Linda publicly attacked me. I responded in la less crude way. It
On Feb 26, 2021, at 1:33 PM, Angela Calabrese <cbreseangela@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,
It seems Jeff if giving us an example.
Do we consider his email appropriate? Is this considered bullying? What
should be done about it? If he had emailed Linda privately, do we consider
that the responsibility of the moderator? Is this a good time to simply hit
the "block email" button?
Obviously there are few rules for BOO so he may not be breaking any of them
here.
Angela
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From: Jeff Gilligan <jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2/26/21 11:22 AM (GMT-08:00)
To:
Cc: boo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [boo] Re: Wow!!
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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