Date: Monday, February 27
Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m. (Gather at 6:00 p.m. to meet fellow members; refreshments provided.)
Place: Mechanics' Institute, 57 Post Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco (map)
Forum arranged by: TBD

Forum planning in progress; topic pending. Stay tuned.

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Date: TBA
Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m. (Gather at 6:00 p.m. to meet fellow members; refreshments provided.)
Place: Mechanics' Institute, 57 Post Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco (map)
Forum arranged by: TBD

Date and topic to be determined—send a suggestion to Program Coordinator Jim Norrena. Stay tuned.

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General Notes:

• Our forums are free to members—as well as to non-members who may want to check us out.
• No San Francisco forums in July, August or December.

Parking: On-street parking on Post and neighboring streets is free after 6 p.m. Garage parking is available three blocks away in the Sutter-Stockton Garage, 330 Sutter Street at the corner of Sutter and Stockton.

About the Mechanics' Institute: Located in downtown San Francisco, the Institute houses the oldest library on the West Coast and one of the nation's oldest chess clubs. Organized in 1854 when San Francisco was a remote frontier community, it began as a center for adult technical education. The private Institute, housed in the historic 1910 building at 57 Post Street, maintains a large circulation and reference library.

Date: Tuesday, January 10
Time: 6:45-8:30 p.m.
Place: Campbell Library, 77 Harrison Ave., Campbell, CA 95008 (map)
Forum organizer: David Couzens, Mireille Majoor, and Jill O'Nan

Managing Your Authors: How to Handle 'em and When to Wrangle 'em

During our last gathering, we explored the editor-author collaborative process from the standpoint of the author. Now it's time to flip the discussion around and focus on this topic from the editor's perspective. This will be a facilitated, participatory discussion, so come prepared with your ideas, insights, and strategies (and cookies). Subtopics to consider will be the following:

Setting expectations: First contact
How do you want to collaborate: In person? By email? Over the phone? Will you charge by time or page count? How in-depth should your review be? Does the author want to apply a style guide or style sheet? And what is the author's time frame?

Establishing the workflow
Once the project is underway, how often (if ever) will you meet? Is the author comfortable reviewing your changes remotely, say, using Track Changes and Comments in Word, or do you need to schedule time to discuss your edits live?

Handling disagreements and other tricky situations
How do you resolve conflicts when the author does not accept your changes? What if you were hired to edit, but now the author wants a complete rewrite? What if the author is late getting material to you, but then wants your changes back immediately? Who has the final say? The author? The editor? The publisher?

Wrapping things up
How many iterations of text will you edit? What if you have met your original commitment, but the text still needs work? When and how do you decide enough is enough?

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Date: April 2012 - TBA
Time: 6:45-8:30 p.m.
Place: Campbell Library, 77 Harrison Ave., Campbell, CA 95008 (map)
Forum organizer: TBD

Date and topic to be determined—send a suggestion to South Bay Forum Coordinator David Couzens. Stay tuned.

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General Notes:

• Our forums are free to members—as well as to non-members who may want to check us out.
• South Bay forums are held quarterly rather than monthly.