RE: OT: PBF Project -- RIP


I joined the list after I came back from the convention.  I have no idea =
what project you are referring to.  Is it still in the archives for me to =
look up and what should I search for, i.e., what does PBF stand for?

Maureen
mark.maureen@fin.g.c.ca
Ottawa (zone 4)
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From: Sharon McAllister
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: OT: PBF Project -- RIP
Date: Tuesday, July 08, 1997 6:30PM

Rita B wrote:

:       It may be a bit early to pull the plug. =3D


Actually, I probably should have pulled the plug months ago -- but I was
hoping that the lack of submissions was due to procrastination rather tha=
=3D
n
disinterest.

:  Perhaps with some preplanning,
:  like get the idea into more heads a few months in advance and try agai=
=3D
n
:  during the coming year- giving the people from the southern hemisphere=
=3D

an
:  opportunity to participate as well.  =3D


This year, we started discussing the project before bloom started in the
south and continued as bloom progressed northward.  There was a lot of =3D

initial enthusiasm, but very few people actually got around to making the=3D
ir
observations and sending them in.   =3D


I took the analysis far enough to determine that we are woefully short of=
=3D

enough data to detect a significant trend, either geographical or
chronological.   I got only about 10% of the number of observations I
thought we'd need -- and most of them were clustered in the south and wes=
=3D
t.
 This was just enough to show that my original estimate had been on the l=
=3D
ow
side, and convince me that there's no point in extending the project
another year.

If someone else wants to volunteer to crunch the data, though....

Sharon McAllister
73372.1745@compuser.come
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