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Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:34:51 -0500
From: mkirkaldy@aol.com
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Subject: Re: Aetogate: new review

On Friday, February 22 augwhite@sbcglobal.net wrote:

< Then this will be a true test of their dedication ... >
It shouldn't be a test of their dedication--it should have been an 
impartial panel which had no close personal or professional ties to the 
person in question.  They might as well have asked his mother to sit on 
the committee.
 
No ruling has been announced as yet, but the Albuquerque Journal 
published two letters to the editor today:
http://www.abqjournal.com/opinion/letters/287412opinion02-22-08.htm
(free access requires viewing a very short commercial for the newspaper)
Both pairs of letters are also available at:
    http://www.miketaylor.org.uk/dino/nm/comments.html

"Fossil Finds Must Be Shared"
"DR. ROBERT Sullivan's views about fossil specimens ('Students Don't 
Have a Bone To Pick' letter) are at odds with the practices of curators 
in most museums, based on my 30 years' experience in collections around 
the world. He maintains that because some of the fossils in question 
were collected by 'the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and 
Science, they are exclusively the research property of its staff.' "  
<...>
KEVIN PADIAN

"Museum Case Requires Inquiry"
"LAURENCE LATTMAN'S letter ('Claims Against Scientist False') states 
that the allegations against Spencer Lucas and the New Mexico Museum of 
Natural History and Science have "no merit," even though Stuart Ashman, 
secretary of the state Department of Cultural Affairs now concedes that 
they may."  <...>    MIKE TAYLOR

Mary Kirkaldy
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