Re: Neil Carroll's last IAS Newsletter

From: Betsy Feuerstein ecuador at midsouth.rr.com> on 2001.05.20 at 03:52:49(6526) 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 +More 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

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