Hi CObirders,

It is my pleasure to announce that the CFO Board of Directors has elected Doug 
Faulkner as the new chair of the Colorado Bird Records Committee.

While we will all dearly miss Larry Semo, who served the Colorado birding 
community so well with verve, expertise, and enthusiasm, it is important that 
we move forward to continue the important work of the Colorado Bird Records 
Committee.

Doug has served as a member of the CBRC for six years and as a non-voting 
Secretary since January 2011. He has recently published "Birds of Wyoming." He 
is also associate editor for 'Western Birds,' the journal of the Western Field 
Ornithologists.  In addition, he has served CFO as a past editor of 'Colorado 
Birds.'  He is a biologist with SWCA, a national environmental consulting firm, 
and he is currently a recognized authority on the effects of wind turbines on 
birds and bats.

The Board has reached this decision after careful consideration, while 
recognizing the need to find a new chair as quickly as reasonably possible.  
The Board has consulted with many persons knowledgable in the functions of the 
CBRC, including past and present CBRC members, and others familiar with the 
expertise needed to chair a thoughtful, conservative, and successful birds 
records committee.  The Board has examined all reasonable alternates and firmly 
concluded that Doug Faulkner is the best candidate.

Please join me and the CFO Board in welcoming Doug Faulkner to this very 
important position!

Jim Beatty

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