Proposal for GNOME Journal

Statement of Purpose: 

The GNOME Journal would serve as a publication that would generate it's own original news, content and articles.  Just as the Linux Journal publication serves to inform the Linux community of cool new kernel features, tips and tricks, opinions, etc, so would GNOME Journal serve the GNOME community.  Not only would it serve the GNOME community, but it would also act as a good marketing point to show people who are unfamiliar with GNOME about the desktop environment.

Why we Need the GNOME Journal:

Right now in the GNOME community, there exists the Footnotes website and the GNOME Weekly Summary as the only publications regarding news publications about GNOME.  There is a need for a new publication that would be released once a month (open for debate) that would capture the areas that Footnotes and GNOME Weekly Summary do not currently publish.  These areas include the following:

•	Original content such as articles written by GNOME developers, tips and tricks, an in-depth demonstration article about new features in GNOME, etc.
•	Possibly moving the current interviews in the GNOME Weekly Summary over to the new GNOME Journal
•	Opinion articles
•	Places for companies and individuals to place ads surround things open source and GNOME.
•	Community feedback postings.