Hi George,
A hearty THANK YOU to you for starting and maintaining the list, and
to John Bishop for keeping it going.
I am always happy to see a post to the list, it keeps me connected to
the rest of the world's tunicate loves.
Happy tunicate hunting!
Billie
On Feb 8, 2010, at 11:50 AM, George Mackie wrote:
> Hi, I have asked John Bishop to take over the management of this
> list. I
> started the list in 2000 as I felt that tunicates were important
> enough and
> had enough people working on them to have their own list like other
> major
> invert groups (Cnidaria, Porifera etc). The list was originally
> part of
> Mailbase but the archives from that period were transferred to
> Jiscmail and
> are viewable along with more recent contributions.
> Some of the discussions from the early years are still worth
> checking out,
> for instance the fascinating series of contributions on Edible
> Ascidians in
> 2005!
> It is the the list owner's privilege to steer the list in any
> direction
> he/she feels appropriate, or to terminate it if it doesn't seem to be
> serving a useful purpose. Lists come and go as scientific interests
> shift
> and evolve. It has been fun doing this, and not a lot of work. Good
> luck,
> John! All the best, George
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