Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 11:19:56 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: rob gibbs Subject: Sugarloaf CBC - endangered ! Comments: To: Jim Green , Gail Mackiernan , "gary_nelson@sra.com" , Gemma Radko , Helen Horrocks , Hugh Mahanes , Janet Millenson , Kathy Calvert , Linda Friedland , Lydia Schindler , Michael Bowen , Rick Sussman , Tony Heatwole , Val Kitchens MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Folks, The tentative date for the Sugar loaf CBC this year is Sunday January 5th. However I do not intend to coordinate the count this year and to date no one has stepped forward to take over. Several sector leaders told me last year that they will not be continuing with those duties as well. We've had a fairly consistent number of participants in the count in recent years but have not had a lot of new people willing to take over these responsibilities. I fear that without someone taking up the slack SOON, that the count will not take place this year. If anyone out there is interested in being a CBC coordinator (and saving this count from extinction) here is your chance. There is a good bit of work involved organizing area leaders, making phone calls or e-mails (most can be done by e-mail which makes things a lot simpler), collecting and reporting the data and money etc. But it is enjoyable - You get to meet and work with a lot of great people and play an important role in a birding tradition! This has been a great count for many years and I don't want to see it disappear. I intend to do my usual area but I cannot do the other organizing or reporting that are needed. I am going to send out a letter with this same message to everyone that has worked on the count over the past several years in hope of getting a reply from someone willing to take it over. If you'd like to keep this count going and give coordinating a try contact me at: robgibbs@starpower.net. I'll provide you with all the materials, maps, data sheets etc. The CBC needs YOU! Rob Gibbs Damascus, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================