From: John Cox <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:23:51 +0100

Limiting contributions to an .edu address will restrict postings to faculty
at US universities that use their institutional e-mail address.  Many
countries have a different suffix for universities, and also have to include
a code for the country - e.g. in the UK the equivalent suffix is .ac.uk, in
Australia it is .edu.au, and in Germany it is simply .de.

Scholarship, research and publishing are international activities, of which
the US universities are a major part, but only a part of the picture.


John Cox
Rookwood, Bradden
Towcester NN12 8ED
United Kingdom
E-mail: [log in to unmask]

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Masters <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:02:43 +0400

Hi All

Kevin, in spite of some reservations (including some of the issues I
raised), I think that, if you have the resources, you should try to do this.
Perhaps you could begin by drafting a guiding policy, with noted problem
areas, and it could be circulated on this list.  Those interested can
comment, bringing in their experience from other lists and sites.

One thing about a suggestion you made: limiting contributions to those with
an .edu email address.  I think this would be very bad.  There are many
reasons that respected researchers do not have an edu address.  One of them
is that they move around and do not wish to have
to change their email address every time they move.   Or they may be
in companies, or "retired", or.....Also, many researchers work at
institutions with poor IT infrastructure, and so use gmail or yahoo
accounts.  As a fair number would be in developing countries, you'll be on a
sticky wicket before you even start.

Regards

Ken

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Dr. Ken Masters
Asst. Professor: Medical Informatics
Medical Education Unit
College of Medicine & Health Sciences
Sultan Qaboos University