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,0 FranciscoWelterSchultes 2009-05-28 07:32:23 Art. 16 should be modified: "16.1.1. publish (at least in English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Japanese, German, Polish and Hungarian) proposed amendments (unless they are amendments to the Code determined by Article 78 therein not to be major changes) in accordance with Article 12.2 of this Constitution;" This is necessary because by using an extremely difficult English language (as shown in Zootaxa 1908: 57-67 (2008)) almost all non-English native taxonomists are systematically excluded from participating at the discussion. Most would not even be able to properly understand the main points of the introduction. The present regulation results in biased results favouring clearly too much the desires of North American taxonomists. If the Commission is not able to translate in several languages, I would suggest as an alternative that French only should be allowed, for the publication as well as for the answers in 16.1.2. This would be equally fair for all continents.
,0 GaryRosenberg 2010-03-05 06:44:47 Art. 12. What about voting that does not involve cases, such as ZooBank policies? Should this be under 12.1 or addressed in the By-Laws?