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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Richard Klim" data-source="post: 2509085" data-attributes="member: 773">Irrespective of the validity of the analysis, I suspect that it would take a Damascene conversion for SACC to vote to adopt the English name recommended by IOC. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />It would be great if SACC/NACC and other regional committees concentrated their efforts/expertise on records and systematics, rather than asserting their independence by indulging in unproductive and divisive 'name wars'.</blockquote>