[texbirds] Re: Considering a TEXBIRDS rule change, your feedback is wanted

  • From: Connie Madia <cm4thebirds@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: David Sarkozi <david@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 15:44:30 -0600

Hi, David.
I'm really late to the dance on this but my thought is that for me, a new
Texan, knowing where people are from helps me figure out where the place
they are reporting about.  Not everyone puts the address of the birding
location and sometimes just uses abbreviations.

We also have many folks from out of state who use this list to plan birding
trips.

I understand your frustration.  I'd vote to remind people occasionally to
put their city and county at the bottom.  It can certainly be automatically
added to the signature line.

Thanks for all you do.

"To be a better birder, be better to birders."  Rachel Holzman

Connie Madia
Birder and Half-time RVer
June-September: Camp host, Indian Creek Campground
September-November: Camp host, Mammoth Campground
Yellowstone National Park
November-May: Kyle, TX




On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 2:13 PM, David Sarkozi <david@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I'm considering getting rid of the requirement that you end your
> message with both your full name and location. I would drop the
> requirement for the location. A lot of people have been leaving out
> the location and for sure the earth has not stopped spinning and there
> are still birds to see.
>
> While it has some value I think with knowing where people are from in
> putting a sighting in context and to separate two people with similar
> names it has just become pain to try police if its not adding value
> for the majority of readers.
>
> Most of the people that post are reasonably well known so the context
> thing isn't that big a deal. If you think you're being confused with
> someone else you can certainly put your location in your signature.
>
> I will certainly keep the requirement to sign with your full name
> because so many people don't have their name in there email address.
>
> So what do you think, does the location add value to you?
>
>
>
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