RE: paleonet superiority!

["Andrew Rindsberg" <arindsberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dr. Peterson,

Thank you. It sounds like you have an interesting research position. Tell us
about it if you like.

I read about the certification programs in a fairly recent (3-4 years old?)
issue of Geotimes. Normally I'd hie over to the library to seek it out,
since it was a good article, but am out of time because I am traveling
tomorrow. Anyway, there seems to be a lot on this topic available on the
Web.

A quick search on Yahoo for "paleontology certification Denver" yielded 306
hits, including a GSA abstract by Kirk Johnson, THE CERTIFICATION IN
PALEONTOLOGY PROGRAM AT THE DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE:
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2001AM/finalprogram/abstract_27741.htm

If anyone who is involved with this or a similar program would like to
describe how it works, here is your opportunity. It would make interesting
reading. (Extra credit for positive thinking!)

Cheers,
Andrew

Andrew K. Rindsberg
Geological Survey of Alabama

> -----Original Message-----
> From: paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk [mailto:paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk]On
> Behalf Of Dawn Peterson
> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 3:34 PM
> To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: paleonet superiority!
>
>
> Dr. Rindsberg,
>
> I wonder I you or another PaleoNet subscriber could expand a bit
> on programs
> to develop semi-professional certifications at the Utah Geological Survey
> and the Denver Museum of Natural History. I am a "full-time"
> semi-professional (micropaleontology: ostracoda). Enquiring minds want to
> know!
>
> Dawn Peterson
> Research Associate
> Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology
> California Academy of Sciences
> Golden Gate Park
> San Francisco, CA 94118-4599
>