### Partner Interactions

_Component Description_: At CDRS, the success of library-led journal-publishing ventures correllates strongly with the commitment to engaged partnership between the CDRS and the editorial leadership. In support of this relationships-first model of partnership building, Project Management and CDRS leadership expend considerable effort throughout the project to meet regularly with and plan work around the needs observed and raised by Tremor's editor and other constituents, such as authors and reviewers. Most directly, this has meant settling into and arranging a series of biweekly face-to-face meetings where agenda are prepared and discussed on the progress of all project-related issues. Partner interactions, however, continue beyond the face-to-face meetings, into regular phone calls and email correspondence in-between appointments as well. Such partner interactions inevitably generate new production tasks, and the work of scoping and executing these to the satisfaction of the editorial management and the center leadership are likewise captured here as Partner Interactions.

_Project Specifics_: The production partner meetings have remained regular throughout the life of the project, settling into a biweekly schedule of primary face-to-face appointments. Those in Project Management overwhelmingly handle these engagements, although such responsibilities have moved to increasingly junior staff with the supervisory oversight of more senior members. In later stages of the project, Communications has become more directly involved in partner interactions, primarily through the preparation of copy for press releases, the management of activity on the journal mailing list, and the communication of Web analytics insights during partner meetings. 

_Expense Overview_: Figure \ref{fig:partnergraph} provides the annual breakdown in estimated Partner Interaction expenditures realized since the journal’s inception. During the heaviest work in journal setup in 2010-11, Partner Interactions peaked, largely in response to the number of issues around submission quality and quantity, platform capability, prepress vendor performance, and manuscript workflow across all parties. In the years since, Partner Interaction has reduced and stabilized as many previous unknowns and problem areas have been worked out.