[texbirds] Re: My "Backyard sightings" post to Texbirds
- From: Jim Hailey <irasciblej@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "david@xxxxxxxxxxx" <david@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:20:07 -0500
THANK YOU DAVID FOR STRAIGHTENING OUT THE POSTING POLICE!
Sent from my iPhone Jim Hailey
On Mar 31, 2013, at 2:15 PM, David Sarkozi <david@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Let me make it perfectly clear, TEXBIRDS is not a list for just rare birds,
> it is a list for ALL BIRDS in Texas. A list of birds seen at a feeder is
> perfectly fine as long as they are in Texas. Backyard birds are certainly
> not clutter. I will defend anyone who's posting and following the rules of
> TEXBIRDS, and they aren't that many
> 1) Play nice, respect everyone else on TEXBIRDS, mentor the new comer,
> don't belittle anyone.
>
> 2) Keep it about about birds in Texas. Speculation on what might occur in
> Texas is fine, but an alert on a bird outside of Texas is not. It's just a
> big state with a lot of birds. I have to draw the line somewhere and I
> choose to draw it at the state line.
>
> 3) NO feral cat discussions, it's just an endless loop argument that never
> seems to go anywhere.
>
> 4) NO discussions about bird feeding. It's fine to talk about what's coming
> to a feeder, but I just do not want to get lost in discussions about what
> to feed birds, recipes for suet etc.
>
> 5) NO for profit postings. For close to 20 years now (hard to believe, but
> TEXBIRDS is almost 20 years old!) TEXBIRDS has been a respite
> from commercial enterprise in birding. I've toyed with the idea of
> allowing commercial posts of some sort on TEXBIRDS, but the feedback I get
> is the great majority likes it advertising free, I tend to agree. This
> includes advertising in your signature.
>
> 6) Non-profit Organizations can post their birding events anytime, even if
> they are raising money with them. My only rule on that is you can't be
> making a profit from the event personally. That doesn't mean you can't post
> the event if you work for a non-profit and you will be paid to be at the
> event as long as it part of your normal duties for the Non-profit
> Organization. For example, you will be paid a fee to speak at an event, you
> can't promote that event. On the other hand, you are the the director of
> the Sarkozi Nature Center and you will be co-leading a field trip with the
> ghost of Roger Tory Peterson to raise money for the Nature Center. The trip
> costs $25 a person but you will not be paid extra, you may certainly
> promote the trip on TEXBIRDS.
> --
> David Sarkozi
> Houston, TX
> (713) 412-4409 twitter ID dsarkozi
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 8:45 AM, mtwoman <mtwoman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I received 10 personal emails and the couple of responses here, and all but
>> one stated that "backyard sightings" posts are helpful and ok.
>> The *one* was fairly adamant that "backyard sighting" postings are not
>> helpful, and are clutter, and that they do not belong on Texbirds, but on a
>> different list.
>
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