ALSB members and especially Section and Regional Officers:

Here's something to ponder: one of the reasons for NOT sponsoring a journal was the cost of printing and mailing....it seems that with electronic journals being relatively easy to format and get online, this impediment may have disappeared.  It took me about an hour to get the 2000 National Proceedings on-line once they had been reduced to disks.  That's 17 papers plus the table of contents, editor's forward, etc.

We've had some intermittent attempts at online journals: for example, the Emp/Labor Law Section does have an issue of their Quarterly on line, but it is from 1999 (see the webpage under ALSB Publications).  A number of the section newsletters are already online.  

It seems to me, that each section and each regional might consider having an on-line journal, even one that only comes out just once per year.  It would provide our members with even more outlets for scholarly work.

Now, the difficult part is that such an endeavor still requires an editor(s), dedicated reviewers, and a willingness to work.  But, the ALSB has never been short of hardworkers.....

So, this is just a thought to consider at section meetings this August in Albuquerque and at the regional meetings beginning with Rocky Mountain in September. I'd be happy to share my limited experience in this with anyone (it is ridiculously easy, I'm ashamed to admit).

Dan