Ping Interactions EICs once we have guidelines to discuss Interactions article

[mjskay]

The Interactions EICs got back to me and said a report out from the workshop + brief overview of guidelines sounds like an excellent idea.

They said there is no rush, and suggested we work to our timeline and get back to them when we want to, so this issue is just a reminder in the post-first guideline release milestone to ping them again at that time (eic@interactions.acm.org).

Some more info on article form from them:

There are two options for workshop reports, a feature article of around 2750 words and / or a blog of around 800-1200 words. Attached are our submission forms, which have more specific detail of the differences in style and content for each.

Our deadlines for print are ongoing, but to give you an idea of our turnaround

5th July for Nov / Dec 2017

5th Sept for Jan Feb 2018

5th Nov for Mar / Apr 2018

5th Jan for May / June 2018

Anything that isn’t with us in draft form by those dates we push towards the next issue as we usually need a month turnaround to work with authors for final amendments and tightening. We mainly post blogs as soon as we get them, and some of these are also printed in the magazine.

Workshop reporting should include a brief overview of where current research / practice is currently at, any literature that you and your co-organisers have already published in this area (including your abstract for the workshop), how you approached or tackled gaps in current research during the workshop, insights gained and next steps that the community can take forward, including your plans for special issues, future workshops etc.

[shionguha]

Thanks - imho, we should push for a sep 5 submission so that this is something we can advertise and talk about when we are submitting the chi'18 panel (jan'18) and during the conference itself.

[mjskay]

Sounds reasonable. Then if we miss it there is always the 5th Nov deadline that we could turn it around for, which would at least still be out before CHI.

I will create an "Interactions article" milestone and assign it the 5th of Sept deadline.