American
Association for Zoological Nomenclature (AAZN)
The
American Association for Zoological Nomenclature (AAZN) was founded
in 1983 to facilitate liaison between zoologists in
North America and the ICZN, and
to provide financial support for the Commission through tax-deductible
donations and/or annual membership.
There
is also a category for institutional membership so that zoological
societies can pledge their support. AAZN publishes an informal
letter once or twice a year to inform members of the activities
of AAZN and of ICZN and ITZN,
and undertook the distribution of the discussion draft of the Fourth
Edition of the Code to American zoologists.
AAZN is
committed to providing information concerning zoological nomenclature
to interested parties. It also sells the Code,
the Official Lists and
Indexes of Names and Works in Zoology, and the 1995 Centenary
History entitled Towards Stability
in the Names of Animals, with a discount to members.
Annual
membership of AAZN is $20 (US) for individuals, while institutions
pledge various levels of support. All
interested zoologists and zoological institutions/societies are
invited to join AAZN to acknowledge the need and benefit of the
work of ICZN.
The
current officers of AAZN are:
President: Frank Crandall, crandalf@si.edu
President-elect: John Brown, John.Brown@ars.usda.gov
Secretary: Neal Woodman, woodmann@si.edu
Treasurer: Alfred Gardner, gardnera@si.edu
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