Congratulations Geoff! A fantastic and well deserved award!
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Michael Reuscher, Ph.D.
Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
6300 Ocean Drive, Unit 5869
Corpus Christi, Texas 78412-5869
U.S.A.
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From: annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu <annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indian=
a.edu> on behalf of Geoff Read <Geoffrey.Read from niwa.co.nz>
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2018 11:57:12 PM
To: annelida from magpie.bio.indiana.edu
Subject: RE: [Annelida] congratulations Geoff!
Dear Angel, Chris, and all who sent messages,
Thank you. I hope to continue also. I think I=92m good for just a few more =
years at WoRMS but there will come a time soon =85 and another generation =
will take over I=92m sure.
I=92ve enjoyed the intellectual challenge with sorting out some tricky bits=
of nomenclature & old taxonomy encountered, and gradually we are removing =
the errors, aided by the fantastic facility that is BHL, and expanding our =
coverage to all annelids, not just marine. It=92s also great to see so much=
good new work on annelids getting published, and recently to have two very=
different annelids in the top ten new species discoveries of the decade. W=
e are also fortunate that WoRMS has funding continuity, & is well run by th=
e data team professionals and editor steering committee.
The award was a complete surprise. Thanks everybody for your support.
Best wishes to all,
Geoff
From: Angel de Le=F3n [mailto:deleongonzalez from gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, 19 May 2018 4:20 a.m.
To: Chris Glasby <chris.glasby from nt.gov.au>
Cc: Geoff Read <Geoffrey.Read from niwa.co.nz>; annelida from magpie.bio.indiana.edu
Subject: Re: [Annelida] congratulations Geoff!
Dear Geoff,
Congratulations for this distinction. The effort you have made has come to =
facilitate our work every day. I hope you continue many more years, thanks =
a lot.
Angel de Le=F3n
2018-05-17 21:26 GMT-05:00 Chris Glasby <chris.glasby from nt.gov.au<mailto:chri=
s.glasby from nt.gov.au>>:
Hats off to our World Polychaeta Database leader.
WoRMS has just announced that Geoff has received an 'Achievement Award' at =
the 5th World Conference of Marine Biodiversity (Canada, Montreal, 16 May) =
for the major and very detailed contributions he has made to WoRMS in the p=
ast years, and his input & constructive feedback during his time on the Ste=
ering Committee.
The announcement also acknowledged his work as the driving force behind The=
World Polychaeta Database (http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta), his e=
fforts to create a more inclusive online AnnelidaBase (in analogy with Moll=
uscaBase), and for communicating the good work of WoRMS through Twitter.
Great work Geoff!! I think I can say for all that we are all massively appr=
eciative of the work you do to make our online annelid lives easier.
Best, Chris
