Re: coordinators

[jlipps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jere H. Lipps)]

It seems to me that the industry paleo group should be a good thing.  They
have invited non-industry types, at least on occasion.  If this serves to
focus new energy into paleo or bring new ideas to a very difficult
situation, then I welcome their efforts.  If it does not, then nothing is
lost, at least from an academic position.   However, since the health of
the industry directly impacts what academics do through jobs for their
students, subscriptions to journals, memberships in societies, donations to
societies, and even an occasional grant or consulting stint, I am all for
their efforts.  I hope the group will continue to include academics and
other paleo types so that a discipline-wide effort can be maintained.  I
wish them well in those efforts, and hope that the concern of other
industrial paleontologists is unwarranted.


Jere H. Lipps,  Director
Museum of Paleontology
University of California
Berkeley, California 94720 USA

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