Re: Neil Carroll's last IAS Newsletter
- Subject: Re: Neil Carroll's last IAS Newsletter
- From: B* F*
- Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 22:52:49 -0500 (CDT)
This is rather late to answer but some of us did not get to it until this point.
I have heard reference to this message, but I am glad I went back and read it.
Aroideana/scientific, Newsletter/little guy informative growing/timely. That is
the way it originally was. How it becomes is certainly open to judgment of those
who do it for the benefit of the group. I am glad to see a softening of that
rigid concept with Aroideana. It should be interesting!
Betsy
Peter Boyce wrote:
> Betsy
>
> Your email rather gives the impression that you think Aroideana is simply a
> vox pop. for the few 'scientists' who happen to belong to the IAS and that
> the Newsletter is the for the real hard-core aroid folks who 'love their
> plants' but whose writings and views are only worth putting into an
> ephemeral publication. I think that does these folks a grave injustice.
>
> The fact of the matter is that if all Aroideana is viewed as is a scientific
> journal that, like so many others, is flicked through once and then
> consigned to a shelf then there is something seriously wrong with the
> Journal. Check out 'Palms' (aka Principes), no less scientific and erudite
> than Aroideana but with a good selection of 'amateur'; stuff, and ask
> yourself if that's not where Aroideana should be aiming.
>
> Pete
