{"id":15973,"date":"2021-01-01T12:38:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T19:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=15973"},"modified":"2021-01-01T12:38:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T19:38:34","slug":"the-philacicada-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/the-philacicada-society\/","title":{"rendered":"The Philacicada Society"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Philacicada Society<\/strong> existed for a brief time (to my knowledge) in the 1990s. There was at least one mail (NOT email) newsletter (I’ll eventually photocopy it). <\/p>\n

The information here is over 20 years old — don’t try to join. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Here’s the original information:<\/p>\n

\nI’m excited to announce the formation of the Philacicada Society. Cicada maniacs, please read on! (Special thanks to Dr. Ivan Huber and Charles Remington.)<\/p>\n

“The huge scientific and public enthusiasm for Magicicada Brood II this year included some queries about a simple organization (and newsletter) devoted toMagicicada and perhaps other cicadas (around 4,000 species are known worldwide).In response, I agreed to do some initial organizational work, and Professor IvanHuber, of Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, volunteered to edit a cicada newsletter.”<\/p>\n

“You are hereby invited to become a charter member of this relatively informal society. You will join by sending to Treasurer Kritsky $5.00 as dues, to cover any minimal expenses.”<\/p>\n

“The Newsletter would be perhaps quarterly and would contain anything appropriate, certainly including:”<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. suggestions for observations and experiments<\/li>\n
  2. brief reports of interesting findings (full scientific papers to be published of course in the usual formal journals)<\/li>\n
  3. suggestions and plans for producing greatly needed book(s) on cicadas for the respected “intelligent layman”, including children, and for the entomological world (maybe a rush Magicicada Manual with a few different specialists doing different chapters); Gene Kritsky, Tom Moore, and Monte Lloydhave books moving toward publication; Magicicadais arguably the most biologically remarkable insect (even animal or organism?) in the world; the superb new Williams & Simon review is a basic reference and bibliography<\/li>\n
  4. requests for research help — livestock, etc.<\/li>\n
  5. planning for observing forthcoming hatches– Brood III, IV, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    “To emphasize a serious commitment to the Society and to organize mutual input, there is a need for informal charter officers and directors. I took the liberty of asking leading Magicicada workers to serve on such a Board, and they agreed. Sucha Board is as follows:<\/p>\n

    Chairman:<\/strong> Chris Simon
    \nTreasurer: <\/strong>Gene R. Kritsky
    \nEditor:<\/strong> Ivan Huber<\/p>\n

    Directors:<\/strong>
    \nJames & Maxine Health
    \nEdward Johnson
    \nRichard Karban
    \nMonte Lloyd
    \nChris T. Maier
    \nThomas E. Moore
    \nCharles L. Remington
    \nAllen F. Sanborn
    \nKimberly G. Smith
    \nKathy S. Williams<\/p>\n

    In the future, more formality may be wanted in choosing officers and directors, including some cicada workers outside the U.S.A.<\/p>\n

    Please send Gene Kritsky names and addresses of possible members, to be circularized. <\/p>\n

    Cordially,
    \nCharles Remington<\/p>\n

    Here is the form for joining the society. Print it out and mail it in.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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    The Philacicada Society existed for a brief time (to my knowledge) in the 1990s. There was at least one mail (NOT email) newsletter (I’ll eventually photocopy it). The information here is over 20 years old — don’t try to join. \ud83d\ude42 Here’s the original information: I’m excited to announce the formation of the Philacicada Society. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[937,203,43,345,53,936],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charles-remington","category-chris-simon","category-cicada-mania","category-folklore","category-gene-kritsky","category-ivan-huber"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}