Subject: AAZN support (fwd)

From: Robert William Longair <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 1995 14:33:09 MDT

Al Norrbom has asked me to forward the following message which
appeared previously on the list in a a somewhat truncated form.
He sends his apologies.

Forwarded message:
>
> American Association for Zoological Nomenclature
> c/o National Museum of Natural History, MRC 168
> Washington, D.C. 20560  U.S.A.
> tel. (202) 382-1795, fax (202) 786-9422
> e-mail [email-masked]
>
> April 3, 1995
>
> Dear Colleague:
>
> We are asking for your financial support for the American
> Association for Zoological Nomenclature (AAZN) because you realize
> the importance to the systematics community of the International
> Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN).  The ICZN is the
> custodian and arbiter of the rules that permit zoological taxonomy
> to function.  This role is now particularly important as the
> zoological community debates the contents of the next edition of
> the International Code for Zoological Nomenclature, a draft of
> which is scheduled to appear this year (AAZN will circulate it to
> members and other interested parties).
>
> The AAZN was established primarily to provide financial support to
> the ICZN and to disseminate information and stimulate discussion of
> topics concerning zoological nomenclature in North America.  Active
> membership in AAZN includes 28 organizations and approximately 200
> individuals.
>
> The financial status of the ICZN is poor and deteriorating.
> Although expenses, especially salaries, have been cut repeatedly
> over several years and are now at a functional minimum, a deficit
> continues to accrue.  The ICZN's income is derived from donations
> and sales of publications (these were approximately 45% and 55%,
> respectively, of total income in 1994).  Last year, the AAZN
> contributed about 23% of the donations, British organizations and
> individuals about 44%, and other sources the remainder.  Although
> those who contribute to AAZN are doing their part, overall the
> systematics communities in North America and other relatively
> wealthy nations are failing to provide adequate support for the
> ICZN.
>
> If you are not a member, we ask you to join the AAZN.  If you are
> a member, please invite your colleagues to join.  Dues are $20.00
> (U.S.).  Another way you could help is to ask your institution, or
> societies to which you belong, to become an institutional member.
> A list of current institutional members is attached.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ronald W. Hodges                                Leslie W. Knapp
> President                                       Pres.-Elect
>
> Allen L. Norrbom                                Jon L. Norenburg
> Treasurer                                       Secretary
>
>
>                      AAZN - List of Institutional Members
>
> American Soc. Ichthyologists & Herpetologists
> American Society Limnology & Oceanography
> American Entomological Society
> American Malacological Union
> American Museum of Natural History
> American Ornithologists' Union
> American Society of Mammalogists
> American Society of Parasitologists
> Biological Society of Washington
> Brayton H. Ransom Memorial Trust Fund
> California Academy of Sciences
> Canadian Society of Zoology
> Cincinnati Museum Natural History
> Cleveland Museum of Natural History
> Cooper Ornithological Society
> Crustacean Society
> Entomological Society of Washington
> Grice Marine Biological Laboratory
> Harold W. Manter Laboratory
> Helminthological Soc of Washington
> Herpetologists' League
> International Society of Hymenopterists
> Lepidopterists' Society
> National Museum of Natural History
> Pacific Coast Entomological Society
> Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
> Southwestern Entomological Society
> Wilson Ornithological Society
> :
>
>