[meteorite-list] Technical question about NomCom and Bulletin
From: Martin Altmann <altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 12:51:46 +0200 Message-ID: <002101cb049d$187be360$6502a8c0_at_name86d88d87e2> Hello, I have a question, whether the vote of the Nomenclature Committee of the Meteoritical Society has to be unanimous, that a new meteorite will be recognized? I got somewhat worried, when I read the last "Minutes of the Council" of the MetSoc: http://www.meteoriticalsociety.org/newsletter/2009%20Mar%20minutes.pdf There under 6): "The nomcom is also still struggling with the question of how to handle meteorites that may be illegally exported from their countries of origin; some members will not vote to approve names for such meteorites." Has this happened already and which meteorites were afflicted? I'm worried, that the scientific quality of the Meteoritical Bulletin as THE standard reference source for all meteorites and that for generations of researchers and collectors could strongly deteriorate, if that position has an influence on the recognition process. And I think, that position isn't conform to the guidelines for NomCom. See: 1.1 Objectives http://www.meteoriticalsociety.org/bulletin/nc-guidelines.htm Also MetSoc states on the homepage: http://www.meteoriticalsociety.org/ "The Meteoritical Society is the organization that records all known meteorites in its Meteoritical Bulletin" (The actual members of the Nomcom you'll find here: http://www.meteoriticalsociety.org/bulletin/TermExpirations.htm ) Thanks, Martin Received on Sat 05 Jun 2010 06:51:46 AM PDT |
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