Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 15:08:51 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Denise Ryan Subject: Re: MDOsprey -- A Community of MD Birders MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'd like to add that Norm is kind enough to include us usually = disenfranchised, lead-drinking DC birders. Thanks Norm! Denise Ryan Washington, DC -----Original Message----- From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM] On = Behalf Of Norm Saunders Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 9:17 AM To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: [MDOSPREY] 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=3Dchoiceawards 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 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com = with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================