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Perhaps we could have a positive influence upon them & even convert some of them. Or am I being too optimistic? Ivars Krafts At 06:53 PM 9/12/2005, Mike Hendrickson wrote: >I really do not have an issue with the MOU being part of a sportsman >show and was wondering or maybe I wasn't reading careful enough to >follow along on this but is there any cost as far as cost for a >table and ect.? Also I was wondering how birders who objected to >the Mourning Dove hunt would like to sit side by side to those who >advocate dove shooting in Minnesota. > >Mike H >----- Original Message ----- From: "Alt, Mark" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 3:23 PM >Subject: [mou] Sportsmen's Show in St Paul wants to have a Birding Room > > > >In my capacity as President of the MOU I met with members of the DNR, >Mark Martell and the group that puts on the Sportsmen's show each year. >It is to be held Tuesday March 28 to Sunday, April 2. >The group wanted us to sponsor a room promoting and offering info on >birding and birds in MN. Minnesota Audubon and I thought it was >inappropriate for our organizations to sponsor a boat show, so that fell >off the table, but then the DNR stepped forward and offered to sponsor >it. This presents an interesting option for our members. If anyone >wishes to volunteer to staff this booth and answer questions (a la State >Fair Booth), they would get free admittance to the show that day ($9.00 >value). The Mou would be welcome to distribute any materials we have and >they are also interested in speakers on Bird topics to do seminars. >I think this is a great opportunity for our members who enjoy hunting >and boating to get in to the show free and for others who enjoy manning >these functions to do so, without any outlay of funds or official >endorsement from the MOU. We would be allowed to sign people up if we >wish for the Mou and we may have internet connectivity which would give >us a chance to showcase our webpage and our seasonal reporting functions >that are in use now. I will serve as the organizing representative for >the MOU (unless someone else wants it), and I would like to issue an >open call for interested people on MOU net and MN Bird so I could keep >interested people in the queue to be a part of this. >Carrol Henderson feels that if this shows promise, there >may be a future for a "Birding" show, which we could definitely align >with. >This is the first step towards that opportunity and I feel it is >vital we are involved in some way. Please contact me if you have any >questions or if you want to be involved in some way, either in the >planning or the staffing of the event. > >Mark Alt >President, >Minnesota Ornithologists Union >J. F. Bell Museum of Natural History >University of Minnesota >10 Church Street SE >Minneapolis, MN 55455-0104 >MOU.mn.org >[email protected] >Cell: 612-803-9085 > >_______________________________________________ >mou-net mailing list >[email protected] >http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > >_______________________________________________ >mou-net mailing list >[email protected] >http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net Ivars Krafts office: 763-784-2210 cell: 612-759-4641 [email protected] --=====================_8699171==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> <body> Perhaps we could have a positive influence upon them & even convert some of them. Or am I being too optimistic?<br> Ivars Krafts<br><br> At 06:53 PM 9/12/2005, Mike Hendrickson wrote:<br> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I really do not have an issue with the MOU being part of a sportsman show and was wondering or maybe I wasn't reading careful enough to follow along on this but is there any cost as far as cost for a table and ect.? Also I was wondering how birders who objected to the Mourning Dove hunt would like to sit side by side to those who advocate dove shooting in Minnesota.<br><br> Mike H<br> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alt, Mark" <[email protected]><br> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]><br> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 3:23 PM<br> Subject: [mou] Sportsmen's Show in St Paul wants to have a Birding Room<br><br> <br><br> In my capacity as President of the MOU I met with members of the DNR,<br> Mark Martell and the group that puts on the Sportsmen's show each year.<br> It is to be held Tuesday March 28 to Sunday, April 2.<br> The group wanted us to sponsor a room promoting and offering info on<br> birding and birds in MN. Minnesota Audubon and I thought it was<br> inappropriate for our organizations to sponsor a boat show, so that fell<br> off the table, but then the DNR stepped forward and offered to sponsor<br> it. This presents an interesting option for our members. If anyone<br> wishes to volunteer to staff this booth and answer questions (a la State<br> Fair Booth), they would get free admittance to the show that day ($9.00<br> value). The Mou would be welcome to distribute any materials we have and<br> they are also interested in speakers on Bird topics to do seminars.<br> I think this is a great opportunity for our members who enjoy hunting<br> and boating to get in to the show free and for others who enjoy manning<br> these functions to do so, without any outlay of funds or official<br> endorsement from the MOU. We would be allowed to sign people up if we<br> wish for the Mou and we may have internet connectivity which would give<br> us a chance to showcase our webpage and our seasonal reporting functions<br> that are in use now. I will serve as the organizing representative for<br> the MOU (unless someone else wants it), and I would like to issue an<br> open call for interested people on MOU net and MN Bird so I could keep<br> interested people in the queue to be a part of this.<br> Carrol Henderson feels that if this shows promise, there<br> may be a future for a "Birding" show, which we could definitely align<br> with.<br> This is the first step towards that opportunity and I feel it is<br> vital we are involved in some way. Please contact me if you have any<br> questions or if you want to be involved in some way, either in the<br> planning or the staffing of the event.<br><br> Mark Alt<br> President,<br> Minnesota Ornithologists Union<br> J. F. Bell Museum of Natural History<br> University of Minnesota<br> 10 Church Street SE<br> Minneapolis, MN 55455-0104<br> MOU.mn.org<br> [email protected]<br> Cell: 612-803-9085<br><br> _______________________________________________<br> mou-net mailing list<br> [email protected]<br> <a href="http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net"; eudora="autourl"> http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net</a><br><br> _______________________________________________<br> mou-net mailing list<br> [email protected]<br> <a href="http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net"; eudora="autourl"> http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net</a></blockquote> <x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep> <font face="Viner Hand ITC" size=4 color="#000080">Ivars Krafts<br> </font><font size=1 color="#000080">office:</font> <font size=2 color="#000080"> 763-784-2210<br> </font><font size=1 color="#000080">cell: </font><font size=2 color="#000080">612-759-4641<br> </font><font size=1 color="#000080">[email protected]<br> </font></body> </html> --=====================_8699171==.ALT--
