Procedure for the ED Board and referees job

1. Get the paper approved in a Thursday meeting with specifically: "a paper should be written".
   Write the first draft.
2. Contact the chairman of the ed board to get referees named. When you have the names of the referees post paper on the ALEPH WWW. Give a deadline for comments, about 3 weeks, and warn everybody by an Aleph news (in ALEPH.General).
3. Referees and authors discuss and incorporate comments (if relevant!). The referees must check the physics, the style and the english; please authors make an effort to minimize their work by having a good Draft1 !!! The referees can (should?) elicit comments from experts in case of difficulties and when not enough comments are received.
4. At least when physics comments, requests, or suggestions are not incorporated, the referees should check that the authors reply briefly giving reasons
   • Example: check done, comments not relevant
   • Example: effect estimated small, extra work not justified
   • Example: disagreement of opinion, decision deferred to the ed board
   More generally it is quite normal that from time to time one remaining point has to be arbitrated at the ed board.
5. Second draft is produced:
   • first case: minor physics change.
     The new draft could be sent only to referees, ed board, and persons who sent comments; ideally the new draft is on WWW and the above persons are warned by MAIL; the ed board can happen after about 10 days.
   • Second case: more important changes.
     The new draft goes to WWW, is announced in ALEPH.general and 15 days are given for comments.The ed board can happen a week after the deadline.
6. If a third draft is prepared: please help the ed board members; underline the passages which are modified so that they are not forced to read the paper critically a 3rd time just to find 5 small modifications!