alumni/newsletter/XCurrentsSpring12.pdf
>
> http://web.mit.edu/mitei/news/energy-futures/Energy_Futures_Spring_2012.pdf
>
>
> *Productive Editors*
>
> My in-box shows that many other Editors have also been busy producing
> their own newsletters. Here are some examples:
>
> Brain Scan (McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT)
> http://mcgovern.mit.edu/brainscan/current-issue
>
> Chemformation (Chemistry)
> http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/www/cheminfo/2012_06_13.pdf
>
> EAPSpeaks (Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences)
>
> http://eaps-www.mit.edu/files/htmlemail/newsletter/2012spring/eapspeaks_2012spring.html
>
> Spectrvm (Resource Development)
> http://spectrum.mit.edu/
>
>
> *Congratulations, Lisa*
>
> After 23 years at MIT, Lisa Damtoft, who has been the webmaster for MIT
> Medical for the last ~5 years, will be retiring in August. At this meeting,
> we wished her ALL THE BEST, and pestered her to finish the web site for her
> own artwork. After all, we expect that her collection of paintings and more
> will begin to grow come August…..
>
>
> *Next Meetings*
>
> MIT Editors' Club will take a hiatus over the summer; we'll regroup in
> September. Schedule to come…..
>
>
> *Thank you!*
>
>  Many thanks to Melanie Miller of chemical engineering for hosting this
> last meeting of the semester.
>
> Thanks, too, to Jessica Jones of the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities
> Program, who sent me the following comic, which I in turn am sharing with
> you.
>
> Happy Summer,
>
> Elizabeth
>
> =========================
> Elizabeth A. Thomson
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-- 
Patricia A. Sampson
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Department
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