[CPN] Proposed revisions of Article 11--CALL FOR A VOTE

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I do as well -- kp


> Dear colleagues, 
>  
> I vote for this amendment. 
>  
> Cheers, 
>  
> Michel 
>  
> On 16/01/13 16:33, Cantino, Philip wrote: 
>> Dear CPN members, 
>>  
>> It would be helpful if everyone would vote this week.  There has been 
>> plenty of time to read the revisions (sent to you on Jan. 2). 
>>  
>> Phil 
>>  
>>  
>> On Jan 15, 2013, at 2:25 PM, de Queiroz, Kevin wrote: 
>>  
>>> Perhaps this goes without saying given that I am one of the people 
>>> proposing the changes, but I vote to approve the proposed revisions. 
>>>  
>>> Kevin 
>>>  
>>> From: <Cantino>, Phil Cantino 
>>> < cantino at ohio.edu 
<mailto: cantino at ohio.edu 
>> 
>>> Date: Monday, January 14, 2013 2:19 PM 
>>> To: Committee on Phylogenetic Nomenclature 
>>> < cpn at listserv.ohio.edu 
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>>> Subject: [CPN] Fwd: Proposed revisions of Article 11--CALL FOR A VOTE 
>>>  
>>> In the absence of a reply from David or comments from anyone else, I 
>>> think it is time to vote on this. 
>>>  
>>> Unless someone objects by tomorrow and asks for more discussion, please 
>>> start voting tomorrow on the proposed revisions of Article 11 that I 
>>> sent to the CPN on January 2. 
>>>  
>>> Phil 
>>>  
>>>  
>>>  
>>> Begin forwarded message: 
>>>  
>>> From: "Cantino, Philip" < cantino at ohio.edu 
<mailto: cantino at ohio.edu 
>> 
>>> Date: January 7, 2013 9:29:56 AM EST 
>>> To: Committee on Phylogenetic Nomenclature 
>>> < cpn at listserv.ohio.edu 
<mailto: cpn at listserv.ohio.edu 
>> 
>>> Subject: Re: [CPN] Proposed revisions of Article 11 
>>>  
>>> David, 
>>>  
>>> Can you elaborate, perhaps with an example, how the use of different 
>>> species criteria by different biologists would cause problems in the 
>>> context of this rule?  The objective of the rule is to prohibit the use 
>>> of non-type specimens as specifiers when a type could be used instead. 
>>> Differences in species criteria may certainly result in a particular 
>>> specimen being referred to different species by different people, but 
>>> can it result in a biologist concluding that the specimen can't be 
>>> assigned to any named species?  Note that the wording does not require 
>>> that the biologist who is using the specimen as a specifier be the 
>>> person who named the species or even that he/she accept the premise 
>>> that species exist. 
>>>  
>>> I said I would initiate the vote today if no one objected to the 
>>> timeline, but I'll hold off doing so until we finish discussing the 
>>> issue David has raised. 
>>>  
>>> Did no one else have any comments on the proposed revisions that I sent 
>>> on January 2? 
>>>  
>>> Phil 
>>>  
>>>  
>>> On Jan 6, 2013, at 7:55 AM, David Marjanovic wrote: 
>>>  
>>> These proposals are probably good enough in practice. The only possible 
>>> exception is in the proposed Art. 11.7: whether a specimen "cannot be 
>>> referred to a named species" will sometimes, perhaps often, depend on 
>>> the species criteria. What do you all think? 
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