[Taxacom] Sale: immortal names

[Kenneth Kinman]

Personally I don't oppose raising funds by selling honorific names----if the funds go to a good cause (especially if it helps fund future scientific work in this time of shrinking budgets).  It would certainly be preferable to species names that raise no money at all and are honorific for less noble reasons----such as naming a species for a rock band because they happened to be listening to that rock band's music when they discovered the new species.  A scientific donor certainly deserves being honored more than someone's favorite rock band.                          --------------Ken

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> Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2015 21:05:49 -0400
> From: metzlere at msu.edu
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Subject: [Taxacom]  Sale: immortal names
> 
> Mike Ivie wrote " This is good for a laugh..."
> 
> Hi Mike.  It's been a long time since our paths crossed.
> 
> As a retired person still very active (4 papers and 3 new names in 2014) and going broke supporting myself doing taxonomy, I'm ready to put my toe in the waters of auctions.  i've been hesitant until now, but seeing the eBay thing convinced me to go for it.  Why would one want to prohibit honorific names?, and for me, it is _not_ funny - it is 5 maxed out credit cards with no hope of getting any more credit.
> 
> As a way to test the waters, I'm donating a moth name to one of my favorite charities this Autumn.  I hope they get a $$ million for it at their annual fund raising auction.  I'll get nothing on this donation except the satisfaction of knowing that us folks without $$ can still give.
> 
> Perhaps someone in the 1% at the top will pay for something unique.  I have my fingers crossed.
> 
> Cheers to all from very hot (and much to our great surprise and satisfaction) rainy southern New Mexico.  Stepping outdoors is like stepping into a sweat lodge.
> 
> Eric
> 
> Eric H. Metzler
> Managing Director
> Wedge Entomological Research Foundation
> www.wedgefoundation.org
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