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Informateur OPTIMA / OPTIMA Newsletter Editors: W. Greuter and G. Domina Layout: M. J. Albert Organization for the Phyto-Taxonomic Investigation of the Mediterranean Area Executive Council 2007-2013 President: Francesco M. Raimondo, Italy Vice-President: Georgia Kamari, Greece Secretary: Werner Greuter, Switzerland Treasurer: Gianniantonio Domina, Italy Members: Mohammed Fennane, Morocco Vernon H. Heywood, U. K. Daniel Jeanmonod, Switzerland Uzi Plitmann, Israel Benito Valdés, Spain Olja Vasić, Yugoslavia Auditors Pietro Mazzola, Italy Giuseppe Venturella, Italy Printed in May 2009 by Tipolitografia Luxograph, Palermo (150 copies). International Board 2007-2013 Members: Loutfy Boulos, Egypt Theophanis Constantinidis, Greece Avinoam Danin, Israel Tuna Ekim, Turkey Eleonora Gabrielian, Armenia José M. Iriondo, Spain Nejc Jogan, Slovenia Stephen Jury, U. K. Karol Marhold, Slovak Republic Joël Mathez, France Fréderic Médail, France Christoph Oberprieler, Germany Silvano Onofri, Italy Dražena Papeš, Croatia Fátima Sales, Portugal Sonja Šiljak-Yakovlev, France Arne Strid, Sweden Pertti Uotila, Finland Ernst Vitek, Austria Vladimir Vladimirov, Bulgaria and the components of the Executive Council
O P T I M A N E W S L E T T E R O P T I M A N E W S L E T T E R O P T I M A N E W S L E T T E R E D I T O R I A L When a newsletter mainly includes “olds” rather than news – as is bound to happen when it is produced every few years rather than several times per year – there is a problem. When we accepted to take charge of the OPTIMA Secretariat at its new Palermo location we were well aware of that problem and were determined to solve it. Once again, finding and implementing a solution has taken some time, but now we are there – or so we hope. The new style OPTIMA Newsletter is a complement to the OPTIMA Web pages, or if you wish, it is a consolidated version of recent, relevant contents of that Web site. It is produced once every year, to be sent by electronic mail to all Members; it also exists as a printed version, mainly for the purpose of its permanent deposit at the libraries of OPTIMA’s Institutional members, for archival documentation. You are receiving today your electronic copy of the first electronic OPTIMA Newsletter, and will continue to receive that Newsletter in the future. If you prefer hard copy, we recommend that you just print it out. Alternatively, you may obtain your printed copy by writing to the Secretariat, adding 5 € in cash for postage and printing cost (you may also order it electronically, using the PayPal system for payment; or you may subscribe to future hard-copy Newsletters by adding 5 € to your membership fee). In addition, you will receive OPTIMA’s news items in advance, if and when they become available, also in the form of an e-mail attachment. Note that these advance news items will not be formatted nor edited linguistically, as they will be when subsequently incorporated into the annual consolidated version. Speaking of language, you may note that all texts in the present issue are written in English. This is not, may we stress, a departure from OPTIMA’s basically bilingual nature. Texts submitted to us in French are acceptable as before. However, expediency and practical considerations prevent us from producing bilingual versions of news items, as was done before. In our experience, all but every OPTIMA Member has a reading knowledge of the English language, and for the few who have not, automatic translation programmes are now freely available (admittedly, they may still produce funny results occasionally – have fun!) A non-edited sample of this paragraph, using Voilà traduction (http://tr.voila.fr/traduction_voila.php), follows. En parlant de la langue, vous pouvez noter que tous les textes dans la présente édition sont écrits dans l'anglais. Ce n'est pas, pouvons nous insister, un départ de la nature fondamentalement bilingue d'OPTIMUMS. Les textes soumis à nous dans le français sont acceptables comme auparavant. Pourtant, la convenance et les considérations pratiques nous empêchent de produire des versions bilingues d'articles de forum, comme a été fait auparavant. Dans notre expérience, tous sauf chaque Membre d'OPTIMUMS ont une connaissance de lecture de la langue anglaise et pour peu qui n'ont pas, les programmes de traduction automatisée sont maintenant librement disponibles (de l'aveu général, ils peuvent toujours produire des résultats bizarres de temps à autre – amusez-vous!) Un échantillon nonrévisé de ce paragraphe, en utilisant Voilà traduction (http://tr.voila.fr/traduction_voila.php), suit. We have some wishes and requests of our own that we want to submit to you. Input and feedback: We would be most grateful for receiving your critical opinion and possible suggestions on the present Newsletter – and future ones. Also, think of sending us items (announcements, requests, information) suited for circulation among the Optima Membership. Address changes: should your e-mail address change, please notify the OPTIMA Secretariat immediately. Tailoring our services to your needs: The default option is for OPTIMA Members to receive the news items and consolidated Newsletter in full, as email attachments. At your discretion, you may cancel that service; or, to save mailbox space, you may replace it by e-mail notification of the corresponding link to the OPTIMA Web pages. Please instruct. Palermo, April 2009 Werner Greuter and Gianniantonio Domina May 2009 OPTIMA Newsletter No. 38 1
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