I agree that the communication issue is complex; as noted, the birding community is broad and diverse, though not strictly speaking, fragmented. People have different reasons for birding, and time constraint may dictate they narrow their choice of communication platform to those suited to their particular purposes. That said, I highly value having a central clearing-house that integrates those different platforms. MOU has always seemed a logical choice, appropriate for academic information, current sightings, and discussion of issues. However, it must be a huge challenge for any one person to keep current and integrate those other platforms with MOU. Subscribing to e-bird alerts seems to answer the need for "immediate" information... provided everyone shares information in that venu. Some people may consciously choose to limit what, when, and where they post particular information, such as owl locations. That's because birds can be stressed by the attention of their human admirers, and not all birders seem sensitive to that. If the delayed dispersal of such information prevents a heavy, sudden influx of traffic, perhaps the far-flung web of our connections is not a bad thing--it protects what we profess to love. Linda Whyte On Jan 2, 2016 10:51 PM, "Mike imap" <[email protected]> wrote:
> With all due respect, saying "numerous" anything without specifics isn't > helpful to those who aren't tuned into those channels. Can you be more > specific? > > This situation illustrates an opportunity to bridge amongst generational > technology preferences to better serve the wider birding community. > Having just begun actively participating in the listserv-oriented community > recently, it was already apparent to me that there is a broad and diverse > but fragmented birding community. Enhancing connections between them would > seem worthy of conversation. Anyone else care to comment? > > Thanks, > > Mike Koutnik > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 2, 2016, at 10:31 PM, MOU admin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > (Posted by John Richardson <[email protected]> via moumn.org) > > > > Numerous local and national Facebook pages, and eBird I would say are > the two most used, > > but other are using blogging pages and other birding digest pages. > > ---- > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
