RE: TASS data in aavso format

[Tom Droege <tdroege@veriomail.com>]

OK, I will propose the following format for papers.

   Alice Able, Aaron Price, ... , Zoltan Zabrinski and the TASS Collaboration.

Where Alice Able, Aaron Price, ... , Zoltan Zabrinski are the actual 
workers for the content of the paper in alphabetical order.  I prefer not 
having a first author.  But possibly astronomy is different than HEP.  If 
you are early in the alphabet beware of hiring anyone earlier.  I did and 
many of my papers had me second.  ;^(  He was a good guy and well worth 
it.   But it is a good rule and saves many hurt feelings.

I don't mind much:

Aaron Price, principal author
Alice Able,  ... , Zoltan Zabrinski and the TASS Collaboration

I would also not mind:
Zoltan Zabrinski, ... Alice Able and the TASS Collaboration

On alternate papers.  But the journals would probably think we were getting 
too cute.

In general one should stick to the practice of the Journal.

I really prefer the "all equal" format.  If you are superman, your 
colleagues will know it and give you credit.  It helps to make everyone 
feel that they are a part of the project if all are represented 
equally.  All are valuable parts of any collaboration.  It is when someone 
thinks that they are better that collaborations fall apart.

Tom Droege