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Sorry! I meant to say go to 9:40! Ken Rosenberg (he/him/his) Applied Conservation Scientist, Retired Cornell Lab of Ornithology k...@cornell.edu Cell: 607-342-4594 From: t...@ottcmail.com Date: Monday, November 6, 2023 at 12:55 PM To: Kenneth V. Rosenberg Cc:

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Initially I was confused by Ken's link ,but starting at 9:40 if becomes relevant and funny. Alicia On 11/6/2023 11:10 AM, Kenneth V. Rosenberg wrote: > At least topic is getting some attention! > > Ken > > https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ0nVxD2Nck > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Nov 6,

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At least topic is getting some attention! Ken https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ0nVxD2Nck Sent from my iPhone On Nov 6, 2023, at 10:09 AM, Alicia Plotkin wrote:  The full Committee Report with its recommendations

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The full Committee Report with its recommendations here . It's easy to read & has some interesting material not included in the public statement put up on the web page. The Committee seems not

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I also want to thank Irene Liu for posting the link to the full explanatory document. After paying attention to this discussion since the idea first emerged a couple years ago, I will say that my biggest take home message is that there is great benefit in having thoughtful discussion of any idea.

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Thanks for that. A couple of issues. One is the resulting heavy cost of change, Think checklists,alphanumeric codes, field guides are three that immediately come to mind. When we did the second printing of the National Geo guide, we opted to new editions and not an errata list of changes. My plant

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Very interesting Irene. Thank you for providing this document!  Linda Orkin On Nov 5, 2023, at 2:04 PM, Irene Liu wrote: Hi everyone, I was a member of the ad hoc English Bird Names committee. Great to read everyone's comments and to know that people are reflecting on the recommendations