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:
know gave up much sooner, and were quite bitter about the treatment that
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
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?
Treesa!
I live in California now, but still enjoy reading Boo, so thank you
that way again.
I might run into some of you in the field in the future, as I will be up
Linda Fink
Best wishes all,
Lori Markoff
canyoneagle@xxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2021 6:51 PMwhole slew of Boo messages in my daily digest. I have not bothered to check
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Subject: [boo] Wow!!
I checked my email this evening, as usual, and was shocked to see a
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!
been on OBOL since the early days when it really was just for rare bird
I'll come down on the side of Caleb. Bullies should be removed. I've
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.
to be on BOO. I love having that venue where I know people are interested
As for what topics should be on OBOL, political discussions still need
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!)
fair job you have always done. I still hate the e-bird reports that fill up
And, finally, a million thanks to moderator Theresa. What a fine and
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 isnot rare bird sightings but just interesting bird sightings, like Judy's
field trip reports... I always envied having a group like that birding
together.
little interest to me anymore. And I hate hearing people disparage each
What OBOL has become by letting the old guard have their way is of very
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.
several days and learn who the bad guys are this time around, although I
When I get time, I'll go back and read the OBOL digests from the last
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.
especially to Theresa for bringing it up. We are so fortunate to have her
Thanks to all of you who have contributed to this discussion and
as moderator on OBOL!
how knowledgeable the crapper is.
And, again, please listen to Caleb. Do not put up with crap no matter
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