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TO GET SPARKS THE ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE FROM IDEA TO PRINT AT LEAST 6 TIMES A YEAR THIS TEAM IS TASKED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF UNDERTAKING AND IMPLEMENTING ALL THE MEASURES NECESSARY IN GETTING SPARKS THE ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE FROM ITS RAW FORMAT AS SUBMITTED BY CONTRIBUTORS,ADVERTISERS AND INDIVIDUAL FORUMS INTO A FINAL PRINTABLE VERSION READY FOR THE PRESS. A FEW POINTS NEED TO BE NOTED AND ADDRESSED BEFORE THIS FORUM BEGINS ITS TASK. THE SELECTION OF AN OPENSOURCE DTP PACKAGE THAT IS COMPATABLE WITH OPENOFFICE AND THAT WOULD SATISFY PRINTING COMPANY REQUIREMENTS.UNFORTUNATELY MOST PRINTING COMPANIES SPECIFY CORELDRAW OR MS WORD/PUBLISHER FORMATS. TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO CONTRIBUTORS A DOWNLOADABLE VERSION OF OUR CHOSEN DTP PACKAGE TO MINIMIZE EDITING AND TYPESETTING TIME SPENT ON SUBMITTED PROJECTS. AS EMPOWERMENT IS PART OF OUR MISSION STATEMENT,WE SHALL NEED TO GIVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION IN DECENTRALIZING SOME OF OUR FUNCTIONS eg PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION,INTO REGIONS AND COMMISSION SMALLER UP AND COMING COMPANIES TO FULFILL THESE FUNCTIONS. YES,WE MAY SUFFER TEMPORARY QUALITY AND UNIFORMITY ISSUES, BUT LONGTERM WE WOULD ACHIEVE OUR EMPOWERMENT GOALS AND INCREASE OUR PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OPTIONS. SINCE WE ARE NOT A COMPANY THAT EXISTS IN ONE PHYSICAL PLACE, WITH A FORMAL CHAIN OF COMMAND BUT RATHER A COLLABORATION OF LIKEMINDED PEOPLE,COMMUNICATION LINES TO EACH FORUM WILL HAVE TO BE ESTABLISHED AND FORMALIZED AND PROPER PROCEDURES WOULD NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE ,TO AVOID LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS SO THAT PUBLICATIONS CAN RECEIVE ALL THEIR MATERIAL TIMEOUSLY. please note : WE DO NOT SHARE THE PRESENT MARKET MODEL OF EMPOWERMENT ie FROM TOP DOWN INSTEAD WE PREFER A GRASSROOTS APPROACH,THE MODALITIES OF WHICH FORUMS CAN DEBATE AND FORMULATE. |
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