The PaleoCommunity Organizer: Intro post and request for near-future feedback

[pefty]

News flash and request for near-future feedback! 
 

After a 12-year(!) hiatus, the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) is about to reboot American Paleontologist, the old avocational paleontology standby, as a community newsletter. To do what I can to support this effort, I've signed on as a columnist, with a column called "The PaleoCommunity Organizer." It centers the community aspect of our shared avocation and looks at all the ways in which acting as a community can inspire and save avocational paleontology and help it thrive in the 21st century.

And, well, it wouldn't be much of a column about community if it were just me talking. A crucial aspect is hearing from y'all, whether that means calling me out on something I missed, or naming a powerful example of something I only just touched on, or reframing the conversation as you see it. The community always knows more than I do. So, community, bring your feedback here to The Fossil Forum, where we can build on each other's ideas and craft a better avocational paleontology world for all of us.

Action item: Look out for a followup post here on March 31, 2024, when American Paleontologist's first newsletter drops. That's when I'll ask y'all to get the discussion rolling on my column's first entry: "How Fossil Community Got Lost—and How We Get It Back." 

Stay tuned. 
 

[DPS Ammonite]

I look forward to seeing the new issues. Can you see the old issues online?

 

Is this fine article an example of the high standards that PRI will uphold?

 

https://www.priweb.org/blog-post/feathered-brachiopod

 

 

Edited March 15 by DPS Ammonite

[pefty]

Ha, I forgot about that April Fools' post of PRI's. Yes, I'm betting they'll have a good one set for us this coming April Fools' Day as well.
(link: https://www.priweb.org/blog-post/feathered-brachiopod)

 

As for old issues of the American Paleontologist magazine, yes, select issues are archived online on PRI's website, https://www.priweb.org. I think thew format will be quite different, though.

[Gizmo]

Welcome aboard! 

[pefty]

As promised, here's your March 31 update: