Hi Ed, -- sorry, but I think we had some really excellent Nerdess's in
the group in the early days. While Ben was correct, the original six
(Bruce, Al, Pete, Jan, Dick, and myself) consisted largely of men
escaping into the garage to hack on their seismographs… it would be
incorrect to represent the PSN as being void of women involvement during
the first few years of existence. Need I remind you of the role that
Dorothy Darby played in getting the PSN in Pasadena up and running or
the results her actions had after relaying critical life saving
information by radio during the early hours of the Northridge
earthquake. Also, remember that in 1992 Carol Taylor at Anderson
Elementary in San Jose had her fifth grade class on-line daily to the
BBS in San Jose as they studied seismology and plate tectonics. Carol
spent many of her own hours getting prepared to tech that initial group
of students. 

Regards, Steve Hammond PSN Aptos, California


Taylor, Victor wrote:
> 
> Go fishing, camping and trekking for your private time....Victoria
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cranswick@........ [SMTP:cranswick@.........
> > Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 6:12 AM
> > To:   haller@........
> > Cc:   sbohlen@......... bpgetcetc@.......... psn-l@..............
> > Subject:      Nerdess's in the PSN
> >
> > Kathy-
> >     When I made that remark about the members of the Public Seismic
> > Network (PSN; see, e.g., ) largely consisting of
> > men escaping into the garage from their wives, children, and families
> > (an observation originally made by my friend, Benjamin Gardner, a USGS
> > Volunteer for Science who did alot of work with the PSN in the early
> > 1990's), I was not being mindlessly sexist. Over the last decade, I have
> > kept my eye out for the appearance of women in the international group
> > of amateur and not-so-amateur seismologists which now numbers over 300
> > members worldwide; but, unfortunately, most of them so far have been
> > nerds, not nerdess's.
> > -Edward
> >
> > --
> > Edward Cranswick                Tel: 303-273-8609
> > US Geological Survey, MS 966    Fax: 303-273-8600
> > PO Box 25046, Federal Center    cranswick@........
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> >
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