[Bonetools] Zooarchaeology and Bone Technology Interest Group (ZBTIG)

[Sarah Whitcher Kansa]

Thank you, Christian. The announcement looks great. We appreciate your 
effort in broadcasting it.

We'll be sure to let you know the outcome of the interest group 
application.

Also, I just signed up for the BONETOOL mailing list!

Best,
Sarah

On 1/19/2012 9:38 AM, Christian Küchelmann wrote:
> Dear Lisa, dear Sarah,
>
> I have now advertised your proposal in the news section of the WBRG 
> website:
> http://www.wbrg.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid=3
> I hope this will help to spread the word about your project.
> Please keep me posted with further developments and let me know when 
> you want something to be announced.
>
> I would also like to suggest to become a member of the BONETOOL 
> mailing list yourself as this seems to be a useful step for future 
> cooperations and exchange. Information about how to become a member 
> can be found here:
> http://www.wbrg.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5&Itemid=5
>
> With kind regards.
>
> Christian
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> Am 17.01.2012 um 19:37 schrieb Lisa Dugas:
>
>> Dear Christian,
>>
>> Thank you for the generous offer to advertise the ZBTIG proposal in 
>> the WBRG news section and to later link the group to the WBRG 
>> website. Please feel free to post the proposal. It is my hope that 
>> the group will be approved this year and operating in 2013. I think 
>> developing an early connection between the groups is a good idea, 
>> too. I am thrilled that the ZBTIG proposal sparked interest and 
>> discussion. It is also good to know that other researchers feel the 
>> group is needed for the SAA.
>>
>> Sarah and I will keep you posted with further developments.
>>
>> Thanks you, again, for your support!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Lisa
>
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>
> Am 18.01.2012 um 00:04 schrieb Sarah Whitcher Kansa:
>
>> Dear Christian,
>>
>> I'd like to echo Lisa's enthusiasm for linking these two groups. A 
>> primary goal of the SAA group is to broaden the dialogue-- both 
>> within the SAA community and globally with the various groups 
>> interested in these topics. It's great to know that the WBRG has 
>> discussed this already and is enthusiastic about future 
>> collaborations, discussions, etc.
>>
>> Best,
>> Sarah
>
> ---------
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Christian Küchelmann [mailto:info at knochenarbeit.de]
>> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 7:17 AM
>> To: Sarah Whitcher Kansa; Lisa Dugas
>> Cc: BONETOOLS of bone
>> Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] proposed SAA interest group seeking signatures
>>
>> Dear Sarah, dear Lisa,
>>
>> some days ago you posted the attached proposal for a new
>> Zooarchaeology and Bone Technology Interest Group (ZBTIG) for the
>> Society for American Archaeology to ZOOARCH. I forwarded this message
>> to BONETOOL, the mailing list of the ICAZ Worked Bone Research Group
>> (WBRG), as it was obviously of interest for the colleagues there.
>>
>> Your proposal evoked quite an amount of interest and a short
>> discussion followed leading to the consensus that your proposal is a
>> good idea in bringing the research on worked bones forward. The WBRG
>> would like to offer you to advertise  your group proposal within the
>> news section of the WBRG website:
>> (http://www.wbrg.net/index.php?
>> option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid=3)
>> When the new working group will have been founded physically we can
>> also offer to link you to the WBRG-website (http://www.wbrg.net) and
>> avertise your activities there and within the BONETOOL mailing list.
>>
>> We hope that the two groups will cooperate from the very beginning of
>> your new working group and that there will be a fruitful exchange of
>> knowledge, information, contacts etc.
>>
>> If you want me to advertise your proposal as offered, please let me
>> know.
>>
>> With kind regards
>>
>> Christian
>>
>> ---
>> Am 05.01.2012 um 20:24 schrieb Sarah Whitcher Kansa:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> A zooarchaeologist colleague, Lisa Dugas, is putting together a
>>> proposal for a new Zooarchaeology and Bone Technology Interest
>>> Group (ZBTIG) for the Society for American Archaeology. She is
>>> soliciting signatures from colleagues who are SAA members and who
>>> would be interested in participating in this working group. It will
>>> be a free group that will meet once a year at the SAA meeting to
>>> exchange information about zooarchaeology and bone technology
>>> research and issues.
>>>
>>> Lisa has provided a simple form to sign that says you are an SAA
>>> member and plan to participate in the group. I've put the form
>>> online at the link below (Word doc) If you're at all interested,
>>> please sign it and send it to Lisa.
>>> http://alexandriaarchive.org/bonecommons/Attachments/SAA
>>> Zooarchaeology and Bone Technology Interest Group single signature
>>> form.doc
>>>
>>> If you'd like more information about the proposed group, please
>>> email Lisa: l.dugas at gaiconsultants.com
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help!
>>
>
>

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