[gecko]Euthanasia - for the GGA?

yehudah werner gecko@lists.gekkota.com
Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:25:56 -0700 (PDT)


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Dear all including J.S.,
      I see a futile long chain of past messages titled "Euthanasia for distressed geckos" dragging and pingponged endlessly but actually lamenting the supposed demise of the GGA. I don't understand what exactly the complaints are about, nor why anybody dissatisfied does not propose (and maybe offer) specific improvements the moment the dissatisfaction attains threshold.
      Actually the GGA just like other societies is a group sharing interests flocking together for joint benefit, around a small group of caring and able volunteers who serve the public by keeping the thing going. What the GGA does and does not do (e.g. meetings) derives largely from its global nature. Of course such volunteers can be defined as having self-interest - they derive satisfaction from serving a public cause. I see no justification for nor utility in just slinging mud at them, and that at a time when many feel a shortage of water. 
      This site could be more useful for comunication if people would title their messages correctly, and not encumber them with endless chains of message history.
      Cheers, Yehudah
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   


Yehudah L. Werner
Professor Emeritus of Zoology
Department of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
91904 Jerusalem, Israel
Tel. 972-2-6585874 (direct)
Fax  972-2-6584741 (departmental office)
e-mail  yehudah_w@yahoo.com
Home tel./fax  972-2-5665576
       
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<div>Dear all including J.S.,</div>  <div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I see a futile long chain of past messages titled "Euthanasia for distressed geckos" dragging and pingponged endlessly but actually lamenting the supposed demise of the GGA. I don't understand what exactly the complaints are about, nor why anybody dissatisfied does not propose (and maybe offer) specific improvements the moment the dissatisfaction attains threshold.</div>  <div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Actually the GGA just like other societies is a group sharing interests&nbsp;flocking together for joint benefit, around a small group of caring and able volunteers who serve the public by keeping the thing going. What the GGA does and does not do (e.g. meetings) derives largely from its global nature. Of course such volunteers can be defined as having self-interest - they derive satisfaction from serving a public cause. I see no justification for nor utility in just slinging mud at them, and that at a time when
 many&nbsp;feel a shortage of water.&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This site could be more useful for comunication if people would title their messages correctly, and not encumber them with endless chains of message history.</div>  <div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cheers, Yehudah</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div> 
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 <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div><BR><BR>Yehudah L. Werner<br>Professor Emeritus of Zoology<br>Department of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology<br>The Hebrew University of Jerusalem<br>91904 Jerusalem, Israel<br>Tel. 972-2-6585874 (direct)<br>Fax  972-2-6584741 (departmental office)<br>e-mail  yehudah_w@yahoo.com<br>Home tel./fax  972-2-5665576<p>&#32;



      
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