[ESIP-all] Meeting Venues and Climate Change

[Bruce Barkstrom]

On these responses, I see the possibilities of collegial conversations
with brandy, cigars, and a non-sexist approach to reaching a consensus.
Sounds very civilized.  As to scientific meetings, consult O'Brian's
comments on pp. 22-23 of H.M.S. Surprise [1973, W. W. Norton, NY, NY].
There's another account of a presentation to the French academy in one
of O'Brian's other novels, although I don't have a precise citation.

Bruce b.


On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 6:25 PM, Parsons, Mark <parsom3 at rpi.edu> wrote:

>
>  On Feb 5, 2014, at 3:35 PM, Bruce Barkstrom <brbarkstrom at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>  How did the Royal Society ever conduct business when sailing ships took
> years
>  to complete trips - and correspondence came as letters that arrived a
> bit irregularly?
>
>
> They had periodic face to face meetings.
>
>  -m.
>
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