Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (1929)

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REPORT OF THE JOURNAL COMMITTEE The committee appointed to consider the possibility of publishing a monthly journal, or at least one appearing at regular intervals, is not prepared to submit a formal report ; in fact, we had not intended to make any report at this time. At your president's request, however, I will give you some idea of what has been done and what we are doing. One meeting which was held was unfortunately not attended by all members. The committee is not unanimous in its opinion on the subject. Some are violently opposed, and some are enthusiastically in favor, so I want you to distinctly understand that what I say is not an official report of the committee but what I consider to be the consensus of the opinion of the committee. On the whole, I think the committee is in favor of replacing our Transactions by a monthly journal as soon as we can see our way clear to finance the expense involved. I believe a journal appearing at regular intervals would be excellent for the Society. We have reached the time when the papers are of sufficient volume to warrant the publication of a journal at monthly intervals. There are many advantages to be gained therefrom. Many communications are of vital interest to the members which do not appear as papers presented to the organization and as long as we are publishing Transactions we can not include them in our Transactions since they are not read and discussed at one of our meetings. I think it highly desirable that we have a publication in which we can publish articles by members, and perhaps non-members, of the Society and things which should appear between conventions. In many cases a man may produce a paper and be desirous of getting prompt publication. It is highly desirable, and I think the majority of the committee feel the same, that we have a journal appearing at regular intervals containing material other than that presented at our own conventions. The vital thing is can we pay for it and is our income sufficient ? We are spending more than 5,000 a year now on publishing our present Transactions. L. A. Jones, Chairman 111