You all may find this to be of interest. Phil >From: eisner@SLAC.Stanford.EDU >Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 16:09:41 -0800 (PDT) >Subject: <CALBIRD> Re: hold on BIRDWEST >To: calbird@kiwi.net >X-Envelope-to: calbird@kiwi.net >X-VMS-To: IN%"calbird@kiwi.net" >Sender: owner-calbird@pterodroma.kiwi.net >Reply-To: eisner@SLAC.Stanford.EDU > >Joel Weintraub wrote: >> >> I just received what I think is a bona fide message from the list >> administrator at the University of Arizona indicating that Birdchat >> and Birdwest, due to their holiday shutdown, will be on HOLD status >> until January 5th 1998. >> >> We had a discussion a while ago about RBAs being put on both Calbird >> and Birdwest and the consensus??/operational procedure that we seem >> to have adopted is to send the RBAs to Birdwest only... and notices >> of rarities to both Birdwest and Calbird. >> >> If this hold status is true, I will during the hold period send the >> Orange County RBA to both Calbird and Birdwest...and would like to >> see the other California RBAs also do the same. > >I've inquired about this with the Birdwest listowner, Chuck Williamson. >He is trying to get the situation reversed. If he doesn't succeed, then >I hope the CA RBA proprietors will temporarily do as Joel suggests. > > Al Eisner > > ------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Davis home: PDavis@ix.netcom.com Davidsonville, Maryland, USA work: PDavis@OAO.com Greenbelt, Maryland, USA ------------------------------------------------------------