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Announcement from Alistair Hay

From owner-floramalesiana@herbarium.ukm.my  Fri Aug  7 11:26:00 1998
To: Multiple recipients of list floramalesiana 
From: alistair_hay_at_po-sydney@rbgsyd.GOV.AU
Date:  Wed, 05 Aug 98 13:12:08 +1000
Subject:  FM WEBSITE

     Dear All,
     
     Following discussion at KL of the FM website, Marco proposed 
     responsibilities as follows -
     
     Kamarudin Mat-Salleh (UKM): 
     - general maintenance
     - data bases (participants in the network, their addresses, taxa, 
     etc.;
     ongoing projects, potential PhD/MSc projects; expert groups, family 
     teams, etc.)
     (available info will be provided by Marco)
     
     Marco Roos (RHHB):
     - general items (e.g. FM Bulletin, publications, 
     Introductions/summaries
     FM volumes, Board meetings, etc.)
     - Bibliography
     
     Alistair Hay (NSW):
     - format/lay-out front pages/PR
     - fund raising
     
     Main site will be at UKM, mirror sites in CSIRO (Jim Croft) and RHHB 
     (Marco Roos, Peter Hovenkamp).
     
     BEFORE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT FORMAT AND CONTENT, WE NEED INPUT FROM 
     MEMBERS OF THE FM NETWORK ON WHAT YOU SEE AS THE PURPOSE OF THE 
     WEBSITE.
     
     As I see it (off the top of my head), vital roles are to 
     
     1. Capture the interest of people outside the systematics community as 
     a mid/long-term strategy for generating support for FM (sens. lat.)- 
     students, government & non-government environmental/conservation 
     organisations, `natural history' societies etc., biodiversity-related 
     industries and govt. departments, corporations and so on. i.e. The 
     Glamour bit (!)
     
     2. Promote the FM network/organisation as one which is doing and 
     delivering unique, valuable, relevant work, which has a significant 
     environmental role, which is cost effective, which is a focus of 
     excellence drawing top expertise from all over the world, which is 
     responsive to changing demands, technology, issues etc., and which is 
     a desirable and worthwhile vehicle for sponsorship and other funding. 
     i.e. The Substance/Impact, profile-raising bit
     
     3. Inform the broader community of news, views etc. and provide 
     information for people within the network of publications, fieldwork, 
     Board deliberations, projects, teams etc. etc. etc. i.e. The 
     Communication/Process facilitation bit
     
     Any thoughts on the roles? as well as ideas for content, format?
     
     Alistair Hay