Re: GSA Vanity Press for Paleontologists

[kaesler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Roger L. Kaesler)]

Dear colleagues,

Stephen Hasiotis has raised a question about my reply to Peter Sheehan's
message regarding the $15 fee that GSA intends to impose on abstracts.  I
am sorry if my message gave the wrong idea.  The fee would presumably apply
to any abstract accepted for presentation at a GSA convention.  It would
apply to abstracts of paleontology papers that are submitted as well as to
any other sort of paper.  I am aware of no bias against paleontology at the
GSA, and this fee is certainly not an indication of bias since it is
directed at all abstracts.  The members of the PS Council seem always to
have had a good relationship with the GSA, and because of the long
relationship between GSA and the Paleontological Society, paleontology
sometimes seems to occupy a rather special positon.  The abstract fee may
be a bad idea, but it is not directed solely at paleontologists.

Best wishes,

Roger

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Roger L. Kaesler
Paleontological Institute
The University of Kansas
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