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From: andrew@calvin.doc.ca (Andrew Patrick)
Subject: Re: Who is interested in a PEER REVIEWED sources newsgroup?
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Date: Wed, 23 Jan 1991 20:30:19 GMT

A while ago I asked people who were interested in a PEER REVIEWED
sources group to send me a note.  This news group would distribute
sources that had been evaluated by a group of Peer Reviewers drawn
from a list of volunteers.  The organization of the group would be
modelled after scientific journals where submissions are sent to a
Moderator, he/she assigns them to an Associate Moderator, who 
asks volunteers to evaluate the submission and report back.  If the
submission was found to be acceptable, it would be published along
with the reviews provided by the volunteers.  If it was not found to
be acceptable, the author would be provided with feedback from the
reviewers.

I asked if people would be interested in acting as Moderator, Associate
Moderator, or Peer Reviewer.  I received replies from 39 people, and
here is the final tally:

Moderator  2
Associate Moderator  8
Peer Reviewer  31
(Some people expressed interest in more than one position.)  

Most people really liked the idea and had a number of suggestions.  I
feel sufficiently encouraged to pursue it further.  So, in an upcoming
posting you will find a formal CALL FOR DISCUSSION prepared according to
the published guidelines for creating a new group.

-- 
Andrew Patrick, Ph.D.       Department of Communications, Ottawa, CANADA
               andrew@calvin.doc.CA    andrew@doccrc.BITNET
                      Bill Watterson for President!