Re: MCM - Education

[Neil Frank <nfrank@mindspring.com>]

Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 23:46:00 -0500
From: krombhol@teclink.net (Paul Krombholz)
Subject: Re: MCM - Education
>I have these pictures you sent me, Karen, and I am assuming that the intent
>was for them to be available for speakers.  I can be a repository for lots
>of pictures, but I think that they should be digitized, at least the good
>ones, and that could become a little expensive.
>

Paul-- Digitizing is a fine idea. Time permitting, Bob Day (on the TAG
staff <g>) will be able to digitize for free. He has a slide scanner.


>It occurs to me that Eric Olson is doing highly useful educational work in
>his sifting of the APD for materials on various plant subjects that he has
>on the Krib.  Is there any chance that some of his collections could be
>printed in TAG?  Would getting permission of all the authors be a
>nightmare?

I like the idea.  I agree that contacting the authors for permission is
critical. Some authors may also want to first rewrite or update their ideas
before having it on the printed page. I have some posts which had some
typos or technical errors  that were noticed afterwards.. sometimes thru
followup discussion... but rarely is a revised writeup posted. In some
cases, emails have changes... so some detective work may be needed. For
example some of my posts were from my old UNC account. Screening the
information for technical content will also take time and should be lead by
a knowledgeable person. We need some volunteers... I can be involved, but
only to a minor extent. 

Neil