[CPN] committee on electronic publication of names governed by PhyloCode

[Michel Laurin]

Thanks Mike,

     These are excellent news. I am in favor of all of you helping Nico 
with this.

     Cheers,

     Michel

On 01/11/12 16:34, Mike Keesey wrote:
> I asked Michael Taylor, co-author of some of the Companion Volume's 
> entries (on Sauropodomorpha). I thought of him because 1) he's 
> professionally a programmer (although with a doctorate in biology), 2) 
> he's a strong advocate of electronic publication (on the blog he 
> co-runs, "Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week": http://svpow.com/), 
> and 3) he's a strong PhyloCode advocate.
>
> Here's his response:
>
> "Yes, I'd be happy to help with this. I'd also like to suggest 
> inviting Ellinor Michel to help out in an advisory role, since she 
> just finished steering the ICZN through this process, and is generally 
> very helpful person."
>
> Here's Mike Taylor's website: http://www.miketaylor.org.uk/
>
> I volunteer for this committee as well, since we want some CPN members 
> on it.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 6:22 AM, Cantino, Philip <cantino at ohio.edu 
> <mailto:cantino at ohio.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Dear CPN members,
>
>     Nico Cellinese has offered to take the lead in developing wording
>     for the PhyloCode to permit electronic publication of clade names.
>      This is an issue that has arisen repeatedly in CPN discussion,
>     and it is my impression that most or all of us would like to
>     revise Article 4 to permit electronic publication.  Nico is an
>     ideal person to undertake this because she has a lot of experience
>     with bioinformatics.  However, she would like to work with a small
>     committee on it, and of course whatever the committee comes up
>     with will have to be approved by the CPN before it is incorporated
>     in the code.
>
>     I am writing to find out who among the CPN members would like to
>     work with Nico on this.  Also, if you want to suggest someone who
>     is not on the CPN but is both knowledgeable about electronic
>     publication and supportive of (or at least not opposed to)
>     phylogenetic nomenclature, please do.
>
>     I hope that at least two CPN members will volunteer to work with
>     Nico on this.
>
>     On an unrelated issue,*please remember to vote on the code changes
>     related to the CBM proposal. * I sent the final version to the CPN
>     on Monday, asking for a vote by the end of the day on Friday, but
>     so far only a few people have voted (Mike, the two Kevins, and
>     Michel; I also vote yes).
>
>     Phil
>
>
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