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
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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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