[Taxacom] [iczn-list] provisions to the Code

[Doug Yanega]

On 4/15/14 3:24 PM, Stephen Thorpe wrote:
> Yes, Neal is correct. I note that it is perhaps a softer option for 
> some commissioners to try to impose pragmatic interpretations on the 
> existing vague Code, than it is to draft a new and far less vague Code
Drafting a new code is not something we can do on a lazy weekend, so 
yes, it is a lot more practical to interpret the Code "on the fly" than 
to re-write it several times a month. You apparently have an 
idiosyncratic definition of "pragmatic".
> I have no objection, however, to an official Opinion which deems 
> Australasian Journal of Herpetology to be an invalid publication, if 
> the ICZN isn't convinced that it is really being published in a Code 
> compliant manner, or something like that.
>
Then you might get your wish, since an application appeared in this 
month's BZN to declare exactly that, meaning that there will be a vote 
in the future.

Sincerely,

-- 
Doug Yanega      Dept. of Entomology       Entomology Research Museum
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