Hi Everyone,

From the far-away rain forest of El Chocó, Colombia, where I'm eagerly
awaiting the arrival of some of our Ohio migrants, I send greetings and just
a note of thanks to Bill and Jim and indeed everyone who has been
responsible for this list now and in the past.

As someone who came to birding a little late in life, I have to say that the
list has been an important part of my own development as a birder and an
important door to the Ohio birding community.

Thanks...

Steve Cagan
Cleveland Hts
(temporarily in Colombia)



on 8/20/07 3:25 PM, Bill Whan at [log in to unmask] wrote:

> Dear All:
>         You will find the following on the OOS site at
> http://www.ohiobirds.org/publications/emaillist.php#listmanager :
> "Who takes care of the mailing list? A list owner is a volunteer who
> makes sure that a list runs smoothly and has final say on issues that
> arise. This discussion list is not moderated and no prior review of
> postings takes place. Ned Keller is the Ohio-birds listowner. Feel free
> to contact him at [log in to unmask]"  Well, if ohio-birds is no
> longer an unmoderated list, or if Ned is no longer sole list owner, that
> is indeed very much "behind the scenes."
>         I yield to no one in my devotion to this mailing list, even though I
> know diddley about computers. I negotiated its transfer four years ago
> from Vic Fazio's aves.net to the OOS; we both wanted it to continue as
> Vic conceived it, and he made the right choice among several prospective
> sponsoring organizations. Ned Keller and Greg Miller were easily
> persuaded to donate their valuable expertise and time to ohio-birds so
> that we could all communicate with one another. Later I initiated
> inquiries that led to Miami University sponsorship of this list when our
> former service provider became too expensive, whereupon Bill Heck used
> his own knowledge of computerized communications, and contacts within
> the University, to make it possible. No big deal on my part, but I hope
> this will demonstrate that I have no interest in conflict that threatens
> ohio-birds. Quite the contrary.
>         I have learned a lot on ohio-birds, and made many good friends. I hope
> my contributions have been, if not always wholly supportive of everyone,
> at least timely, thought-provoking, and educational for all. I value
> very much this neighborly little back road on the information highway,
> and I do get upset when people want to put billboards up along it.
> Cordially,
> Bill Whan
> Columbus
> 
> 
> Jim McCormac wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Just a very cordial reminder that the moderators of the listserve are Ned
>> Keller ([log in to unmask]) and myself ([log in to unmask]). If anyone has
>> any issues with the content of posts, or any other problems at all with this
>> listserve, please don't hesitate to contact us. We would like to resolve
>> problems, which in most cases are better done behind the scenes.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> With some 1,100 subscribers, the listserve is amazingly free of conflict,
>> and we wish to keep it that way. This listserve has been an invaluable asset
>> for sharing information on Ohio birds, and allowing other birders to "meet"
>> each other. Many times I've been at conferences or out in the field and
>> "really" met people whose names I've seen here, and I know that has happened
>> to many others. The little bit of friction that has occurred has been when
>> someone feels compelled to publicly scold others, when in every case it
>> would have been better to first consider if it was a serious problem that
>> really did need addressed, and if so, then contact either a moderator or the
>> other party directly.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks to all for your support of this listserve and Ohio birding, and I
>> thank Bill Heck for pointing out the invaluable role that Miami University
>> plays in supporting the listserve and by extension, Ohio birding and
>> birders.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Jim McCormac, President
>> 
>> Ohio Ornithological Society
> 
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Steve Cagan, photographer
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