<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>In our vote to reject the CMB proposal, there was overwhelming support to identify aspects of the CMB proposal that could be incorporated into the code - so I would like to begin this discussion.</div><div><br></div><div>In responding, several people suggested a similar change that they would like to discuss - basically, a modification of the definition of the term "species" to make it more neutral with respect to species concepts.</div><div><br></div><div>Kevin, would you like to start this discussion?</div><div><br></div><div>Are there other aspects of CMB that we would like to consider for incorporation into the code?</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Dave</div><div><div apple-content-edited="true">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div>_________________________________<br>David C. Tank<br>Assistant Professor & Director, Stillinger Herbarium<br>University of Idaho<br>208.885.7033<br><a href="mailto:dtank@uidaho.edu">dtank@uidaho.edu</a><br>http://www.phylodiversity.net/dtank/</div></span>
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