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Here, here! My kudos to Jere. I vote to hear everyone’s issues. Obviously, if these subjects did not involve each of us, then we wouldn’t be having these discussions. On the subject of amateurs, I hope that the scientific community will again begin to educate and inform amateurs that ‘collecting’ can be fun and exciting, but over-enthusiasm can lead to lost information or worse a valuable piece of evidence lost forever. We have seen an enormous increase in volunteers who can be of real assistance to professionals in locating paleontological sites or aiding in identifying artifacts and this is of great significance. On the other hand, I have seen an increased perception that amateurs will behave correspondingly to a particular discovery as a professional will. This is not always the case, as we have seen many new discoveries ruined by over- enthusiastic collecting. Please be careful when you collect and if you don’t wish to take the time gather all the pertinent information, ask a professional, they may be able to save a valuable piece to data. Who's up next? Curtis H. Best Molecular Archaeologist Oregon State University Ag.and Life Sciences Hall Room 1007 or 355 Weniger Hall Corvallis, OR. 97331 503-737-1792 Lab 503-737-0497 Fax Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of the imagination. John Dewey, 1929
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