In it’s 10+ years of existence, Anole Annals has united the anole community, becoming your one-stop-shop for information on everything Anolis. It seems to me that the site has lived up to Jonathan’s vision, although he will tell you it can still get better. I for one regularly peruse old posts when I start on a new project. For example, just last month I read up on the anoles of Guadeloupe before visiting the island for the first time and was blown away at the amount of quality information on the blog. It’s function as a repository of information and a go-to source for everything Anolis is something I think is highly valuable to the anole community. And so now, to keep it going, we are looking to you, our readers and contributors.

As time has gone on we’ve added new types of posts and have had a rotating roster of unofficial editors pulling the strings behind the scenes. As we look to the future of Anole Annals, we realize that we need a long-term plan to keep this thing running and up to our high standards. For this reason, we have come up with developing a formal “Board of Editors” for Anole Annals. Many of the positions we envision are jobs some of you are already doing (with little recognition!). We hope you will join on formally so our readers know who to thank for all the hard work you do. For some of the other positions we have thought up, we will need new volunteers! Here’s a brief rundown of the positions. If any sound interesting to you, send us an email or leave a comment!

Social Media Manager(s) 1-2 people — The Social Media Manager(s) will be in charge of the Twitter and Facebook accounts to share latest blog posts. (Twitter is currently managed by James Stroud).

Technology Manager 1 person — The Technology Editor will help keep the inner workings of this site up to date, implement new functions and pages, and keep the blog running . We run on a custom WordPress platform.

Recent Literature Editor 1 person — The Recent Literature Editor is responsible for sharing new anole literature as it comes out. This involves posting the title and abstract of the paper when it comes out (or a list on a weekly or monthly basis) with a link to the paper and reaching out to the authors to ask if they would like to summarize their paper in a blog post.

Conference Editors 3+ people — The Conference Editors will be in charge of planning, recruiting, and scheduling summary posts of conference talks and posters. We mainly cover Evolution, JMIH, and SICB and would welcome a single editor for all three or one for each (and are open to other conferences too!). (Currently conferences are managed by Kristin Winchell, Anthony Gilbert, and Chris Thawley).

Contributing Editor 4+ people — Contributing Editors will be responsible for generating content and for recruiting posts from contributors. Depending on the number of editors, we will determine a schedule of post frequency to make sure we have high-quality content posted regularly. Contributing Editors will also proofread / QC posts and schedule them.

Managing Editors 2 people — The Managing Editors will pull the strings behind the scenes. QC and scheduling posts, recruiting new contributors and posts, and generally making sure Anole Annals continues to produce high-quality content on a regular basis. (Currently Jonathan Losos is the Managing Editor, with help from various Losos lab members).

Now’s your chance to get in on shaping the future of Anole Annals! We can’t keep it going in the long-term without your help. Please contact Jonathan or Kristin if you are interested in being a part of our Board of Editors and we will be in touch.

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