[Taxacom] Linz International Zoologucal Nomenclature Workshop

[Michael A. Ivie]

Well Doug,

This response sounds like a bit of a presumption of entitlement issue.  
It is clear that everyone is invited, and there is no explicit "program" 
even mentioned.  It could be indicative of the problem that the rebutal 
you cite and linked is only available to those with a Zootaxa 
subscription.  If the ICZN wants to reach the community, perhaps an open 
access response would make them seem more responsive?  I am not taking 
any position on the underlying debate, but there are some issues here 
that need to be openly addressed.

Mike
On 4/6/2014 1:51 PM, Doug Yanega wrote:
> On 4/6/14 11:28 AM, Michael A. Ivie wrote:
>> Doug,
>>
>> To be fair to Alain, the message you responded to was an invitation
>> that went to you, and I am sure more Commissioners than you received
>> it as well.  To imply you were not invited in response to an
>> invitation to you is disingenuous.
> Pardon me for not being explicit - "invited to be on the program" is
> what I meant, not "invited to attend". Even so, a posting to a mailing
> list saying "Anyone in the world can attend this meeting" is not exactly
> what most people would construe as an invitation (by that logic, we're
> all being invited to every public event, everywhere in the world, all
> the time). I would call this sort of thing an "advertisement" rather
> than an "invitation".
>
> Peace,
>

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