IMPORTANT: New Qualification Process for Editors and Titles

Below is the email sent to ABC Clarion members. If you are an ABC Clarion member and did not receive the email, please let me know immediately and read the rest of this post. If you did not read the email, read the rest of this post. If you have forgotten the content of the email, read this post. 

In April, I sent an email to all the ABC Clarion group members about the selection process for leadership positions and titles. Please note: THAT SELECTION PROCESS NO LONGER APPLIES. We have developed a new selection process that will likely be more effective and fair.

 

The new selection process is detailed below.

The two ABC Clarion members who have the most PUBLISHED (not just submitted) essays in a three-month period will be the associate editors. If the member with the third most published essays has been published 6 or more times in the three month period, then he/she will also be an associate editor. Thus, associate editors will rotate every three months. We have noticed that in the past, after associate editors received there title, they have not contributed significantly and/or consistently in the editing, writing, and/or illustrating. So, now, the associate editors will be individuals who are consistently motivated contributors.

 

Because we are only counting published essays, quality and quantity both matter. Sometimes we have many submissions and cannot publish submissions immediately. So, to make it fair, we have selected the three month rotation period, enough time for all approved essays to be published (we will make sure of that).

 

In order to be an official writer of ABC clarion, a member must submit more than two quality (approved) essays every three month. If you have not submitted more than two essays each month, you are not an ABC Clarion writer. You are only a member.

 

All the above processes apply for illustrators as well. Illustrators- contact me or Rita Fang for illustration ideas related to a specific ABC Clarion article, or you can illustrate something on your own that does not relate to an article. The only difference between the illustrator and writer selection processes is that illustrators will not become essay editors- they will become illustration editors, and instead of becoming an official writer, they will become an official illustrator.

Thank you for your cooperation.