Bob, No, this is entirely your bailiwick. As the cofounder and sent from my iPhone member of the ENTS, it is up to you to make the monthly pronouncements. I remember in the 70's Pittsburgh Pirate baseball slugger took it upon himself to give out Stargell's Stars to various Pirate Players. He would award them on whatever basis he felt like, and would on occasion take them away. People who would hit game winning hits would get a star. A great day stealing bases would get a star. In one instance, Kent Tekulve, a relief pitcher, played a few innings in the outfield. On one high flying ball he ran to catch it and instead it hit him on the head. That earned him a star. The decisions were arbitrary and capricious - something that you could do very well, so I hereby declare you to be in charge of monthly, or weekly tree dude and dudette awards.
Ed "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science." - Albert Einstein ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 7:02 PM Subject: [ENTS] Re: Old Growth Forest Ecology Teachers Workshop, CFSP. PA Ed, Argument well taken. It appears that with all the great stuff going on that we have to have co-tree dudes of the month. Dale, Will, Larry, you, and Barry are all up for the title. Others can qualify also. Right now Beth and Jenny are in the running for co-tree dudesses. Maybe by the end of the month we can vote on Big Tree Dude of the month and similarly for Dudess. Whoever gets the most votes wins the title. All others who get votes would be Co-Tree Dudes and Dudesses. Since everybody could vote for themselves, everybody could be included. Hey, this is getting complicated. Time for me to back out and turn it over to you, Ed. You betcha. Bob Sent from my iPhone On Aug 10, 2009, at 5:43 PM, "Edward Frank" <[email protected]> wrote: Bob, It is a tough call. Look at the brilliant report Will wrote of his work in the Whitikaer Forest of California (at least part two was published this month). There is Dale teaching teachers about Old Growth for the next generation, There are more big live oaks by Live Oak Larry, being only 10 inches that is pretty impressive for him. Barry has posted more reports and videos of the Pine Barrens. Thee are your own exploits in Massachusetts. So there are many candidates. If it is Tree Dude of the Month - then this has all happened since August 1, and this is only the 10th. There is time for others to take the prize, be they a dude or a dudette. Ed "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science." - Albert Einstein --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
