PREPLIST: Preparators’ E-mail Discussion List
This E-mail list is open for anyone who is interested in technical insights. Made available by Bill Amaral, through Harvard University.
This is the Vertebrate Paleontology Preparators’ mailing list. This is a list devoted to the exchange of information, questions, opinions, etc. about preparation of vertebrate fossils. No subject, related to preparation is off-limits.
This list grew out of an informal mailing list dedicated to the creation of a FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) on preparation, this still remains a goal of this new list.
The List Rules are simple and few. No obscenity, pornography, salacious comments, etc. No personal attacks. If you don’t agree with someone’s statement, feel free to disagree but be civil about it. If we get to the “beating a dead-horse” stage on some discussion, and I get five complaints about it, or requests that we desist, I will request that those interested parties take the discussion off-line. On this list each person agrees to post in a respectful and sincere manner. We seek to enlighten each other. Debate is encouraged for honing our knowledge and thinking skills, for truth-seeking, and for clarifying our perspectives. However, flames or personal attacks will not be tolerated.
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