Pro-barcoders (and ante-barcoders) may be interested to see the latest newsletter http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/files/newsl/edit_newsletter5.pdf of The European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (E.D.I.T.). E.D.I.T. is a European Union "Network of Excellence" in « Taxonomy for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research ».( http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/ ) E.D.I.T. started on the 1st of March 2006. It will last 5 years It receives a contribution (I think of 11.9 million euros) from the European Commission's Sixth Framework Programme ( http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/files/CDC.pdf ) Richard Hardwick