[evergreen-outreach] Annual Report proofing copy

Wed Apr 11 11:22:43 EDT 2018

Comments for version 2 attached.  Some are pretty picky, and others are
more in the realm of style suggestions.

Great work overall on this!   It looks really professional & visually
interesting.

ABN
 EG Annual Rept -- proofreading
<https://docs.google.com/a/equinoxinitiative.org/document/d/1zWu-J9B1ctcRW_SxNAJqi4jsIevFSgf4Q0jhLFS2lXo/edit?usp=drive_web>

On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 11:19 AM, Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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>> >> direct: +1 770-709-5581
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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
>>
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