Dear All, this year I have chaperoned 2 items of community concern onto the agenda of the NAS-USNCCr, the National Academies of Sciences National Committee for Crystallography.
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/biso/IUCr/ Although the USNCCr has no executive power whatsoever, we can make meaningful policy recommendations that can affect and assist the entire community. Last period we plugged the loophole of being able to retract a structure without replacement while at the same time NOT retracting the associated paper. This year's items are 1) improving the EM data (at least map) deposition process (presented by Filip) 2) the potentially wider impact of the Nature-UC boycott/feud on the community (presented by Charlie Carter) The NAS/USNCCr meetings are twice a year, and I encourage suggestions for subjects/concerns that affect the entire community and that can be addressed by policy changes/suggestions at an advisory level. Best regards, BR ----------------------------------------------------------------- Bernhard Rupp US National Academy of Sciences Committee for Crystallography 001 (925) 209-7429 +43 (676) 571-0536 [email protected] [email protected] http://www.ruppweb.org/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- The hard part about playing chicken is to know when to flinch -----------------------------------------------------------------
