Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 17:34:56 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Norm Saunders Subject: Oh good grief... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here is a more complete statement regarding MDOsprey: MDOsprey is a listserv dedicated primarily to the discussion of birds and birding in Maryland and DC. The list owners do not wish it to become the repository of regular sightings reports from Delaware, Virginia, Pennsylvania, or elsewhere, since all of these sites have perfectly good listservs of their own. We have no objection to a notification of a rare bird in an adjoining state. What we don't want to follow that notification is a long string of "I saw it", "I got it", and "I just missed it by 5 minutes" messages. Now, MDOsprey should also be a place where Maryland birders can chat about interesting topics, ask for both local and out-of-area information, and even reminisc at times about interesting birds seen in other locales. If a request does come up about out-of-area location info, please try to respond directly to the person asking the question. Why do we go on and on about all of this? The archives are limited to 20 megabytes. The more "clutter" there is at this end, the more I have to cut off of the archives from the back end. I have the full archives here and maybe someday I will make them available on a CD, but until then, the more we chatter now about off-topic issues, the less material there will be in the historical part of the archives. Got it? Oh, and why is the subject of the message "Oh good grief"? Because all of this has been said in the messages each and everyone of you received when you subscribed and which, obviously, a good number of you didn't bother to read. Best, Norm ============================ Norman C. Saunders Colesville and West Ocean City, MD marshhawk@att.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================