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Jennifer Bauer posted an update in the group Bookworms 5 years, 2 months ago
5 years, 2 months ago5 years, 2 months agoFound this article by @joyce-drakeford when combing through the newsletters!
“Fossil Reference Books” https://www.myfossil.org/fossil-reference-books/
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Bretton Kent uploaded a new image to Fossil #001931 8 years, 7 months ago
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Thanks @jbauer! I love my stacks of reference books and really miss writing articles!!
@joyce-drakeford – we will be doing a special farewell issue for the fall. Would you be interested in contributing something at that time? I can discuss with the other newsletter coordinators.
I’d love to.
Why farewell??
The project’s funding expires in September. A goal of this last stretch is to make it more self-sustaining and community driven. Could you message me your email address? I will make note to message you when we are getting ready for the last newsletter!
Hi, @jbauer ! Do you mean the funding of myFOSSIL will expire? Will that have an impact on the site or the app?
Yes, the NSF project funding expires in September 2019. We are working on a plan to make everything more community driven but there will be some changes. I have a team of three volunteers that are going to help me curate the specimens and will be in those positions for two-years and then we will be looking for new volunteers. We will also need…[Read more]
Okay, thank for letting me know! And if you need any help with anything, I’ll definitely volunteer. I work as software engineer, and I have some experience with graphic design, so maybe my experience would be applicable here.
Wow. I didn’t know the newsletter was going too. Bummer.
It’s possible the community can work to produce it but I’m not going to lie, it’s a big effort and takes a lot of time. There are three of us that work on it.