Yes, Salima, I totally agree: this is an excellent group of people who
know how to be good colleagues. We are all in this TOGETHER -- what the
Zooarch list shows is how limiting, how crippling at all levels it is when
scientists of every level of experience find that they must work in an
atmosphere where competition rather than cooperation is the rule, and
where it is dangerous to ever admit that you might not know the answer to
something, that you might be puzzled about something.
What happens when the opposite atmosphere is fostered is that everyone
discovers that they are equals -- true peers, or, if you like, brothers
and sisters who share a compelling common interest. It is normal, and it
is also fulfilling, for brothers and sisters to help one another. Everyone
is equal, and yet everyone also has their special areas of expertise and
knowledge which are treasure-houses from which they can share.
As a worker not officially affiliated with a University, I remain
particularly grateful for the willingness of Zooarch list members to share
.pdf's of published papers and manuscripts -- saving me many hours of time
and much expense, because I cannot access "JSTOR" or similar services, and
must otherwise drive several hours to make use of the Davis or Berkeley
libraries. If some have thought my responses a bit prolix, you may
understand that this is why: I am merely trying to pay back.
Congratulations to Zooarch's organizers and to all who participate. Many,
many thanks -- Deb Bennett
> Dear Zooarchers,
>
> ZOOARCH is celebrating a very special day today. We have indeed reached a
> total of 1,000 subscribed addresses! Since that first day on 30th March
> 2000 when we could count as many as 20 members (!) we have come a long
> way.
> We have had eleven and half very productive years, and we hope that the
> zooarchaeology community will continue using the list as effectively as it
> has done so far.
>
> Should you want to know who your 999 colleagues are, please send the
> message 'review zooarch' to [log in to unmask] (don't include any
> other text in the body of the email).
>
> Thank you all for your great support.
>
> Best wishes,
> Jacqui & Umberto
>
> --
>
> Umberto Albarella
> Department of Archaeology
> University of Sheffield
> Northgate House
> West Street
> Sheffield S1 4ET
> United Kingdom
> Telephone: (+) 44 (0) 114 22 22 943
> Fax: (+) 44 (0) 114 27 22 563
> http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/albarella.html
> For Zooarchaeology short course see:
> http://shef.ac.uk/archaeology/research/zooarchaeology/short-course.html
> For Archaeologists for Global Justice (AGJ) see:
> http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/global-justice.html
>
> "only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned
> and the last fish been caught we will realise we cannot eat money"
>
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