This is an absolutely wonderful idea and the Polychaete group at the
National Museum Wales will be happy to participate in whichever way we
can. For now I can promise some images and, as Geoff pointed out, July
1st is a #WormWednesday day on Twitter! We will certainly be contributing
via @CardiffCurator.
All good wishes to polychaete people everywhere
Andy, Teresa & Kate
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€ Invertebrate Diversity Section Head, Amgueddfa Cymru ‹ National Museum
Wales
* Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University
(www.bangor.ac.uk/oceansciences)
* Honorary Chairman, Porcupine Marine Natural History Society
(www.pmnhs.co.uk)
* President, International Polychaetology Association
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On 22/04/2015 21:04, "Osborn, Karen" <OsbornK from si.edu> wrote:
>Dear All,
>We are still coping with the loss of Kristian here and have been working
>to find ways to remember him best. We have decided to declare
>International Polychaete Day and kick it off on 1 July, 2015 with a big
>public outreach effort. This date would have been Kristian¹s 80th
>birthday so it seems an appropriate day to blitz the public with an
>appreciation for the amazing animals that Kristian loved so much.
>I am writing for two reasons first, to encourage similar efforts at
>other venues (real and online) and second, to request a few images for
>use in the Ocean Portal (ocean.si.edu<http://ocean.si.edu>) polychaete
>slide show that will show the beauty and diversity of the group. At the
>Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History we will host a day of
>public interactives focused on teaching the public about polychaetes and
>polychaete research. We will post a story about the diversity and
>importance of polychaetes on the Ocean Portal
>(ocean.si.edu<http://ocean.si.edu>), a slide show on the beauty of
>polychaetes on Smithsonian Science
>(smithsonianscience.org<http://smithsonianscience.org>), and a biography
>of Kristian on the Department of Invertebrate Zoology blog
>(nmnh.typepad.com<http://nmnh.typepad.com>). All of these outreach
>efforts will be accompanied by social media efforts through the Ocean
>Portal, Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology, and main NMNH and Smithsonian
>Public Relations offices. If you can contribute something similar at your
>institution at any scale or would like to contribute something to this
>effort to memorialize Kristian¹s impact on all of us and the study of
>polychaetes, please let me know so that we can provide links to your
>efforts. After the event we will provide a summary of all the pieces to
>Len, the rest of Kristian¹s family and anyone who participates.
>Thank you for your contributions to this fun way of memorializing
>Kristian,
>Karen Osborn and Linda Ward
>>~~~
>Karen Osborn
>osbornk from si.edu<mailto:osbornk from si.edu>
>202-633-3668
>Research Zoologist/Curator
>Department of Invertebrate Zoology
>Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, MRC-163
>P.O. Box 37012
>Washington, DC 20013-7012 USA
>>Courier address:
>Smithsonian Institution, MRC 0163, Natural History, West Loading Dock
>10th and Constitution Ave., Washington, DC 20560
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