I like the idea of James S. of the gmail group like geomorph and many others e.g Evoldir. not having Dennis with us anymore maybe James can act as moderator of the gmail group of course if he want.
Nevertheless, Jim comments about morphometrics society also is not a bad idea to create... could be a great opportunity to organize more transversal meetings to future... Best Hugo El lunes, 1 de julio de 2019, F. James Rohlf <f.james.ro...@stonybrook.edu> escribió: > That is an interesting suggestion. Whatever we do next it should not > depend on any single individual. A problem is that we do not have a > morphometrics society or an editor of a journal that could take ownership > of morphmet. > > > > Jim > > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > > F. James Rohlf, Distinguished Prof. Emeritus > > [image: univautosig] > > Depts. of Anthropology and of Ecology & Evolution > > > > > > *From:* Murat Maga <m...@uw.edu> > *Sent:* Monday, July 1, 2019 3:03 AM > *To:* K. James Soda <k.jamess...@gmail.com>; MORPHMET < > morphmet@morphometrics.org> > *Subject:* RE: [MORPHMET] Morphmet in the Future > > > > Dear Morphmet community, > > > > Couple weeks prior to his sudden demise, I suggested Dennis to consider > moving the morphmet at some point to a modern forum platform that support > markups, code formatting and inline images. > > > > You can check out https://discourse.slicer.org to see one in action. The > main benefit that I see is the potential for a more community build up and > engagement. For people who prefer to receive messages as emails (myself > included), they can configure their accounts to subscribe to messages. > > > > Discourse is open-source and free to install and to use on ones own > servers. There are various hosted options for a small fee too, > https://www.discourse.org/pricing. > > > > It is sad having to talk about changes so soon after Dennis’s passing, but > I thought it is an appropriate discussion to have. > > > > M > > > > > > *From:* K. James Soda <k.jamess...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Saturday, June 29, 2019 9:10 PM > *To:* MORPHMET <morphmet@morphometrics.org> > *Subject:* [MORPHMET] Morphmet in the Future > > > > Dear Fellow Morphometricians, > > > I want to give a quick comment about the future of morphmet after Dennis's > passing so that any necessary changes will not come as a surprise. Please > rest assure that it is not a question of whether morphmet will continue but > rather if any different procedures will be required to make or view posts. > Right now, morphmet is linked to morphometrics.org, which is a domain > that belonged to Dennis himself. As a result, it is possible that, at some > point in the future, morphmet may temporarily go down if the > morphmetrics.org domain becomes unavailable. > > What does this mean for you as a member? Right now, very little. You can > continue to post to morphmet and new members can join morphmet without > interruption. If in the future, this ceases to be the case, you will > receive an invitation to a near identical Google group that will function > in the same manner as morphmet has operated since the 2014 transition. > Invitations will likely be distributed over the course of two to three > days. The invitation email will include instructions on any changes to the > submission process, which will likely only include a new email address for > making posts and a new web address for the forum. > > If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me either on or off > of the list (k.jamess...@gmail.com). > > Best regards, > > James Soda > > ######################################################################## > Interim Moderator > (Soon to be) Assistant Professor > Department of Mathematics > Quinnipiac University > Hamden, CT 06518 > ######################################################################## > > -- > MORPHMET may be accessed via its webpage at http://www.morphometrics.org > --- > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to morphmet+unsubscr...@morphometrics.org. > > -- > MORPHMET may be accessed via its webpage at http://www.morphometrics.org > --- > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to morphmet+unsubscr...@morphometrics.org. > > -- > MORPHMET may be accessed via its webpage at http://www.morphometrics.org > --- > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to morphmet+unsubscr...@morphometrics.org. > -- *Dr. Hugo A. Benítez* Departamento de Recursos Ambientales Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas Universidad de Tarapacá Research Associate, University of Cambridge Museum of Zoology External Researcher Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb website: http://www.morphoshape.com <http://www.hugoabenitez.com> workphone: +56582386136 -- MORPHMET may be accessed via its webpage at http://www.morphometrics.org --- To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to morphmet+unsubscr...@morphometrics.org.
