[CPN] Art. 1.1 and the term "taxon" in the PhyloCode; PLEASE VOTE

[Cantino, Philip]

Dear CPN members,

Kevin de Q. and I also both like Michel's changes, and I have noted the font size mismatch that Michel pointed out.  Since no one else has spoken up in opposition to them or brought up any other issues, I am now going to call a vote on the entire package of changes.  The set we are now voting on includes Michel's two changes.  I have attached the revised documents to this message.

Please send your vote to the listserv by Friday.  Thank you.
(Michel, there is no need to vote again.  I am counting your vote as a Yes since you already told us that you agree with the proposal including your two wording changes.)

Phil


On Feb 23, 2013, at 5:46 PM, Kevin Padian wrote:

> If Phil and Kevin are okay with Michel's changes, I'd support them.  As to
> "Division I: Principles", I am happy for clarification of the roles of
> "taxon" and "clade" in specific instances, whenever users would benefit
> from differentiating between (or including) names of entitites and the
> entities themselves.  -- kp
>
>
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>>     I agree with the changes, but I propose two minor wording changes
>> (pp. 4 and 28), and I found a minor format (font size) problem on p. 85.
>> These are tracked and appear in a different color than Phil's changes.
>>
>>     Cheers,
>>
>>     Michel
>>
>> On 21/02/13 20:06, Philip Cantino wrote:
>>> Dear CPN members,
>>>
>>> Another left over from last year's discussions is use of the term
>>> "taxon" in the PhyloCode.  In a Sept. 29 message, David M. suggested
>>> that "taxon" be defined differently than it currently is.  He also
>>> suggested that many of the uses of "taxon" and "taxa" in the code could
>>> be omitted or replaced with "clade" and "clades".  Kevin and I agree
>>> with David's suggestion in general but not in every particular.
>>>
>>> I have attached two files to this message.  The one that I encourage you
>>> to read first is "Taxon and Art. 1.1.docx", which provides the current
>>> wordings of Art. 1.1 and the glossary definition of "taxon", and and our
>>> proposed new wordings.  The new wordings will bring the article and the
>>> glossary entry into full agreement, which is not currently the case.
>>> The new wording also makes it clearer that the term "taxon" has a
>>> general meaning in systematics that extends beyond this code.
>>>
>>> The file called "Taxon"-related changes.doc includes the entire code
>>> (vers. 4c) with scattered minor wording changes, most of which relate to
>>> the word "taxon".  You will need to turn on the Track Changes function
>>> of Word to see the changes in this document.
>>>
>>> Please look these two documents over soon and send your comments to the
>>> listserv.   Let's tentatively set Feb. 26 (next Tuesday) as a target
>>> date to call a vote unless substantial discussion develops before then.
>>> If anyone would like more time, please let me know.
>>>
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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