I agree with the moderators' position. OBOL is for discussions about wild
birds. Discussions of falconry, cagebirds or bird hunting are also not allowed
on OBOL, and conservation issues are allowed only in low doses. One reason is
that OBOL members often have very strong disagreements on these issues and it
doesn’t take much to make the list a snarling session. I disagree with some of
my best friends on some of these issues - OBOL is not the place for that
argument to happen.
The moderators have allowed a modest amount of Malheur talk this past week.
Some of the posts have been focused on specific bird issues.
By the way, it is clear that there are nonbirder lurkers on OBOL who watch the
list for their own purposes. OBOL is not a proper forum for political action
planning. We have 1200 members. That’s another reason to keep “strategy” ideas
off the list.
Alan Contreras
acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx
On Jan 12, 2016, at 8:38 AM, Forrest English <forrest.english@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I'm a little baffled how the occupation of the most famous birding
destination in Oregon, the destruction of refuge property, and our inability
to bird there currently is not an allowed topic for discussion.
Every Audubon chapter in the state is talking about it, but we can't on the
statewide bird list?
On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 6:09 PM, Hannah Fritz <hannah.fritz@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:hannah.fritz@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Please people, the moderators have made it very clear numerous times that
non-bird sighting posts about the situation in Malheur are not appropriate to
this listserv.
They went so far as to set up another listserv just so people can carry on
conversations that are tangentially related to birding in Oregon--the
occupation at Malheur being a prime situation. Not to mention other news
sites, Facebook communities and pages devoted to Malheur/birding/etc where
there are comment sections to engage with other like-minded (or otherwise)
people til your heart's content.
This rule applies to ALL OF US, no matter how interested or disinterested in
the situation we may individually be, or how irresistible a certain story or
comment is.
--
Forrest English
