[texbirds] Re: Considering a TEXBIRDS rule change, your feedback is wanted

  • From: Clay Taylor <Clay.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "mbwomer@xxxxxxxxx" <mbwomer@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 17:25:15 -0500

Hi all - 

As only a six-year resident of TX, and coming from a state that had 9 counties 
and ~140 towns, I still have a TERRIBLE time with TX geography.   Any and all 
posts that give references to city, county, and general TX region (the TPWD 
maps are great for me to visualize) are a great help.

Plus, there are a LOT of out-of-state lurkers that monitor this list, so they 
are likely to be as clueless as I.    

That said, I agree that you personally should have better things to do than 
hound address non-posters.  I also agree that we TexBirders can politely pepper 
said "offender" with town and region requests.  After the 4th or 5th time 
answering such a barrage of requests, they should get the hang of it fairly 
quickly.   

I will now change my sign-off to:

Clay Taylor
Calallen (Corpus Christi) TX
Central TX Coast
Clay.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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> On Dec 1, 2014, at 4:57 PM, Michael Womer <mbwomer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Ditto per previous responses. It is very valuable to see a location, but
> not worth your time to try to police, IMHO.
> Mike Womer
> Katy, Tx.
> 
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Collins, Fred (Commissioner Pct. 3) <
> Fred_Collins@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> David and all,
>> 
>> I agree completely with Bob. Seems to me, in the days of automatic
>> signatures, it is not much to ask. Frequently people post back yard
>> sightings. They are really worthless without a location on the signature.
>> 
>> 
>> Fred Collins, Director
>> Kleb Woods Nature Center
>> 20303 Draper Road
>> Tomball TX 77377
>> 
>> Life member TOS and SWAN
>> Advisory Board Member HAS  and KPC
>> 
>> Employee of
>> Harris County Precinct 3
>> Steve Radack Commissioner
>> www.pct3.hctx.net
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: texbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:texbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Bob Friedrichs
>> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2014 3:20 PM
>> To: david@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: TexBirds
>> Subject: [texbirds] Re: Considering a TEXBIRDS rule change, your feedback
>> is wanted
>> 
>> David,
>> Thanks for posing this question to the Listserv.  I personally like seeing
>> the birders location in the post.  I don't know everyone who posts on
>> Texbirds nor sometimes the location or hot spot where they birded.  Seeing
>> the location/town/city of the birder at the bottom of the post helps me put
>> the sighting in perspective and also decide if I want to learn more about
>> the sighting or the location where they birded.
>> 
>> However, I understand the difficulty of 'policing' such a thing.  Perhaps
>> still 'requiring' it with minimal policing by you is an option.  The
>> Texbirds community could also possibly help with holding each othjer
>> accountable.....if others agree.  We're generally not a bashful lot :-)
>> 
>> My 2 cents
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> Bob Friedrichs
>> Palacios, most weekends
>>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 2:13 PM, David Sarkozi <david@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I'm considering getting rid of the requirement that you end your
>>> message with both your full name and location. I would drop the
>>> requirement for the location. A lot of people have been leaving out
>>> the location and for sure the earth has not stopped spinning and there
>>> are still birds to see.
>>> 
>>> While it has some value I think with knowing where people are from in
>>> putting a sighting in context and to separate two people with similar
>>> names it has just become pain to try police if its not adding value
>>> for the majority of readers.
>>> 
>>> Most of the people that post are reasonably well known so the context
>>> thing isn't that big a deal. If you think you're being confused with
>>> someone else you can certainly put your location in your signature.
>>> 
>>> I will certainly keep the requirement to sign with your full name
>>> because so many people don't have their name in there email address.
>>> 
>>> So what do you think, does the location add value to you?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> David Sarkozi, List Owner
>>> Houston, TX
>>> (713) 412-4409 twitter ID dsarkozi
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>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Bob Friedrichs
>> Houston / Palacios
>> 
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