The ETAI Policy Committee
Mandate and role
The ETAI policy committee is requested to fill the same role, or analogous roles, as those which the publishing company fill for a conventional journal. This includes a general supervision of the Journal, in order to react if some problem should arise which is not handled in a more ordinary way. It also includes making decisions or giving advice on matters such as:- Definition, interpretation, and modification of the range of the
ETAI research areas
- Policy and procedures for the distribution of the ETAI, by
electronic means and on paper.
- Approval of first publication archives and decision on policies
with respect to what is to be required from them
- Procedures for guaranteeing the long-time integrity, availability,
and persistence of materials published within the ETAI system.
- Principles for how to respond to appeals from authors who feel they
were incorrectly treated by an area editor
- Relationships to other scientific publication channels
- General policy issues for the ETAI.
Composition
The Policy Committee consists of the Scientific Editor-in-Chief (chairperson), the General Editor (reports on the activities), and five additional members. According to the publication agreement between the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA), the ECCAI, and Linkoping University Electronic Press, the KVA will appoitn one member and the ECCAI will appoint four members for the policy committee. The Policy Committee presently (2003) has the following members:-
Wolfgang Wahlster
(scientific editor-in-chief)
Erik Sandewall (general editor)
Roger Wäppling (nominated by KVA)
Luigia Aiello Anthony Cohn Vadim Stefanuk One additional ETAI member pending.
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Latest update: 26.2.2003; Position code: C.etai.organiz.polcom.