[Taxacom] Kickstarter for Taxonomy

[Stephen Thorpe]

Well perhaps you are making the mistake of forgetting that impressions matter? At any rate, instead of begging for money to keep the status quo, I expect it might be better to think about how to change things to cope with less funding, and then beg for funding for a more streamlined service ...
BTW, what is the relationship between the ICZN and the IUBS? What does the IUBS do, anyway?
Cheers,
Stephen



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From: Doug Yanega <dyanega at ucr.edu>
To: TAXACOM at MAILMAN.NHM.KU.EDU 
Sent: Saturday, 23 February 2013 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Kickstarter for Taxonomy

Stephen Thorpe wrote:

>Call me cynical, but there has been some discussion on this on 
>Twitter already, and some of us tend to the view that video 
>conferencing would be a better and cheaper alternative to face to 
>face meetings, so I guess it would be interesting to know how much 
>ICZN money gets spent on travel/accommodation/catering etc. for 
>meetings?

Given the reality, I'd call that excessively cynical. We don't have 
face-to-face meetings as a group, and even a video/skype conference 
would be nearly impossible, given that Commissioners are scattered 
across the planet. In order to have everyone online simultaneously, 
SOMEONE would have to be awake at some ungodly hour in their 
particular time zone. We do everything presently by e-mail, though 
this may change in the near future to be more web-based. I expect I 
will serve my term as a Commissioner without ever meeting most of my 
colleagues in person even once (I've met only four of the present 
Commissioners, and only *one* of those post-dates my joining the 
Commission!).

Like Frank, I'm baffled as to where any impressions to the contrary 
could be originating. Maybe they're not so much "impressions" as 
"unfounded assumptions"?

Peace,
-- 

Doug Yanega        Dept. of Entomology        Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314        skype: dyanega
phone: (951) 827-4315 (standard disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
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        is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82

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