[TN-Butterflies] Re: bamona website updated with 2010 butterfly records
- From: "Steve Stedman" <birdsongteam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx>, "TN Butterflies" <TN-Butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:11:39 -0500
The exact process by which records will be reviewed once the new BAMONA
record-submission program goes into effect has not been made completely clear
(to me at least), but I got the impression that state coordinators would still
be the ones to initially review butterfly and moth records (although the way I
recall the process being described, the possibility was left open that either
the moth or the butterfly coordinator might review either kind of record; not
entirely sure of that).
When the new system is close to being operational, now predicted to be in
September sometime, the review process ought to become more clear. If there
are still state coordinators, their job will be a lot less time-consuming than
the job has been for the past 3.5 years.
Hmmm, maybe I should hang on another year under the new system and enjoy the
decreased time requirements? Will have to reconsider my plan to opt out after
this year. Thanks, Ken, for recalling this matter to my attention and possibly
changing my plans for 2011.
Steve Stedman
Cookeville (Putnam County)
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From: kjchilds
To: TN Butterflies
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 10:10 AM
Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Re: bamona website updated with 2010 butterfly
records
Once the new record submission system takes effect, will state coordinators
be necessary? I got the impression that it will be more like the Odonata
Central system, where anyone qualified and involved with the site will be able
to vet the records.
Ken Childs
Henderson, TN
Chester County
http://www.finishflagfarms.com
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From: "Rconnorsphoto@xxxxxxx" <Rconnorsphoto@xxxxxxx>
To: tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, June 29, 2010 9:27:49 AM
Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Re: bamona website updated with 2010 butterfly
records
A GEAT BIG THANK YOU to Steve Stedman for handling all this butterfly
information! No small task keeping up with it. And we owe our thanks to others,
locals like Doug Bruce, and the folks at BAMONA. Interest in butterflying,
butterfly listing and nature listing in general has grown and does get to be a
record-keeping chore. The fun part for most of us is still getting out in the
field and finding new and interesting critters. No one should be stuck behind a
computer for too long! Hopefully next year someone will step in (I'm not
volunteering) to keep our butterfly records flowing.
Thanks again Steve!
Richard Connors
Nashville
In a message dated 6/29/2010 8:15:09 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
birdsongteam@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Last week I spent about 15-20 hours going through the new county butterfly
records that have accumulated since I last submitted such data to the BAMONA
website. In all, I came up with about 200 new county records, processed them
all, and submitted them.
I am happy to report that the BAMONA website now reflects all of these new
county records, so have a look when you have a chance.
During the course of reviewing all the records that came in during the
first six months of the year, I discovered some records that could not be fully
processed, as the photos needed expert review, or some necessary piece of data
was missing, etc. So there are still probably about two dozen records that
have been subitted that are not yet reflected at the BAMONA website. I hope
that the folks who submitted these records will work with me to get them into
the system.
It was extremely helpful of Kelly Lotts, Paul Opler, and others at BAMONA
to take a break from revising the website in order to process 2010 TN butterfly
submissions. To keep from burdening them any more than is necessary, I won't
be submitting more records to BAMONA until early September.
So please keep sending your records to me, and they will eventually be
processed and submitted.
I have a strong feeling that all the records of Spring Azure that I
received or heard about for 2010 were not in the recent batch I sent to BAMONA.
If you sent in such records, please review the map for that species, or the
list of 'flies for your county, and let me know if I missed such a record.
It has been one of the great pleasures of my early old age to be involved
in the effort to map the distribution of butterflies in TN at the BAMONA
website. However, after having processed several thousand new county butterfly
records, I am about ready to hand this wonderful chore over to a new butterfly
coordinator. If you have interest in assuming this position in 2011, please
let me know.
Steve Stedman
Cookeville (Putnam County)
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