THE EDITORIAL BOARD The Editorial Board, hereafter referred to as the Board, shall be composed of bona fide students

s of the University of the Philippines Open University. It shall maintain its non-partisanship and independence from other student bodies or entities in order to preserve its institutional objectivity. It may formulate rules and regulations for processes needed for administrative and general operation. It shall represent the staff of the publication, specifically, and the UPOU studentry as a whole, with integrity and probity. Including its adviser and/or a representative from the Office of Student Affairs, it shall decide on issues or matters that will be forwarded it regarding but not limited to the following: o Grievances, skills-pooling (e.g., staff examination), and resignation o Neglect of duty o Culpable violation of its Constitution Members of the Board shall have been enrolled on the same term as they have taken the Editorial examinations, hereafter referred to as the EdX. It shall be composed of the Chief Editor, three Associate Editors, and three Section Editors. The composition of the Board shall be determined by the incoming Chief Editor, primarily taking into account the results of the EdX previously held. No member of the Board shall have been determined by the Chief Editor unless he/she has taken the EdX. The Board members shall serve for three terms or one academic year. No member of the Board shall be concurrently serving any position in the University Student Council. The Board shall regularly meet once a month on a date to be set on its first regular meeting to discuss monthly production goals and targets or as frequent as the need arises. A special meeting may be called by any member of the Board; which will have been called to order, provided, this will be seconded by three more members of the Board. The Board shall be one in its stand on issues concerning the students. It shall collectively create editorial articles and cartoons reflective of the desire and aspirations of the UP Open University students which it serves. Roles, Duties, and Responsibilities Chief Editor (EIC)

Ensures that deliverables and submissions are received and sent properly and on schedule; With the concurrence of the Editorial Board, approves plans and schedule for production, workshoptraining, and budget; Reviews financial report as prepared by the Managing Editor, the Auditors report as prepared by the Content Manager, and the Masters report as prepared by the Webmaster, and reports the same to the staff during its regular staff meeting; Reviews recommendations and staff review made Associate editors (for niching, goal-setting, and role continuity) Formulate action plans on reviews and recommendations made by Associate editors (niching, goal-setting, and role continuity) and reports the same to the staff during its regular staff meeting; Ensures that published materials are relevant, error-free, does not have copyright issues and are reflective of the sentiments and ideals of the student populace; Chairs the editorial and staff meetings;

Ensures that feedback on submissions, deliverables, and comments and/or posts are timely, relevant, and are reflective of the ideals and principles of the publication, specifically, and of the UPOU studentry as a whole. Represent the publication, the Board, and in cases where applicable, the UPOU studentry in events that would need for such representation; Shall prepare, or delegate the submission of, an official editorial article, which shall be subject to the approval of the Board;

Managing Editor (ME)

Ensures timely submission of deliverables; Creates schedule of publication based on relevance, timeliness, and urgency of issue or topic; Ensures the availability of links or basis for any material that needs referencing or basis; Evaluates staff and contributors and gives recommendation to EIC (niching, goal-setting, and role continuity); Ensures permissions from copyright owners are handy for materials that need such; Allocates funds for the publication; Creates a Financial report for fund allocation and submits the same to EIC during the Editorial Board meeting and to the staff during the regular staff meeting; Sends out invitation to meetings; Develops processes for the publication; Assume roles and responsibilities as may be delegated by the EIC;

Content Manager (CM)

Ensures the transmittal of an error-free material to the EIC; Ensures that the submissions or deliverables are relevant and that the publication of such are done in a timely manner; Checks and re-checks submissions and deliverables for factual entries/data; Evaluates deliverables and submissions (niching, quality and training [personal and skills development], role continuity); Audits fund allocation reports; Creates an Auditors report and submits the same to EIC during the Editorial Board meeting and to the staff during the regular staff meeting; Facilitates meetings and ensures the attendance of staff members; Ensures adherence to processes set by the publication; Assume roles and responsibilities as may be delegated by the EIC;

Webmaster (Master)

Ensures the timely publication of deliverables and submissions; Safeguards website from breach from outside the staff members; In-charge of the over-maintenance of the website; Revises website as needed; Provides immediate feedback to posts provided by readers on the website; forwards grave concerns to the Board for deliberation;

Ensures the readability of submissions and deliverables based on internationally-accepted standards; Maintains the pages of the website; regularly checks for dead links and/or irrelevant or old posts; Creates the Masters report and submits the same to EIC during the Editorial Board meeting and to the staff during the regular staff meeting; Assume roles and responsibilities as may be delegated by the EIC;

Features and Literary (FL) Ensures that the Features and Literary sections of the publication shall have a steady flow of materials from the staff and from contributors; Acts as the production head for the Features and Literary sections of the publication; Receives, edits, and reviews submissions and deliverables and forwards the same to the CM or EIC; Gives the ME feedback and recommendation for evaluation of staff and contributors; Assists in the execution of the roles and responsibilities of the ME; Assume roles and responsibilities as may be delegated by the EIC;

News and Current events (NC) Ensures that the News and Current events section of the publication shall have a steady flow of materials from the staff and from contributors; Acts as the production head for the News and Current events sections of the publication; Receives, edits, and reviews submissions and deliverables and forwards the same to the CM or EIC; Gives the CM feedback and recommendation for evaluation of staff and contributors; Assists in the execution of the roles and responsibilities of the CM; Assume roles and responsibilities as may be delegated by the EIC;

Pagemaster (Page) Ensures that the website shall have a steady flow of materials from the staff and from contributors; Acts as the design and layout head of the publication; Maintains and regularly checks for variety in publishing submissions and deliverables; Provides immediate feedback to posts provided by readers on the website; forwards grave concerns to the Board for deliberation; Assists in the execution of the roles and responsibilities of the Master; Assume roles and responsibilities as may be delegated by the EIC;

Staff member an official member of the publication Contributor not an official member of the publication Contributions may come from UPOU students, faculty, administration, and even from non-UPOU sources Material may be in the form of text, audio, video, image, or combination of any of the aforementioned. Deliverable a material that is scheduled and is delegated to a staff member Submission a material that is not scheduled and may come from either a staff member or a contributor Process flow of material: