[MassChestnutOrchards] Feedback needed: MA/RI Chapter Data Permissions (Database Project)

[Mirick, John O.]

At the risk of being too provocative, can anyone articulate a reason to RESTRICT use of our data?  For publication or otherwise?  (I appreciate that I'm approaching this issue as a layperson, rather than as a graduate student or faculty member.)  But if someone in a university program wants to review our data and write a paper, say on the growth rate of BC3 crosses in glacial till in Zone 4 in Massachusetts as compared to sandy soil in Zone 5, or on survival rate of germinated seeds with irrigation systems as compared to occasional watering by hand, or on the incidence of deer browse and the success of counter-measures, isn't it in the interests of re-introducing the chestnuts to have as many such studies as possible out there?

Absent a contrary direction from National, or a really compelling  reason for restriction, I would allow access and use to all, including access and use for publication.

John

From: masschestnutorchards-bounces at masschestnut.org [mailto:masschestnutorchards-bounces at masschestnut.org] On Behalf Of Yvonne Federowicz
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 11:39 AM
To: masschestnutorchards at masschestnut.org
Subject: Re: [MassChestnutOrchards] Feedback needed: MA/RI Chapter Data Permissions (Database Project)

Are folks saying that they think everyone should have standing permission to publish using our data?  (That wasn't exactly what our meeting Motion implied, from my perspective.)

Thanks. Yvonne


On 1/25/10 11:14 AM, "Guy Shepard" <tsuga35 at aol.com> wrote:
I go along with Mike, let anyone use it until national says something, we are helping american forests.
Guy



-----Original Message-----
From: Federowicz, Yvonne Marie <Yvonne_Federowicz at brown.edu>
To: masschestnutorchards at masschestnut.org
Sent: Mon, Jan 25, 2010 9:38 am
Subject: [MassChestnutOrchards] Feedback needed: MA/RI Chapter Data Permissions (Database Project)


Hello - the  group of TACF national & chapter people working on the database
would like feedback re. this Motion that MA/RI came up with in our January
meeting.

I know we aren't in a Board meeting so we can't have an ideal discussion of
this, but they would like feedback so your considered ideas are very welcome.

They would like to know:

(1.)  Who in our chapter would approve use of the MA/RI data;

(2.) Does everyone need permission from the group in (1.)  to publish using this
data?
      This could include:
       a.) TACF national staff
       b.) MA/RI board members, chapter members
       c.) Outside (academic/research) persons
       d.) Anyone else you can think of here?

We could also give certain people or groups "standing permission"; I think that
at the least,  we probably would give MA/RI Board members such permission,
otherwise Charlotte couldn't even make lists from the data for presentation,
without us taking a vote. (we discussed this some)

*************
* Motion:
* 01/1010
*************

* We strongly feel that it is important for our data (both summaries and raw) to
be viewably (read access) open to chapters and TACF members and staff. However
people will need permission to use our data to publish.
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