[TN-Bird] 2005 Spring Board Meeting Agenda
- From: Virginia Reynolds <treynold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN-Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:29:01 -0500
The following is tentative agenda. Please let me know if there are any
additions or corrections. Sorry that the agenda did not "copy" well.
Virginia Reynolds
treynold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Memphis, TN
Shelby County
Tennesee Ornithological Society
Agenda for Board of Directors Meeting
April 30, 2005
Call to order and determination of quorum
Approval of minutes of 2004 Fall Meeting
Reports of Officers and Dirctors at Large
Vice Presidents Allen Trently, Melinda Welton, Dick
Preston
Directors at large Stephan Tourledge, M.TN; Dee
Eiklor, E.TN
Secretary Donna Ward
Treasurer Mac McWhirter
Curator Chuck Nicholson
Migrant Editor Chris Welsh
EMS
Migrant on line
Tennessee Warbler Editor Theresa Graham
Proposed Guidelines
Committee Reports
Nominating Committee Richard Connors
Finance Committee Ron Hoff
Dues structure
Conservation Policy Committee Melinda Welton
Conservation
Research and Funding Charlie Muise
Committee
Distinguished Service Award Jim Ferguson
(To be announced at banquet)
Collateral Materials Carolyn Bullock
TN-Bird Wallace Coffey
Old Business Fall Meeting - Greeneville
New Business An Annotated Checklist of the
Birds of TN
by John C. Robinson up-date
Proposal *
Announcements
* The following is a copy of the email received on March 23, 2005 which
has been forwarded to the Executive Committee for comment.
President, Tennessee Ornithological Society
4241 Waymar Drive, Memphis, TN 38117
Dear Virginia Reynolds;
By way of introduction, my name is John C. Robinson and I am the
author of the Annotated Checklist of the Bird of Tennessee. I am
writing to you today to:
a) get your personal response on a proposal I have for working with
the Tennessee Ornithological Society (TOS); and
b) to see if you would be willing to take this proposal in a revised
format to the TOS as part of a fund-raising opportunity
As you now know, I wrote the book on the birds of TN (the checklist).
It was published in 1990 and is now about 15-16 years out of date.
Also, since I left Tennessee, I have formed my own software company
(established in 1994) that produces software products for birders. The
name of my company is On My Mountain, Inc. Our North American Bird
Reference Book instructional multimedia CD-ROM has already sold over
95,000 copies worldwide and is still in high demand. It features all
922 bird species of North America, including songs, photographs, range
maps, natural history accounts, quizzes, and Internet access.
If there is an energetic member of the TOS who would be willing to
take on revising the book and working with me on same, I propose the
following:
a) I work with the identified individual to bring a revised edition of
the Annotated Check-list of the Birds of Tennessee to market, thereby
providing him/her with insights into the book publication business and
allowing him/her to be identified as a co-author on the title of the
book
b) I will locate a publisher to publish the book, at an appropriate
price point.
c) TOS will have the opportunity to specify certain features it wishes
to be included in the new book
d) I would include a limited edition copy of my bird watching software
FREE in the back of the book. Purchasers of the book who wish to
"unlock" the CD would send a check to do so to the TOS; TOS would
deposit that check and forward the customer information to me along
with an administrative payment; and I, in turn, would provide the
access code for the customer. The cost for unlocking the CD would be
determined later, but would allow an opportunity for TOS to turn this
into a significant fund-raiser while also allowing a nominal profit
center for my corporation (On My Mountain, Inc.) as well.
Before sharing this with other Board Members, please let me know what
you personally think of this idea. If you feel other Board Members and
the TOS as a whole would be receptive to this idea, especially the
fundraiser part of this proposal, then I can put together a more formal
proposal for you to take before the Board.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
- John
/s/ John C. Robinson
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