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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:23:51 -0400
From: [unknown]
To: phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
Subject: Fwd: Re: In case anyone was wondering
Jon Wagner wrote: > > I am sorry to see you leave this discussion. As I recall, the= last time >you and I disagreed on the listserv you also departed prematurely...= :) Although this comment was made in jest (at least I hope it was), I do= =20 feel the need to respond. Speaking for myself as well as Kevin, I= =20 have to say that it is almost impossible to keep up with the listserv= =20 when there is a burst of activity as there has been the last few=20 days. I have spent hours today (I am not exaggerating) just trying= =20 to assimilate enough of each message to decide whether there is=20 something I want to respond to. Please accept that when people=20 withdraw from the discussion or never engage to begin with (there are= =20 many silent members of this listserv) it is not necessarily because= =20 they are not interested or fleeing a disagreement. There are only so= =20 many hours in the day and many other responsibilities and commitments= . > I hope you plan to return to this problem at some point, at le= ast ot the >consideration of a principle of nomenclatural freedom. Regardless of= whether >the Pan convention will or will not be mandated, we also need to add= ress the issue of whether it will be USED. Although this has been said before, I want to reiterate that there is= =20 no plan to mandate the Pan convention. What we are proposing is only= =20 a recommendation that it be used. Phil --=20 Philip D. Cantino Professor and Associate Chair Department of Environmental and Plant Biology Ohio University Athens, OH 45701-2979 U.S.A. Phone: (740) 593-1128; 593-1126 Fax: (740) 593-1130 e-mail: cantino@ohio.edu