* To solicit articles from the membership suitable for publication.
* To assist authors, directly primarily and with the aid of [[Associate Editors]] in preparing their submissions for publication.
* To ensure that the proper procedure is followed in the processing of submissions.
* To delegate work among his staff and track each item, making status reports to the [[Editor-in-Chief]] as requested.
* To name an [[Assistant Editor]]within his first year in office, and to train him so that he might be able to step up to the office of Omnibus Editor at need.
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''Note: The following procedure is under development and is not to be relied upon at present.''
<li>Omnibus Editor does preliminary review about suitability for publication, possible rejection.</li>
<li>Omnibus Editor confirms that the article is previously unpublished, and that copyright clearances are provided for the text and all images submitted. Copyright release forms need to be developed and deployed, probably at this point.</li>
<li>Omnibus Editor performs a quick survey of sources to confirm that most necessary data is available (even if out of standard format).</li>
<li>Articles are selected from the "to be edited" list and assigned to [[Associate Editors]].</li>
<li>Associate Editors provide copy editing (including planting text references to illustrations and tables, if needed), write captions for photos and titles for tables as needed, confirm sources, and convert all to standard article format.</li>
<li>Article is returned to the Omnibus Editor for review, possible return to Associate Editor.</li>