Paper preparation and processing

Since the Information Dissemination Committee (IDC) was formed, paper processing procedures have gradually changed. IDC meetings are held four months prior to the publication of each Transactions issue to discuss reviews which have been obtained on each paper submitted in the previous four months. On the basis of the IDC discussions, papers are selected or rejected, with appropriate reasons, and the authors are notified accordingly. Thus there may be a three to six month delay between the time when an author submits his paper and the time when he is notified of its disposition. Actually, the schedule has been slightly modified from that stated in our editorial entitled "Schedules" which appeared on page 192 of the July, 1963, issue of these Transactions new schedule is presented. With this discussion, we hope that our reviewing procedures and policies have been somewhat clarified, and we hope that more papers will be prepared in the desired format to help hasten the publication process.