SASB News
2 September 2010 Mark Harvey has let SASB members know that Records of the Western Australian Museum is now digitised and online back to vol 10 (1983), with earlier issues to follow. The link is http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/research/records-supplements/#records. Special Publications of the WAM are also freely available, but the RWAM Supplement series isn't, although PDFs may be purchased.
15 June 2010 Arturs Neboiss (1924-2010)
29 May 2010 The European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT) is holding courses in taxonomic basics from August 2010 to January 2011. Please refer to the courses website for more information: http://www.taxonomytraining.eu/content/modern-taxonomy-course-programme-2010-2011
16 February 2010 The Society has written to the CEO of the Australian Research Council expressing its disappointment with the 'C' rankings (lowest) given to systematics journals in the 2010 ARC/ERA rankings, and especially with the 'C' ranking for Zootaxa. The correspondence is archived here.
27 November 2009 Surrey Jacobs (1946-2009) [obituary]
26 November 2009 Ross Crozier (1943-2009) [obituary]
23 November 2009 Members living in or visiting Melbourne are invited to attend the Melbourne Systematics Forum. The Forum is scheduled to meet on the first Thursday of each month March-December 2010 at 6 pm in the Discovery Centre, Lower Ground, Melbourne Museum, Carlton Gardens.
The Forum provides an opportunity for students, academics and others with an interest in systematic biology and related topics to discuss their research results and current ideas in an informal environment. Sessions commence with an introduction from the convenor, followed by an informal talk for about 20 minutes. Participants are encouraged to intervene and generate discussion. Meetings generally conclude after about 90 minutes, and everyone who attends a session is encouraged to actively participate. (website)
1 October 2009 Informal planning has begun for the 2011 conference in Melbourne, possibly 28 November - 2 December. It will be co-sponsored by SASB and the Invertebrate Biodiversity and Conservation group.