dbd%benden@LANL.GOV (Dan Davison) (03/31/89)
The Matrix of Biological Knowledge Reorganization At the Executive Committee meeting in October 1988 it was decided to change the organization of the Bio-Matrix effort. In order to provide for a hardcopy newletter and support minimal organizational functions such as a mailing list and long-distance phone charges, we decided to institute an annual membership fee. The rates are $25.00 for full membership and $10.00 for students. This money will also be used to start work on the Matrix Primer (see following postings). The address appears at the end of this message. The Santa Fe Institute has generously consented to handle the administration of the funds received. The frequency with which the Newletter appears will be directly related to the degree to which you participate in the Bio-Matrix bulletin board. If any of the international readers of this list wish to join (we certainly don't mean to exclude you!) please contact dd@lanl.gov (Internet), dd%lanl.gov@CUNYVM (bitnet) or by snail mail Dr. Dan Davison, T-10 MS K710, Theoretical Biology, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA (*). The BIO-MATRIX bulletin board in its current forms on all networks will continue unchanged. A recent request for conformation of receipt from the revised bulletin board mailer (a change which should be transparent to almost everyone) resulted in two messages from networks that I did not previously know were receiving the Matrix information. There are now approximately 100 direct subscribers to the list, with many, many additional readers on the connected networks. It would not be a surprise if there were more than 1500 regular readers. The checks or money orders, in US funds, should be made payable to "The Santa Fe Institute--Bio-Matrix Project". The entire amount is tax-deductable under US law. The address is: Bio-Matrix Project Santa Fe Institute 1120 Canyon Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Requests to be added to the direct-distribution mailing list should be sent to BIO-MATRIX-REQUEST@BIONET-20.BIO.NET. (BITNET: BIO-MATRIX-REQUEST%BIONET-20.BIO.NET@CUNYVM) Submissions for the list are always encouraged, and should be sent to BIO-MATRIX@BIONET-20.BIO.NET (BITNET: BIO-MATRIX%BIONET-20.BIO.NET@CUNYVM) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Davison Bio-Matrix Project Communications (*) these mail addresses will change as of 1 September 1989 to davison@uh.edu (internet), davison@UHOU (bitnet), and the Department of Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun, Houston, Tx 77204-5500 USA.