Hi All
For what it is worth I have been greatly enjoying learning about guinea
pigs and generally having a sense of what my colleagues are interested in
outside my own area of research, plus now I know what to tell students who
are interested in topics like guinea pig domestication (which is actually
rather fascinating). I certainly don't mind reading the posts, even if there
isn't anything I can contribute. I know our students are very avid lurkers
too. So I think you are all doing good and the zooarch list is often the
best thing in my in box every day. Certainly better than updates from our
pension fund.
All the best and best wishes for the holidays
Tom
Dr. Thomas H. McGovern, Prof.
Director, Hunter College Zooarchaeology Laboratory
Coordinator, CUNY Doctoral Program Archaeology
Coordinator, North Atlantic Biocultural Organization (NABO)
Address:
Dept. of Anthropology
Hunter College CUNY
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New York, N.Y.10021
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lab phone 212 772 5656
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From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Umberto Albarella
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 5:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] On requests for help on various topics
Dear Zooarchers,
I very much agree with Richard's suggestion and I hope it'll be taken on
board.
However, I would still like to encourage members to hit the reply-to-all
button, as this list is also for discussion and not just for information
exchange. Quite often people send comments in addition to references and
those
contribute to make zooarch more lively. Jacqui and I have many times
encouraged
people to reply to the list, but of course at the end of the day is up to
the
individuals to decide whether they want to share their messages or not.
People who have been on this list for a while will remember that a few years
ago
we considered the possibility of reverting back to the situation we had at
the
beginning when by hitting just 'reply' we would reply to the whole list (an
option we had changed because often private messages were sent to the list
by
mistake). We asked for opinions and a slight majority of members agreed to
have
the format which is now in place. I still think this was the right choice
but
of course the drawback is that many people just can't be bothered to hit the
'reply'to'all' button and therefore a lot of useful knowledge is lost to the
list. I can only conclude that the world is an imperfect place and so is
Zooarch.
Cheers,
Umberto
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Umberto Albarella
Department of Archaeology
University of Sheffield
Northgate House
West Street
Sheffield S1 4ET
United Kingdom
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