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<title>Re: [MassChestnutOrchards] Feedback needed: MA/RI Chapter Data
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>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? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>John<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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masschestnutorchards-bounces@masschestnut.org
[mailto:masschestnutorchards-bounces@masschestnut.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Yvonne
Federowicz<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 25, 2010 11:39 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> masschestnutorchards@masschestnut.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [MassChestnutOrchards] Feedback needed: MA/RI Chapter Data
Permissions (Database Project)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>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.)<br>
<br>
Thanks. Yvonne<br>
<br>
<br>
On 1/25/10 11:14 AM, "Guy Shepard" <<a href="tsuga35@aol.com">tsuga35@aol.com</a>>
wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I go along with Mike, let anyone use it until
national says something, we are helping american forests.<br>
Guy<br>
<br>
<br>
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</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
From: Federowicz, Yvonne Marie <<a href="Yvonne_Federowicz@brown.edu">Yvonne_Federowicz@brown.edu</a>><br>
To: <a href="masschestnutorchards@masschestnut.org">masschestnutorchards@masschestnut.org</a><br>
Sent: Mon, Jan 25, 2010 9:38 am<br>
Subject: [MassChestnutOrchards] Feedback needed: MA/RI Chapter Data Permissions
(Database Project)<br>
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Hello - the group of TACF national & chapter people working on the
database <br>
would like feedback re. this Motion that MA/RI came up with in our January <br>
meeting.<br>
<br>
I know we aren't in a Board meeting so we can't have an ideal discussion of <br>
this, but they would like feedback so your considered ideas are very welcome.<br>
<br>
They would like to know:<br>
<br>
(1.) Who in our chapter would approve use of the MA/RI data;<br>
<br>
(2.) Does everyone need permission from the group in (1.) to publish
using this <br>
data?<br>
This could include:<br>
a.) TACF national staff<br>
b.) MA/RI board members, chapter
members<br>
c.) Outside (academic/research)
persons<br>
d.) Anyone else you can think of
here?<br>
<br>
We could also give certain people or groups "standing permission"; I
think that <br>
at the least, we probably would give MA/RI Board members such permission,
<br>
otherwise Charlotte couldn't even make lists from the data for presentation, <br>
without us taking a vote. (we discussed this some)<br>
<br>
*************<br>
* Motion: <br>
* 01/1010<br>
*************<br>
<br>
* We strongly feel that it is important for our data (both summaries and raw)
to <br>
be viewably (read access) open to chapters and TACF members and staff. However <br>
people will need permission to use our data to publish.<br>
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