Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Re: nanfa-l-digest V1 #42
dlmcneely at lunet.edu
Date: Mon Sep 13 2004 - 11:05:00 CDT
Well, of course, a 'Minnow" is any member of the family cyprinidae. My original thought was "shiner" rather than minnow, and I mentioned that on the list. In keeping with trying to provide a stake for as wide a number of people and states as possible, I moved to the minnow, because every state except Hawaii has native minnow. But as I said, my desire is to get this thing moving, a resolution drafted by someone (our representatives for association action of course are the BOD members), and a contact with members of congress done.
So, BOD, can we vote in some manner? As someone else suggested, maybe through American Currents? But on-line should work, too, if there is a mechanism to make sure that only members vote (OR, if we can keep lmb off the list of candidates?).
Dave
David L. McNeely, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
Langston University; P.O. Box 1500
Langston, OK 73050; email: dlmcneely at lunet.edu
telephone: (405) 466-6025; fax: 405) 466-3307
home page http://www.lunet.edu/mcneely
"Where are we going?" "I don't know, are we there yet?"
----- Original Message -----
From: Traci Greve <rnbwdarter at yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, September 10, 2004 6:02 pm
Subject: NANFA-L-- Re: nanfa-l-digest V1 #42
>
> I think the "the minnow" may be a little too generic. To some
> people a minnow is anything that is small and isn't a game
> species. How about a more scientific grouping like the sucker,
> madtom or darter? I'd be up for that. "The darter" is precise, yet
> there is a wide diversity in darters.
>
> Traci
>
>
> <I still go for the generic fish, that lives in both Alaska and
> Florida
> (say, "the minnow"). We could provide an excellent rationale for
> designating not a single species but a group the "National Fish."
> After
> all, isn't America about diversity?>
>
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Do you Yahoo!?
> New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages!
/-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/ This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes
/ Association (NANFA). Comments made on this list do not necessarily
/ reflect the beliefs or goals of NANFA. For more information about NANFA,
/ visit http://www.nanfa.org . Please make sure all posts to nanfa-l are
/ consistent with the guidelines as per
/ http://www.nanfa.org/archive/nanfa/guidelines.html. To subscribe,
/ unsubscribe, or get help, visit the NANFA email list home page and
/ archive at http://www.nanfa.org/archive/nanfa/.
: Fri Dec 31 2004 - 11:27:18 CST