[Fhsst-authors] February update

[Mark Horner]

Hi all


February was quite rough but went well. I am gonna need a long holiday
when this is all over :)


Things are looking good on the whole, we need to start putting chemistry
together as physics is coming along nicely. Here is a summary of what
happened in February.


Milestones:
-   250 pages (not a real milestone but pretty cool nonetheless)
-   Delivered 5 physics chapter to PGSE students for editing
-   Algebra, differentiation and trigonometry are all progressing
     nicely
-   Chemisty is also coming along nicely we need to get the rest of
     the contributions in.




Events
-   We were contacted by Warrick Selzer who owns a publishing business
     in Gauteng. His business includes print-on-demand services.
     We need to start working on a budget and distribution plan.
     Warwick sent us some details and for a B5 200 page perfect bound
     book it will cost R38. This will be our upper limit as we can
     reduce this by doing a lithographic print. We will send him a
     draft of physics soon and he will print us a sample.


New members and help
-   Marcus Gulver joined and has started working on a new website and
     logo for the project.
-   Clare Johnson has agreed to help edit maths and
     might contribute some sections of trig.
-   Helen Seals has joined up and will be helping
     finish off physics.
-   Ismail Akhalwaya has joined and is interested in contributing to
     maths.
-   Lynn Greeff has expressed interest in helping and she is going to be
     working on the covers for the books.
-   Marcus Oldenburg has agreed to help and he will consider working on
     starting the properties of matter chapter.
-   Mark Gilbert also joined and he will be helping with editing.
-   Brett Cocks has joined and is helping by writing a chemistry
     chapter.

Requests to all of you
-   Can we get outstanding contributions in.
-   Essay help - if you know someone who could write an essay
     please let me know - engineers, pilots, doctors ... anyone
     who uses science - the essay only needs to be 1 A4 page.
     I will have an example up within a week.
-   Recruit if you can - many hands make light work!




Priorities for March
-   Complete physics
-   Get final drafts of contributions to maths and chem
-   Rough draft of distribution plan
-   Explore potential legal aspects in more detail


Hope everyone is well!


Cheers

Mark


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Mark Horner 

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showed that I
have a brain!"
- Stormers and Springbok backrower CORNE KRIGE speaking after undergoing a
precautionary brain scan after a clash of heads during a Super 12 match.