freshening things up

Author: js044

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 ## How to use
 - Click on a link in the lefthand sidebar to jump to that section of the docs.
 - Each link leads to a single-page overview of its category with a righthand sidebar to help navigate the page.
-- Clicking a collapsed link (with an arrow) will expand the category and allow you to navigate its related pages.
-- You can use the search bar to navigate the docs quickly.
+- If a link has an arrow next to it, it means clicking on the category will show its sub-categories. You can navigate these sub-categories like any other page.
+- Use the search bar to navigate the docs quickly.
 
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 If you have any questions beyond the scope of these docs, please feel free to email us at [info@cicadacreativemag.com](mailto:info@cicadacreativemag.com) or submit a help ticket on our [Discord server](https://discord.com/invite/sgneFPdpNh).

content/docs/about.md

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 # About Cicada
 
-Cicada Creative Magazine is an interdisciplinary, all-arts publication. Submissions typically open twice a year, once in the spring and fall. At the end of each issue cycle, these submissions are anonymized and reviewed by two editorial teams. Then, we publish a carefully crafted issue of your work.
+Cicada Creative Magazine is an interdisciplinary, all-arts publication. Submissions typically open twice a year, roughly coinciding with a semester system. During these issue cycles, submissions are anonymized and reviewed by two editorial teams. After submissions close, we carefully arrange accepted pieces into a free digital issue. Print versions are upcoming and pay-only.
 
-We acknowledge that art doesn’t always come box-shaped, perfectly ready to fall into a category. Cicada Creative Magazine exists to showcase that artistic exploration and novelty.
+We acknowledge that art doesn’t always come box-shaped, perfectly ready to fall into a category. Cicada Creative Magazine exists to showcase that artistic exploration and novelty. We accept submissions of visual art, photography, creative writing, music, cooking, and more. If we can publish it online, we'll review it. 
 
 
 ## Our Origins
@@ -18,14 +18,18 @@ Cicada was founded in 2018, the brainchild of seven undergraduate students at Co
 
 <a href="/images/brainspread.png"><img src="/images/brainspread.png" class="img-fluid" style="max-height: 30rem" alt="A photo of a board with three broad categories stating What We Do, How We Do It, and Why We Do It. Messy notes line the margins. The title is CICADA - Brand foundation Brain Spread."> </a>
 
-We've evolved a lot since our first meetings at a coffee shop on the corner of campus, but our core mission has never wavered. Instead, it has expanded. When the COVID-19 pandemic moved the world online in 2020, we adapted and went fully remote, opening our submissions to undergraduates everywhere. 
-
-## Goals & Vision
+We've evolved a lot since our first meetings at a coffee shop on the corner of campus, but our core mission has never wavered. Instead, it has expanded. When the COVID-19 pandemic moved the world online in 2020, we adapted and went fully remote, opening our submissions to undergraduates everywhere. By Issue 07, we expanded even further. CCM currently accepts submissions from anyone, anywhere.
 
+## Vision
 One of the ways we stay tethered to our mission is by putting our ideals down to paper and committing to specific goals that we want to move toward together.
-
 - Create an accessible space for creative people anywhere to build community and share art.
-- Eliminate traditional barriers for artists, such as educational and financial requirements.
-- Build a sustainable project that can long outlive its original creators.
-- Craft a unique visual and personal brand for our community.
-- Collaborate with other creative publications and help to build a coalition of welcoming, inclusive mags/zines/etc.
+    - In service of this goal, we either are or are moving towards: managing a Discord server with movie nights and other community-building events, arranging an online book club, collaborating with other creative publications, and planning virtual workshops.
+- Build a sustainable project that can outlive its original creators. We do this by creating meticulous documentation, refining our processes, and seeking financing options.
+- Eliminate traditional barriers for artists, such as educational and financial requirements. In addition to opening submissions to everyone and ensuring they remain free, we want to pay submitters for published pieces and staff for their time.  
+
+## Financial Goals
+- Create an online store that sells print copies and branded merchandise. Print copies would be $10-20 per. We would also sell merchandise like stickers, tote bags, and clothing.
+- For additional revenue, we'd set up a system in which submitters can also pay for expedited response time and more thorough written feedback on their work.
+- We want CCM to be a revenue-generating endeavor to pay for our domain name, the labor of our staff, and to compensate creatives for their work. We would need anywhere from $2100-$9100 per year to achieve these goals. Ideally, we'd generate at least $15000 per year.
+     - Our target funding is $10-$50 for each accepted piece. We typically publish anywhere from 25-75 pieces per issue cycle, which means we would need to have anywhere from $250-$3750 per issue cycle, which is $500-$7500 per year, to pay contributors.
+    - For staff, payment would vary, but assuming we paid each staff member at least $50 per issue cycle, we would need apprixmately $800 at minimum, which is $1600 per year. 

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 # Issue Cycles
-
 Each issue cycle, regardless of length, follows a similar process. The timeline should be determined before implementing these steps.
 
 # Theme Selection
 Each issue has a theme intended to help guide submitters wondering what we're looking for. These themes are voted on in a multi-step process.
-
-1. The Editorial Director (or other EBM) creates a collaborative presentation for interested staff and server members to contribute brief ideas. An example of a presentation like this is [here](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Y7PGGkVPwsR1SBsrSircvuLiwKJprFXcA8P5TSx55C8/edit?usp=sharing).
-2. The Editorial Director makes a poll based on contributed answers. The poll should be accessible to all server members and allow people to select up to three favorite themes.
-3. The top three results are then presented to the public for voting. There should be an Instagram poll, a Twitter poll, and a Mailchimp poll all soliciting people's feedback.
-4. The Editorial Assistant will write an announcement based on whatever theme wins.
-
+1. The Editor-in-chief (or another Editorial Board member) creates a thread in the Discord server for staff members to pitch their ideas.
+2. After this, the EIC makes a poll based on contributed answers. The poll should be accessible to all server members and allow people to select up to three favorite themes.
+3. The top two (or three) results are then presented to the public for voting. There should be an Instagram poll, an X poll, and a poll code featured in the newsletter and on our website.
+4. The Writing Editor will write an announcement based on whatever theme wins.
 
 # Submissions 
-
-After the theme is selected and announced, we open submissions for our current issue. Submitters use Google Forms to submit. Submissions are currently **closed**.
+After the theme is selected and announced, we open submissions for our current issue. Submitters use Tally.so to submit their work. We've also used Google Forms in the past, but due to embedding issues, we moved away from it. Instead, we use a Zapier integration to send Tally.so submissions to a shared Google Drive folder for easier bulk download.
 
 ## Submission Categories
-
 Here at CCM, we’ve branded ourselves as more than a literary magazine. We aim to reach beyond traditional definitions of art and writing. So, we've reimagined artistic categories as the following:
 
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     - Essays and research
     - Field notes and creative data
     - Polls
-
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 You can combine elements of these categories -- several of the examples we provided can fall into multiple categories, and we encourage you not to let these categories limit you. If you are able to create work that exists completely outside of these categories, we will gladly review your submitted work with care and openness.
 
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-\* **Note:** When we came up with this category, we were referring to content such as HTML canvas drawings, CGI, etc. Since then, AI art has become a more popular technology, which we feel requires special guideline clarification. Please see the <u>Submission Guidelines</u> for more information.
+\* **Note:** When we came up with this category, we were referring to content such as HTML canvas drawings, CGI, etc. Since then, AI art has become a more popular technology, which we feel requires special guideline clarification. Please see the [Submission Guidelines](#submission-guidelines) for more information.
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-
 ## Submission Guidelines
-
-- The maximum number of pieces anyone can submit to CCM (or have published) per issue is **three**.
+- The maximum number of pieces anyone can submit to CCM (or have published) per issue is **three**. If more are submitted, only the first three will be considered.
 - Staff members may submit to CCM.
 - We allow simultaneous submissions.
+- Work may be previously published, but you must clarify this on your submission and include a source as to where the work has been previously published. Please also ensure the other publication permits you to re-publish the piece.
 - It will never cost money to submit to CCM.
 - We value documentation. Even if we like a piece, if the documentation is poor (low resolution, shaky, dimly lit), its odds of being published are lower.
-- Our Google Forms are set up to take a maximum combined file size attachment of 1GB. If, for any reason, your files exceed this limit, please email us so we can figure out an alternative.
- - If you are submitting visual art, please be sure to submit high-quality images. 150 to 300 ppi is ideal. 
-- 15,000 word limit on writing.
-- Work may be previously published, but you must clarify this on your submission and include a source as to where the work has been previously published. Please also ensure the other publication permits you to re-publish the piece.
+- If you are submitting visual art, please be sure to submit high-quality images. 150 to 300 ppi is ideal. If possible, make sure your image files are under 2MB per.
+- There is a 10,000 word limit on writing.
 
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 **Note on AI-generated work:** AI-generated art is still a nascent technology and, as such, our standards are subject to change. We currently allow AI-generated work as long as the AI has been exclusively trained with <u>your</u> work. Please be purposeful, ethical, and creative with any implementations of this technology for submission purposes, and clarify in your submission it is AI-generated. 
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 ### Cycles + Seasons
 *June 2019*
 > Hi! We haven’t met before. Allow us to introduce ourselves–we’re Cicada Creative Magazine.
-
-<a class="btn btn-primary" href="https:cicadacreativemag.com/issues/issue-1/"> Read Issue 01</a>
+{{< button href="https:cicadacreativemag.com/issues/issue-1/" >}}Read Issue 01{{< /button >}}
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 ### Moment of Impact
 *December 2019*
 > Hello again. We’re happy to announce that, for the second time, Cicada Creative Magazine has published an all-arts, all-welcome, all-heart issue.
-
-<a class="btn btn-primary" href="https:cicadacreativemag.com/issues/issue-2/">Read Issue 02</a>
-
+{{< button href="https:cicadacreativemag.com/issues/issue-2/" >}}Read Issue 02{{< /button >}}
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 ### Identity
 *December 2020*
 > In the midst of a pandemic and racial movement, we asked, who are you? Who are we?
-
-<a class="btn btn-primary" href="https:cicadacreativemag.com/issues/issue-3/">Read Issue 03</a>
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+{{< button href="https:cicadacreativemag.com/issues/issue-3/" >}}Read Issue 03{{< /button >}}
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 ### (neg)entropy
 *June 2021*
 > In a world propelled by energy and disarray, this issue attempts to honor loss, memory, irreversibility, and the disordered order we try to grab ahold of. 
-
-<a class="btn btn-primary" href="https:cicadacreativemag.com/issues/issue-4/">Read Issue 04</a>
-
+{{< button href="https:cicadacreativemag.com/issues/issue-4/" >}}Read Issue 04{{< /button >}}
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- ### Catharsis
+### Catharsis
 *December 2021*
 > For Issue 05, Cicada Creative Magazine hopes that we can provide a space for undergraduates to emotionally decompress and sift through emotions that are too heavy to hold. 
-
-<a class="btn btn-primary" href="https:cicadacreativemag.com/issues/issue-5/">Read Issue 05</a>
-
+{{< button href="https:cicadacreativemag.com/issues/issue-5/" >}}Read Issue 05{{< /button >}}
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- ### Space
- *November 2022*
+
+### Space
+*November 2022*
 > Space has 23 dictionary definitions. It’s as interdisciplinary as it gets, and for this issue, we wanted to give you your own space to explore these definitions in your own ways. 
+{{< button href="https:cicadacreativemag.com/issues/issue-6/" >}}Read Issue 06{{< /button >}}
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+<--->
 
+### ‘You are here’
+*August 2023*
+> Maps are, at their most essential, symbolic diagrams that outline relationships between things. This issue, we invited you to contemplate where you stand on your own maps. 
+{{< button href="https:cicadacreativemag.com/issues/issue-7/" >}}Read Issue 07{{< /button >}}
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content/docs/meetings.md

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 # Meetings
-
 Staff meetings have evolved a lot over CCM's history and likely will continue to evolve. We currently hold them on Discord.
 
 ## Meeting Formats
-
 It is ultimately up to the staff member holding the meeting to determine what style would be best suited to them. A few meeting formats we use are:
 
 - Synchronous chat-based meetings. Ex: Everyone has to log on for a real-time chat conversation.
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 3. Clear direction/to-do lists for upcoming tasks.
 
 ## Rules & Requirements
-
 A few guidelines to keep meetings running smoothly.
 
-1. It is mandatory for EBM to attend weekly meetings. If they cannot come, they must tell the Editorial Director immediately so they can prepare alternate (usually asynchronous) meeting materials for them.
-2. CTM are not required to attend staff meetings, but are highly encouraged.
-3. If any staff member (including CTM) is expected at a meeting but discovers they cannot attend, they must notify the meeting organizer at least half an hour prior to the meeting.
-4. Synchronous voice call meetings tend to last an hour--two hours max. If they do run long are seldom over an hour, EBM are allowed to leave.
-5. Please practice basic call courtesy. Be mindful of your mic. Mute yourself if there's a lot of background noise that competes with the speaker.
+1. It is mandatory for staff to attend weekly meetings. If they cannot come, they must tell the EIC immediately so they can prepare alternate (usually asynchronous) meeting materials for them.
+2. If any staff member discovers they cannot attend a meeting, they must notify the meeting organizer at least half an hour prior to the meeting.
+3. Synchronous voice call meetings tend to last 1-2 hours max. If they run long, staff may leave.
+4. Please practice basic call courtesy. Be mindful of your mic. Mute yourself if there's a lot of background noise that competes with the speaker.
+5. If a meeting is asynchronous/text-based, please acknowledge reception of the message by "reacting" to the post or replying in the post's thread.