[NHCOLL-L:1969] Re: Fwd: Re: Ironic Quotes from Bioscience

[carabid at mpm.edu]

The Natural Science Collections Alliance as I understand it was under its
former name started by museum directors and reflects their concerns. I do
not think it is the type of Society that scientists could go to and present
papers about their research. It seems to be primarily a lobby organization
and is controlled by museum directors or CEO-- no reason why they should not
have such a society. We need something to represent the discipline of
systematics per se, not just natural science collections.

Gerald R. Noonan Ph.D.
Curator of Coleoptera
Milwaukee Public Museum
800 West Wells Street
Milwaukee WI 53233
e-mail: carabid at mpm.edu
office telephone: (414) 278-2762
fax: (414) 278-6100
WWW homepage: http://www.mpm.edu/collect/gary.html 


-----Original Message-----
From: Panza, Robin [mailto:PanzaR at CarnegieMuseums.Org]
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 3:50 PM
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Subject: [NHCOLL-L:1968] Re: Fwd: Re: Ironic Quotes from Bioscience


>>>From: carabid at mpm.edu [mailto:carabid at mpm.edu]
Unfortunately we do not have a single systematics organization that all of
us can regularly attend and participate in. We are split up into ologies,
entomology, botany,  mammology, ornithology, etc. The Society of Systematic
Biology used to be for systematists but now as far as I can tell from the
Journal is only for molecular workers. <<<

What about the Natural Science Collections Alliance (formerly Association of
Systematics Collections)?  It is an association for professionals in NH
museums and collections, rather than specifically systematists (some of whom
are not associated with a collection), but it is definitely a national
advocacy organization for museum collections and organism-based systematics.


Anyone who feels the lack of organization should join NSCA and help it to
become more powerful by representing more people.

Usual disclaimers apply.

Robin K Panza
Section of Birds, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
4400 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh  PA  15213  USA
phone:  412-622-3255
fax:  412-622-8837
panzar at carnegiemuseums.org