[texbirds] Re: Century Club

  • From: D D Currie <ddbirder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "ddbirder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ddbirder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "c.o.carver@xxxxxxxxx" <c.o.carver@xxxxxxxxx>, "irasciblej@xxxxxxxxx" <irasciblej@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 05:58:37 -0700 (PDT)

SENDING ON BEHALF OF LAMONT BROWN - HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE POSTING.....
 
 Jim and all:
I too am competitive and like D.D. Currie,I plan going through counties that I 
likely would otherwise not bird, when headed in a direction. Had I been able to 
be at the Laredo meeting I was prepared to give a Five Minute talk on “The 
2013 Panhandle Fallout”. This was one of the neatest birding experiences I 
have ever had. It was a direct result of me going into the Panhandle this past 
winter to open the remaining 7 counties to allow me to reach the 254 number, 
which is all Texas Counties.
 
David Sarkowzi and I have visited a few times about TXCC. I have put together a 
16-page document describing what I believe to be the best overhaul of TXCC. I 
will be happy to send a copy to all TOS Board members and even meet with you to 
discuss this project overhaul at a future meeting. There is no pride of 
authorship in this document as it can be reworked and massaged to make the TXCC 
viable. It is simply a nice place to start in the process.
In my opinion, there are two very critical components needed for TXCC to be 
viable, the TOS Board backing and a “CEO type” to champion the TXCC cause 
and bring it and the accomplishments to the forefront for all of us to see. 
IMHO the impact of TXCC especially on some of the least populated / birded 
counties is unequivocal.
 
There are ways that even the current data entry can be streamlined without 
having to import from eBird. Over the last six months or so I have added Brady 
Surber, Vernon, to take about 20 counties in Regions 1 and 2. Also Steve 
Welborn, Quanah has taken 30 or more Region 1 and 2 counties as editor. He is 
willing to do more as we can streamline the process. Additionally Steve has 
shared some really good ideas with me in the planning process, many of which I 
incorporated into the planning document mentioned above.
 
Lastly, I would hate to see the TXCC be exclusively based upon submissions to 
eBird. First I do not want to be in competition in a county with everyone that 
ever lived or ever submitted data to eBird. I want to be in friendly 
competition with all of you [those] that WANT to play the game. Secondly there 
are at least two and possibly more TXCCers that do not contribute to eBird. 
Having this as a requirement would necessarily push out some good birders.
Lamont Brown
Denton and Harlingen


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From: D D Currie <ddbirder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "c.o.carver@xxxxxxxxx" <c.o.carver@xxxxxxxxx>; "irasciblej@xxxxxxxxx" 
<irasciblej@xxxxxxxxx> 
Cc: Texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; TOS <TOS-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 7:29 PM
Subject: [texbirds] Re: Century Club


Sorry for the previously garbled message.....here it is again.
 
Being the competitive person that I am,  I have been very frustrated with 
delayed posting of standings (I want my 15 minutes of fame), but I still think 
this was a very good idea. Dell and I have had more fun doing the county 
listing and have gone places we never would have gone if not for this challenge 
and we have met some really great people that have helped us find 100 species 
in several counties.  In fact, we are taking off work to go to Grimes County 
this Friday. We have less than 20 birds to get to 100 which will make 100 
counties with 100 species for me (wooooo hooooo!!!!).  Why else would we go to 
Grimes County in August in Texas for birding!!! (Sorry Darrell Vollert, but 
also thank you for helping us find the other 80 species in Grimes county 4 
years ago!).
 
So.....for the unofficial record.....DD Currie is at 99 and Dell Little is at 
97 counties in Texas with 100 species.....hopefully soon to add one more.
 
DD Currie
Arlington, TX


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From: Cameron Carver <c.o.carver@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "irasciblej@xxxxxxxxx" <irasciblej@xxxxxxxxx> 
Cc: Texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; TOS <TOS-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 5:57 PM
Subject: [texbirds] Re: Century Club


All,

If TOS is not responsible for TXCC, then the TXCC website is incredibly 
misleading. In the description of the challenge it states that the challenge is 
sponsored by TOS.

Many Texas birders have put quite a bit of time, effort and money into the 
century club. I have always been under the impression that TOS has been 
associated with TXCC. If that is not the case I would expect a few people to be 
a little... upset.  If TOS does not officially sponsor TXCC then that needs to 
be changed on both websites and officially addressed by TOS.

Cameron Carver
Lubbock, TX

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On Aug 12, 2013, at 14:40, "Jim Hailey" <irasciblej@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> To my knowledge the Century Club, while a worthy and worthwhile endeavor,
> has never been officially adopted as a TOS undertaking.  This program was
> started and administrated by David Sarkozi.  David has control of that
> website and those who are involved are responsible for what is done, not
> TOS.  So please don't hold TOS responsible for anything associated with the
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