Outreach newsletter

[James Mahaffy <mahaffy@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sally,

	I would like a copy, but I suspect there will be enough folks that
would be interested that it might be worthwhile either posting the first
issue to paleonet or placing it on paleonet's gopher (with instructions
to the less computer literate as to how to get it).
	If I am wrong, since I took the risk of posting this to paleonet, I
am sure some folks will tell you. 


> 
> Stephane, I do not know if this is of interest to you or not, but the 
> Society of Vertebrate Paleontology established the Outreach Committee in 
> 1992 for the specific purpose of encouraging productive working 
> relationships between amateur and professional palaeontologists. The 
> first issue of the Outreach newsletter is about to go out, and I would be 
> delighted to send you a copy by e- or snail-mail. The only problems we 
> have so far are (1) I gravely underestimated the level of interest this 
> would appeal to, and am (pleasantly) swamped by the initial response, 
> and (2) we have found that the terms "amateur" and "professional" have 

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