[Editors] Fwd: Are you in the MIT Aeronautics/Astronautics Department?

[Bill Litant]

Dear all:
An AeroAstro faculty member received this, forwarded it to me, and asked if it is "legit." From my examination, while it appears to be in its nascent stages, it looks like the developer put some serious time and thought into the site. While it's too early to tell if there will be any value to the site, I can't think of any reason not to tell him to avoid placing his name on it. Have any of you had any contact with this person or know anything else about the site?

Best,
B ill


> 
> Subject: Are you in the MIT 
> Aeronautics/Astronautics Department?
> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:22:20 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Richard Price <richard.price at academia.edu>
> 
> I am post-doc in philosophy at Oxford. I am 
> also the founder of Academia.edu, which is a 
> global directory of academics, showing who is 
> working at what departments.
> 
> We are trying to fill out the directory, and 
> already Stephen Hawking, Paul Krugman, Noam 
> Chomsky and Richard Dawkins have signed up. 
> We checked your department directory and we 
> think you fit into the directory in the MIT 
> Aeronautics/Astronautics Department, but we 
> aren't sure. Your status is currently listed 
> as 'Unknown'. Could you confirm that you are 
> a member of this department by following one 
> of the links below?
> 
> Yes, I am in the MIT Aeronautics/Astronautics 
> Department:
> http://mit.academia.edu/Yes-Jonathan-P-How-is-a-member-of-MIT-Aeronautics-Astronautics
> 
> No, the department directory is incorrect, I 
> am not in the MIT Aeronautics/Astronautics 
> Department:
> http://mit.academia.edu/Remove-Jonathan-P-How-from-MIT-Aeronautics-Astronautics
> 
> There are currently 4 other members who have 
> confirmed their membership of MIT Aeronautics 
> Astronautics: Javier Garcia, Buy Lortab, 
> Jorge Cañizales and Kiril Sakaliyski.
> 
> Thanks,
> Richard
> http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardPrice
> 
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