Re: [MDOsprey] Should we change the list name?
Ron Staley (rmstaley@erols.com)
Sat, 10 Jul 1999 20:46:39 -0400
Norm, I don't think it is fair to blame the lack of Maryland information or
members on the presence of information from other areas. I'm sure many list
members have appreciated the reports of the Little Egret and White Faced Ibis
at Bombay Hook or the occaisional reports from Chincoteague or other places.
Anyway, I'm out of here.
Ron
Norm Saunders wrote:
> Ron,
>
> It's not an issue of politicizing anything. MDOsprey was set up with
> fairly narrow lines of interest and the owners of the list simply arent
> interested in widening them.
>
> Where you live and which bird club you decide to belong to are not
> relevant issues. MDOsprey is privately owned and unaffiliated
> with the Maryland Ornithological Society. A lot of MOS news gets
> discussed here from time to time simply because many Maryland
> birders belong to MOS, but MDOsprey is neither paid for nor
> sanctioned by MOS.
>
> The volume of mail about places other than Maryland is beginning to
> push some Maryland birders away from the list and back toward
> private e-mail groups, as things were often done in the past. This
> would be a serious loss to every Maryland birder, a grave slip
> backwards in terms of the open sharing of information about Maryland
> birds.
>
> If I have to make sarcastic comments from time to time to keep this
> from happening, then so be it.
>
> I appreciate your wanting one list that answers all of your needs for
> Middle Atlantic information but I certainly don't want MDOsprey to
> be that list.
>
> Best,
> Norm
>
> Date sent: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 21:29:57 -0400
> From: Ron Staley <rmstaley@erols.com>
> To: mdosprey@ARI.Net
> Subject: Re: [MDOsprey] Should we change the list name?
> Send reply to: mdosprey@ARI.Net
>
> > Do we have to politicize birding too? I find info about birds in the
> > broader Mid-Atlantic area to be of value even though the MDOsprey is
> > primarily for Maryland Birds.
> > I am a Northern Virginian and chose MOS as my primary birding
> > afilliation and this listserve as my primary source of information
> > because they both do such a good job in covering the Mid-Atlantic area.
> > I'm sure many of us bird those other areas also and find the information
> > of value.
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > Norm Saunders wrote:
> >
> > > News today on MDOsprey of birds in Virginia, Delaware, and
> > > New Jersey.
> > >
> > > Don't know about everyone else but I would really rather hear
> > > about birds in Maryland.
> > >
> > > ===============
> > > Norm Saunders
> > > Colesville, MD
> > > osprey@ari.net
> >
> >
>
> ===============
> Norm Saunders
> Colesville, MD
> osprey@ari.net