Hi Linda, Good points. Thanks for taking the time to compose a thoughtful response.
Mike Koutnik Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 3, 2016, at 8:47 AM, linda whyte <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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
