[evergreen-outreach] Annual Report proofing copy

Wed Apr 11 11:30:39 EDT 2018

I've been proofreading and then reading comments.  It seems y'all have the
same eyes (better) than I.  Rogan, will there be another version to look at
with the updates at a point?  I know you're busy and understand if this is
it.

On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 11:22 AM, Andrea Buntz Neiman <
abneiman at equinoxinitiative.org> wrote:

> 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
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>>> >> email:  gmc at equinoxInitiative.org
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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
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>>>
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