Re: grant for antonio

[Fabio Marco Dalla Vecchia <fabdalla@tin.it>]

Mary Kirkaldy wrote: <<I for one would like to thank Frank for taking on
this task. The fund is a chance for the DML to do something that fits right
in with our charter of dinosaur science, and it fell into our laps by
chance. It would be  great to see "Research funded by the Dinosaur Mailing
List" in the  acknowledgments of a scientific paper. What other mailing
list has done this?>>

Of course, I thank Frank and the DML. Some persons seem to be unaware of
the difficulty a paleontologist can find in obtaining an economical support
for a paleontological research in many countries of the world. Paleontology
is not seen by politicians, by academic authorities and even by directors
of Natural History Museums as a priority or a strategic field of research.
Every day is a fighting day. In my experience, this regards not only the
dinosaur science - that has a privileged position in the public attention -
but also other interesting topics like the earliest pterosaurs and the Late
Triassic sauropterygian gap.
Anyway, I understand that in a list with many members there can be
different points of view and different opinions. This is a good thing.

Thanks again.

Fabio M. Dalla Vecchia