Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 09:52:56 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: odenata Subject: Re: MOS Conference Thanks MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mike, Kudos to you and all who helped you in planning and executing an excellent conference. I know it takes superior organizational skills to make it run so smoothly. That is what enables so many of us to enjoy the weekend. (Lou Demoy thinks you're doing a great job too--nice to have your mentor appreciate your abilities.) Thanks much for all your hard work! Jo Solem ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Callahan" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 10:25 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] MOS Conference Thanks > Hi Everyone, > > As you might imagine, I haven't been heard form since Sunday due to > exhaustion. I arrived in Salisbury on Thursday at 1pm and didn't leave > until everything was packed and the last people were out at 5pm on > Sunday. I slept past 10am on Monday ( I usually get up at 5am) and was > dragging all day and even dragging Tuesday and Wednesday. However I did > get to bird Bombay Hook today. > > The Annual MOS Conference is an ALL VOLUNTEER event, and I would like to > take this opportunity to THANK every member of the Conference Planning > Committee for all of their dedication and hard work to make you weekend a > success. We could not have had such a wonderful Conference experience > without the cooperation and Team Spirit of all who gave of their precious > time Local Conference Coordinator Ellen Lawler along with everyone who > worked over the past year and in Salisbury over the weekend deserve the > praise for pulling off a great event. > > In addition to the birding field trip side of the Conference, it is also > the Annual Business meeting of the Maryland Ornithological Society. > Special thanks should be given to the MOS Officers and Board members who > have served you over the past year and who will continue to do so over > the coming one. The Annual Business meeting is just a small part of the > Conference and a small part of the job the executive officers and board > members perform over the year. > > Due to their service over the weekend, most of the Committee went of very > few if any trips at all, were up early and went to bed later than > everyone else. This says a lot about them and their dedication to MOS > and birds. > > Thank you to all of the Conferees who attended in Salisbury. All 266 of > you! Thanks to the students of the Centerville Middle School World > Series of Birding Team members who helped with leading the bird hike that > was open to the public and for their help with selling raffle tickets. > Everyone was glad to see them participate in the Conference. > > One of the best outcomes of the conference for me is gaining new birding > friends form all over the State. I look forward to keeping in touch with > my new friends on the Shore and birding with them when I visit the area. > > It won't be long before planning for 2002 is in full force so I plan to > take things easy until September when it starts up again. It was a > pleasure meeting everyone in Salisbury and being able to put names and > faces together for many of you. Thanks for all of your support, comments > and suggestions. We learn from each one of them. I look forward to > seeing you next year in Western Maryland. > > From vacation in Worcester County > Naturally yours, > > Mike Callahan > MOS Statewide Conference Chairman > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================