[CPN] Fwd: next set of CBM-related proposals

Michel Laurin michel.laurin at upmc.fr
Mon Oct 8 16:20:35 EDT 2012


Dear Phil,

     Sure, this is a reasonable request. I have no problem with that.

     Cheers,

     Michel

On 08/10/12 21:48, Cantino, Philip wrote:
> Dear CPN members,
>
> I said I would call for a vote on these proposals today, but I don't 
> think we are ready to.  Although only one person suggested changes, 
> David M. suggested quite a number of them.  I need time to discuss 
> these with Kevin and return to the CPN with a revision to be voted on. 
>  This may take a few days.
>
> In order not to delay our response to the authors of the CBM proposal, 
> I would like to delay consideration of David's suggestions concerning 
> the definition and use of the term "taxon" (detailed in the second of 
> his two Sept. 29 messages).  That series of proposed changes is only 
> tangentially related to the species issue and will take some time for 
> Kevin and me to work through.  I think this is better done after we 
> finish with the CBM-related changes.
>
> Phil
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> *From: *"Cantino, Philip" <cantino at ohio.edu <mailto:cantino at ohio.edu>>
>> *Date: *September 24, 2012 11:15:49 AM EDT
>> *To: *Committee on Phylogenetic Nomenclature <cpn at listserv.ohio.edu 
>> <mailto:cpn at listserv.ohio.edu>>
>> *Subject: **[CPN] next set of CBM-related proposals*
>>
>> Dear CPN members,
>>
>> While the committee is voting on whether to delete Rec. 11.4B (see my 
>> previous email), we can also be discussing the next set of proposed 
>> changes that were stimulated by the CBM species proposal.  Kevin and 
>> I have worked out wording for most of the changes that the CPN agreed 
>> to consider (see attached document).  The only one we have not yet 
>> worked on is Art. 21, which will be more difficult.  In the process 
>> of thinking about the attached changes, we noticed a few other 
>> related ones that we feel should be made in the glossary, and these 
>> are also included in the attached document.
>>
>> Please think about all the changes in the attachment and send your 
>> comments to the listserv.  We are not yet voting on these; this is 
>> the discussion period.  How about if we give ourselves two weeks for 
>> discussion?  Unless someone asks for more time, I will call for a 
>> vote on Monday, Oct. 8.  In the meanwhile, I will work on the 
>> proposed modifications to Art. 21, some of which came from me and 
>> some from David M.  I don't know whether I will be able to complete 
>> these by Oct. 8 because I'll be out of town eight days of that period.
>>
>> Phil
>>
>>
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