[CPN] Recent items for discussion

[David Marjanovic]

>  Given that I have already expressed myself recently, I would simply
>  like to comment on Richard's second alternative for the companion
>  volume, namely leaving out some submissions because Jacques does not
>  take the required time to deal with them. I think that this is really
>  not as good as adding a second VP editor because what kind of message
>  would that send to the rest of the systematic community about the
>  ISPN? That we are an inefficient, irresponsible organization that
>  asks colleagues to devote much of their precious time in preparing
>  papers, and then, that we are going to leave them out because ONE of
>  our members, to whom we gave an important role seven years ago (the
>  decision was made at the Paris meeting, as I recall, in 2004), has
>  not been able to do it efficiently enough? And because we were unable
>  or unwilling to do anything about that? That would be terrible, I
>  think, in terms of public relations.

Well... yeah. Exactly.

Besides, adding an editor would go some way towards counteracting the 
apparently common perception that the PhyloCode is the pet project of 
very few people.