Editorial

摘要

David and I welcome you to the July issue of the Gazette. Before discussing the contents of this issue: "In what European science chief Carlos Moedas calls a 'life-changing' move, E.U. member states today agreed on an ambitious new open- access (OA) target. All scientific papers should be freely available by 2020, the Competitiveness Council - a gathering of ministers of science, innovation, trade, and industry - concluded after a two-day meeting in Brussels. But some observers are warning that the goal will be difficult to achieve." While "2020" and "all" may be too optimistic, it is clear that there is a movement towards Open Access publication. As the Australian Mathematical Society obtains most of its revenue from journals, it is necessary to plan for any impact this would have on the Society and the many Divisions, Special Interest Groups, Fellowships, conferences etc that AustMS supports. Income from payments by authors for publication would most likely be much smaller than current income. For more on this EU decision, see https://tinyurl.com/open- source-declaration.