Dear Ed,
I am really puzzled by this initiative. It assumes that there is a
pre-formed "collective opinion" out there, independent from and unaffected
by the exchanges of views that have taken place on this BB, that would be
worth more than the conclusions we might reach by pursuing these exchanges.
The thread you are obviously deciding to dissociate yourself from was
initiated in response to a suggestion that views on this topic would
usefully be aired publicly on this BB rather than posted off-list to Tom
Terwilliger, who immediately agreed that this was a good idea and has been
very supportive of this discussion.
Shouldn't we continue to try and put our heads together to reach a
consensus, rather than collect opinions that may be little more than prior
prejudices?
What shall we gain by such a vote? I may be misunderstanding what you
have in mind, of course :-) .
With best wishes,
Gerard.
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On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 12:08:24PM -0400, Ed Pozharski wrote:
> I am curious as to what the collective opinion on the raw data
> deposition actually is across the cross-section of the macromolecular
> crystallography community subscribed to the bb. So, if you have a
> second and a formed opinion on the idea of the depositions of the raw
> data, please vote here
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3qlwwsh
>
> I'll post the results as soon as they look settled.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ed.
>
> --
> "Hurry up before we all come back to our senses!"
> Julian, King of Lemurs
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