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It may not be very helpful for our discussion but I have to say it once more. It is not only our own fault if we are not able to put new life into our journals. What runs very well is the publication of routine structure analyses and some applied crystallography. Our problem is to attract the excell...

It is good to see from the documents supplied by Peter that all IUCr journals are profitable, from the cash cow ActaCryst C to the least financially rewarding, JSynchrRad. Less cheering up is the number of subscriptions, which decreased by more than 50% during the last twenty years, if we neglect th...

Concerning the meeting in Chester on Monday 14 Nov 2011. Arrival on Sunday is fine, however, I do not know whether it will be possible to finish the discussion at a time when it still will be possible to catch a night flight back home. Peter, please, could you provide an overview on transfer times t...

Dear Sven, I fully agree with you that it needs a clear definition of the relationships between the editors of the IUCr journals and the EC - who decides what and what has to be approved by whom. I agree with all you suggested except the point concerning the powers of the editor-in-chief. The co-edi...