There may be one other factor governing Birding magazine's choice
of subjects - advertising revenue from tour companies selling
overseas birding adventures.  Not that this is inappropriate;
money is a serious consideration for any organization, and there
are probably many customers for these tours in the ABA.

Bill Ellis
Eldersburg
billellis at ellislist
dot com

-----Original Message-----
From: On Behalf Of Norm Saunders
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 2:20 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] State of the ABA

...  I think the ABA is doing what they think the majority of the
membership wants and they may be right in their
choices.  ...