Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 09:17:29 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Norm Saunders Subject: MDOsprey -- A Community of MD Birders Fran and I began MDOsprey in 1997 as a natural outgrowth of The Osprey's Nest, the first ever computer bulletin board for birders and other amateur naturalists. As the growth of the Internet ate into the number of regular callers to The Osprey's Nest it only seemed reasonable to provide the listserv MDOsprey to create among Maryland birders that sense of community we had felt for over ten years with the bulletin board. MDOsprey has succeeded beyond our wildest expectations. We now have close to 500 subscribers from all corners of the state, a group who share our passion for birds and birding. If you agree that we have a community here, one that works extraordinarily well, now is your opportunity to speak out about MDOsprey. Lsoft, the company that provides the LISTSERV software that hosts MDOsprey, is celebrating their tenth anniversary by sponsoring throughout 2004 their LISTSERV Choice Awards. The awards will be offered in a number of categories, the relevant one here being the E-Mail Community Award. If you agree that MDOsprey is an incredible resource for Maryland birders, please consider nominating the list for this award. The information you will need to fill out the nomination form follows: List name: MDOsprey List award category: E-Mail Community Award Type of list: Discussion list List Owner: Norman C. Saunders List owner e-mail: marshhawk@att.net Purpose of the list: you fill this one in Nomination motivation: and you fill this one in, as well Subscription information: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/mdosprey.html The nomination form is at: http://www.lsoft.com/news/default.asp?item=choiceawards Remember--nominate MDOsprey for the award only if you agree with me that we have an extraordinary community here! Best, Norm Saunders Colesville & 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================