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<DIV>Dear Coral listers,<BR><BR>Not being an ISRS member, I strongly encourage
consideration of this<BR>proposition.<BR><BR>The potential value of the public
having direct on-line access to precisely<BR>this type of information cannot be
over-estimated.<BR><BR>If you want to increase your society's contribution, help
people to inform,<BR>educate and cultivate
themselves.<BR><BR>
sincerely,
regards,<BR><BR>
Shaw Thacher<BR><BR><BR><BR>Shaw Thacher, Project Manager<BR>Atlantic
CoastWatch<BR><BR>Sustainable Development Institute<BR>3121 South St.,
NW<BR>Washington, DC 20007<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.susdev.org">www.susdev.org</A><BR><A
href="http://www.atlanticcoastwatch.org">www.atlanticcoastwatch.org</A><BR><A
href="http://www.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org">www.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org</A><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>-----
Original Message -----<BR>From: "FA Zapata" <<A
href="mailto:fazapata@zoology.up.ac.za">fazapata@zoology.up.ac.za</A>><BR>To:
"'Terry Done'" <<A href="mailto:tdone@aims.gov.au">tdone@aims.gov.au</A>>;
<<A
href="mailto:coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov">coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov</A>><BR>Sent:
Thursday, June 07, 2001 5:20 AM<BR>Subject: RE: Message for ISRS
Members<BR><BR><BR>> Dear Coral listers and ISRS memebers,<BR>><BR>>
Knowing that I may be entering rough waters, with all due respect to Dr.<BR>>
Done and ISRS members, and not knowing what kind of problems are
causing<BR>the<BR>> delay in the publication of Coral Reefs and what sort of
negotiations are<BR>> being worked out with Springer-Verlag, isn't it perhaps
time to<BR>re-evaluate<BR>> how the society should publish its journal (Coral
Reefs)?</DIV></BODY></HTML>