[evergreen-outreach] Annual Report proofing copy

Rogan Hamby rogan.hamby at gmail.com
Wed Apr 11 11:19:50 EDT 2018


Ah, I read Ben's email but forgot to integrate that.  Thanks for the catch
Galen!  I'll work on integrating these along with any other comments (I've
gotten a few off list as well) later this afternoon.  Keep it coming!  Many
eyes only make things better.

On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 11:11 AM, Galen Charlton <gmc at equinoxinitiative.org>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks for your ongoing work on this!  I've added feedback on the
> second PDF to my document:
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oA7q9S14E1Q57_
> FMGD0HcZu-SWsRMoXJ0aRkDHYa_H4/edit#
>
> Regards,
>
> Galen
>
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 10:42 PM, Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Thanks Galen!  One thing I've noticed is that as Kathy and I have both
> > worked on the document that her system has changed fonts and when doing
> so
> > sizes and styles change also.  Well, rather Kathy and I have both noticed
> > it.  However, the effect has been more dramatic than I realized at first.
> > Galen correctly guessed this in one of his comments and it's the cause of
> > several others.  So, things like text boxes that made sense when I last
> > looked at them now are nonsensical and cut off in the middle!  It also
> > caused things like the Evergreen logo to suddenly overlap text where it
> > didn't before.  It has also affected things like line spacing.  This
> > behavior on Scribus's part is concerning and it means I need to go back
> over
> > every page for consistency.  I have appointments tomorrow and I want more
> > eyes on this so I'm going to go ahead and work in Galen's feedback and
> put
> > out a new PDF (to be attached to this email).
> >
> > Galen noted several places where colors were too close and edges were too
> > close.  Some of those I had noticed or was on the fence about but was
> > waiting for major layout to be done to address so please continue to send
> > feedback about those sorts of things.  Little things like that can make a
> > big difference in final presentation and I've stared at this enough that
> > fresh eyes can catch things I miss or help make the decision easier one
> way
> > or the other.  With that said I do see things now in the PDF view that
> > aren't obvious in the layout software so I'm making tweaks as I see
> things
> > too.
> >
> > I'll be away from my computer a fair bit tomorrow with appointments but
> at
> > some point in the next 24 hours I'll sit down and do another pass
> looking at
> > text issues as well as a my first review of things like spacing between
> > frames based on the PDF view.  This is definitely something for a
> > post-report analysis of how this experiment went.
> >
> > Proofing copy 02 is attached.
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 7:24 PM, Galen Charlton <
> gmc at equinoxinitiative.org>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Rogan,
> >>
> >> Here are my proofreading notes:
> >>
> >>
> >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oA7q9S14E1Q57_
> FMGD0HcZu-SWsRMoXJ0aRkDHYa_H4/edit?usp=sharing
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Galen
> >>
> >> On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 5:55 PM, Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > It's here!
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > https://www.dropbox.com/s/lt8fkzjzgxiy1ng/Evergreen%
> 20Annual%20Report%202017%20proofing%20copy%2001.pdf?dl=0
> >> >
> >> > Here is the first of the copies for proof reading.  Please note that
> it
> >> > has
> >> > only received the most superficial proofreading at this point as the
> >> > focus
> >> > has been on getting the major layout and content in place.  So,
> please,
> >> > beat
> >> > it up.  As we get feedback I'll add names of proofreaders to the
> credits
> >> > page.  Also, if anyone knows the name of the logo designer for the
> 2017
> >> > conference logo I'd like to add it.  I assume it was done as work for
> >> > hire
> >> > and all that but I still think it's good to acknowledge where we can.
> >> >
> >> > I didn't add a CC license since we didn't gather those permissions
> from
> >> > each
> >> > contributor (and some it might be hard to explain it to) but I did
> add a
> >> > statement on the back expressly giving permission to duplicate and
> >> > redistribute the report since everyone agreed to that by contributing
> >> > content.
> >> >
> >> > At this point some graphics and layout tweaks are still likely to
> happen
> >> > but
> >> > not major ones.
> >> >
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> >>
> >> --
> >> Galen Charlton
> >> Infrastructure and Added Services Manager
> >> Equinox Open Library Initiative
> >> phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
> >> email:  gmc at equinoxInitiative.org
> >> web:  https://equinoxInitiative.org
> >> direct: +1 770-709-5581
> >> cell:   +1 404-984-4366
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Galen Charlton
> Infrastructure and Added Services Manager
> Equinox Open Library Initiative
> phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
> email:  gmc at equinoxInitiative.org
> web:  https://equinoxInitiative.org
> direct: +1 770-709-5581
> cell:   +1 404-984-4366
>
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