Treesa has a thankless job moderating these lists, balancing fairness and
firmness while also allowing us to discuss these important issues.
I firmly support Treesa in the actions she has taken. People should be aware
that there are discussions that go on behind the scene between the moderator
and contributors that we are not privy to that seek to educate people as to the
tone and tenor of their messages.
Thank you Treesa!
Sally Hill
On Feb 26, 2021, at 3:08 PM, Karan Fairchild <alderspr@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
I do too, I really hope she stays.
From: "Mary Garrard" <springazure1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "BOO List" <boo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2021 3:03:03 PM
Subject: [boo] Re: OBOL Moderator
Agreed. I support Treesa.
Mary
On Feb 26, 2021, at 3:00 PM, Sheran <sheran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yes, I second that.
From: Karen Saxton
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2021 2:41 PM
To: Russ Namitz
Cc: boo
Subject: [boo] Re: OBOL Moderator
Well, said, Russ! And yes, Teresa does a difficult job well.
On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 2:33 PM Russ Namitz <namitzr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Let's all take a breath.....
I commend Teresa for her efforts and with no disrespect to previous
moderators, myself included, she is one of the best that OBOL has ever seen.
She is a woman, with a history of supporting other women, and that should
immediately qualify and validate her position, especially in regards to the
issue(s) at hand.
She is also balancing a contentious topic/behavior/occurrence where tempers
are high and people are reactionary to the point of volatile.
Teresa, please don't step down. You are under a bit of pressure here
understandably. I sense that you are trying to facilitate a conversation
and dialogue....a very difficult one to mediate.
Sincerely,
Russ Namitz
From: boo-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <boo-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of
Teresa Hertzel <teresa.hertzel@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2021 2:04 PM
To: Brodie Cass Talbott <brodietlewis@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: BOO List <boo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [boo] Re: Fwd: Re: Wow!!
You are saying clearly that you feel I have not done a good job of
moderating OBOL. You give examples and bring up history. How can you do that
on the spur of the moment? Have you been saving this up? This is the first
time you have indicated this to me, and you are choosing to do it publicly.
As you are a member of the OBA Board, I would say you are deliberately
humiliating me. Why? Would you like me to resign as OBOL moderator?
On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 3:50 PM Brodie Cass Talbott <brodietlewis@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
All the more reason I would not be interested in promoting BOO. This clearly
shows the value of a moderated forum, and I hope we can work to make OBOL a
welcoming space for all kinds of birders.
I also want to point out that I was among many that thought Jeff should be
banned, but none of us thought that it was "immediate." He already had a
long series of problematic posts, including calling people "psychos," the
obviously racially charged mention of "moorish sovereigns," and multiple
descriptions of graphic violence in defense of his use of the term "psycho,"
none of which had anything to do with birds or birding.
This was all BEFORE he started attacking women on the forum, emailing people
off list, and then threatening to call the police on anyone who wrote him
off-list, as well as telling others that he was interested in suing me
because of my response in support of women.
Any one of these posts should have put him on moderated posts, with the
subsequent post resulting in banning. There was nothing "immediate" about it.
And if he's allowed to bully people here, I'm out, and would encourage
others to do the same, as a message that the birding community does not
support bullying or sexism.
Brodie
Portland
On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 1:38 PM Teresa Hertzel <teresa.hertzel@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Brodie, that was not a fair statement. BOO is not moderated.
On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 3:37 PM Brodie Cass Talbott <brodietlewis@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I found Jeff's email to Linda to be the textbook case of bullying, and am
shocked that it wasn't met with swift condemnation from the moderator. It
encourages him to post more like this, and the women on this list to yet
again have to choose to stay and be the target of bullying, or leave yet
another forum, for self defense.
There was mention of perhaps having the OBA board consider adding this list
to our website. I won't speak for anyone else on the board but I would have
no interest in promoting a list that tolerates this sort of behavior.
Brodie
Portland
On Fri, Feb 26, 2021, 13:03 Mary Garrard <springazure1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Whether or not we would like someone in person is irrelevant. What’s
relevant is how we treat each other online since that is how we know each
other. I consider Jeff’s email to be a perfect example of what is not
acceptable. First, because the email specifically targeted someone. I reread
her email and she didn’t mention Jeff, but maybe I missed something. Second,
because one feels attacked doesn’t give one permission to retaliate. That’s
how wars get started. Third, if a response is necessary, it can be stated in
such a way that promotes communication instead of shutting it down.
I leave it to Treesa to decide how to handle it, since she’s the moderator,
and even though BOO doesn’t have the same guidelines as OBOL, civility is
still necessary.
Mary
___________
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. The Dalai Lama
On Feb 26, 2021, at 12:45 PM, Jeff Gilligan <jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Women - You would probably like me. Most do who know me. Most means over
50%. I take a widow in the neighborhood to Nogales, Mexico to see her
dentist. She is concerned about going on her own (wise). I spent uncounted
hours on a team looking for the Golden State Killer (aka - East Area
Rapist). Our POI (who had ties to Post and Prineville, Oregon) was taken
very seriously by the cold case detectives, but his sister’s DNA ruled him
out. The case looked incredibly good, so much so that the detectives were
surprised and disappointed. BTW: Dozens of ex-wives and ex-girl friends
turned in their EXs as being the killer. Some reports were in great detail,
that included supposed admissions. They were all debunked, and some were so
convincing that barring DNA analysis, the EX would have possibly been
charged with murders. That is why evidence matters. Recently I got a very
solid lead on the murder of Eliane Fay Lehtinen. The cold case unit in the
Bay Area took (or is taking) it seriously. I am not optimistic though
unless there is DNA evidence:
https://murdermurder.news/2020/07/10/your-next-favorite-podcast-naptime-nancy/.
It is just not right to accuse some one publicly and make claims, without
first hand knowledge, where there has not been a trial and conviction.
Calling a person who is not a public figure a perpetrator of a crime of
moral turpitude is just wrong, unless there is a conviction. Even if an
innocent man is not charged, or not found guilty, his reputation will always
be damaged.
Women birders should be more concerned about guys like this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Jack_Fowler or ;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Keyes. Bobby Fowler worked about 200 ;
yards from the Boiler Bay wayside. Keyes raped a woman on the Deschutes
River. Both of these guys stalked Oregon birding locations for a time.
Even in the Georgia situation, the purported victim acknowledges that they
were dating. Not even her allegation would indicate that he is a troll
hiding in the woods waiting to waylay women birders. Indicating his name to
protect Oregon women who he is not dating 3,000 miles away is unnecessary.
The first comment on OBOL, about the board o OBA condemning assaults on
women seemed strange to me, but uncontroversial. I very much doubt that
anyone on OBOL favors violence against women.
If he did what is claimed, he deserves punishment.
Even on this site, I would hope we revert to birding talk.
Jeff Gilligan
On Feb 26, 2021, at 1:09 PM, Teresa Hertzel <teresa.hertzel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Linda and Jeff, please both stay on this listserv. Our biggest "problem" is
our diversity, and BOO is our last hope to figure out how to get along.
On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 1:22 PM Jeff Gilligan <jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Right. It is nice to have a site where birds can be discussed, and that is
not subject to the thought control bureau, that encourages false accusations
about posters, and has no trouble accusing a not arrested or charged person
(in Georgia) with crimes of moral turpitude. I will post bird sightings
here in the future.
Linda Fink - go take a dump. I can see you are full of it.
( I don’t react rudely, except to the rude and crude.)
Jeff Gilligan
On Feb 26, 2021, at 12:13 PM, canyoneagle (Redacted sender "canyoneagle"
for DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Absolutely agree with everything Linda said, great note, thank you!
I hung on for six years before giving up on OBOL. A number of people I
know gave up much sooner, and were quite bitter about the treatment that
they received from what Linda called the "old guard". My name for them
was the "Inner Circle". I always thought that they used OBOL as if it was
their own private list, rather than a list that is open to all bird folks.
Perhaps the Inner Circle should think about starting their own list?
I live in California now, but still enjoy reading Boo, so thank you
Treesa!
I might run into some of you in the field in the future, as I will be up
that way again.
Best wishes all,
Lori Markoff
canyoneagle@xxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: boo-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <boo-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
Linda Fink
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2021 6:51 PM
To: boo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [boo] Wow!!
I checked my email this evening, as usual, and was shocked to see a whole
slew of Boo messages in my daily digest. I have not bothered to check OBOL
for several days as I'm busy living life here on the farm in the post-ice
age times. So I had not read any of the stuff y'all are talking about. How
wonderful to hear such a reasonable discussion here on Boo!
I'll come down on the side of Caleb. Bullies should be removed. I've been
on OBOL since the early days when it really was just for rare bird
sightings. That is no longer necessary thanks to e-bird. And, folks, those
knowledgeable old guys are not the only ones on OBOL who are
knowledgeable. Others would speak up if the old guard took their toys and
left.
As for what topics should be on OBOL, political discussions still need to
be on BOO. I love having that venue where I know people are interested in
hearing about the conservation issues I post there (here).
And where I can read about ones I may not have known about yet. (Thanks,
the other Linda!)
And, finally, a million thanks to moderator Theresa. What a fine and fair
job you have always done. I still hate the e-bird reports that fill up my
OBOL digest but I respect that I can scroll (and scroll and
scroll) past them eventually to get to what I'm interested in, which is
not rare bird sightings but just interesting bird sightings, like Judy's
field trip reports... I always envied having a group like that birding
together.
What OBOL has become by letting the old guard have their way is of very
little interest to me anymore. And I hate hearing people disparage each
other. Joel is always getting into trouble with some of the old regulars
yet Joel is out there doing more for birds and conservation on a daily
basis than most anyone else on OBOL. His personality, like mine, just
ticks some people off. Theresa has a job keeping us both in line but she
is very fair.
When I get time, I'll go back and read the OBOL digests from the last
several days and learn who the bad guys are this time around, although I
think I know. OBOL has never been welcoming to new birders and so when a
new birder comes on and gets shot down, I try to send them a private email
telling them not to let the old guard get them down. I'm sorry I was not
paying attention this time.
Thanks to all of you who have contributed to this discussion and
especially to Theresa for bringing it up. We are so fortunate to have her
as moderator on OBOL!
And, again, please listen to Caleb. Do not put up with crap no matter how
knowledgeable the crapper is.
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