Re: [mou-net] Purpose of this listserv?

2020-08-17 Thread GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE
Back to birds .. > On Aug 17, 2020, at 12:51 PM, MN Bird wrote: > > I will add my voice to the I HATE FACEBOOK call. > > Long ago, I realized that what made Mark Zuckerberg 100 billion dollars is > NOT his benevolence to the people of the world. It’s all advertising > money…but without

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2020-08-17 Thread Sid Stivland
I agree with Jim and everyone who posted on this thread. I do not have a Facebook account and I am no fan of Facebook even if I was willing to monitor 10 Facebook sites to keep up. Facebook is a black hole for advertising dollars and the damage is palpable (see today's StarTribune, op ed page

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2020-08-17 Thread James Williams
Amen to Mr. Chapman’s comments on Facebook. It is a scourge, a curse, a misery. There is no conscience there, only greed and complete disregard for damage done. Information found on Facebook comes with a very high price. We are fortunate to have this listserv. It has a purpose (that should be

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2020-08-17 Thread MN Bird
I will add my voice to the I HATE FACEBOOK call. Long ago, I realized that what made Mark Zuckerberg 100 billion dollars is NOT his benevolence to the people of the world. It’s all advertising money…but without ANY o the restrictions that advertisers on traditional media have to (um…are

Re: [mou-net] Purpose of this listserv?

2020-08-17 Thread John Clouse
I’ll add my voice to the chorus. I HATE facebook. John > On Aug 17, 2020, at 10:01 AM, Winter X > <14c7543ba227-dmarc-requ...@lists.umn.edu> wrote: > >  Bummer , do not use Facebook ( privacy concerns ,,,etc.) . I'm a newbie > -- love the reports / findings . I'm in Stillwater

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2020-08-17 Thread Judith Clayton
I too appreciate our list serve. I am turned off by Facebook, but do enjoy ebird Sincerely, Judy > On Aug 17, 2020, at 9:23 AM, Mike Koutnik wrote: > > I’d like to add my thanks. I’m at most a rare and reluctant facebook user. I > appreciate the concise and focused info the listserv

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2020-08-17 Thread Winter X
Bummer , do not use Facebook ( privacy concerns ,,,etc.) . I'm a newbie -- love the reports / findings . I'm in Stillwater ,Minnesota -- on bird filled lake area .Thanks . Jack > On Aug 17, 2020, at 9:24 AM, Mike Koutnik wrote: > > I’d like to add my thanks. I’m at most a rare and

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2020-08-17 Thread Mike Koutnik
I’d like to add my thanks. I’m at most a rare and reluctant facebook user. I appreciate the concise and focused info the listserv provides. Mike Koutnik Sent from my iPhone On Aug 13, 2020, at 11:36 AM, Brian Tennessen wrote: I agree with all the thanks doled out, I appreciate the MOU! I

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2020-08-13 Thread Kathy Bresee
986> for Windows 10 From: Brian Tennessen<mailto:brian.tennes...@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020 11:35 AM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU<mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Purpose of this listserv? I agree with all the thanks doled out, I appreciate the MOU! I haven

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2020-08-13 Thread linda whyte
I'm adding my thanks and appreciation to all the above, as MOU and mnbird are where I post. That happens rarely for now; volunteer gigs are ramping up a bit, and COVID is not ramping down, so birding is confined to exercise walks close to home. If I start seeing more migration action, though, MOU

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2020-08-13 Thread Elizabeth Bell
I remember discussing the pros and cons of going on-line at board meetings way back when. Elizabeth Bell Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 13, 2020, at 11:48 AM, Terence Brashear wrote: > > " So, we're coming up on a quarter century of the public MOU-Net in a couple > of months. Quite a

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2020-08-13 Thread Terence Brashear
" So, we're coming up on a quarter century of the public MOU-Net in a couple of months. Quite a milestone! Feels like we should have some sort of celebration" Wow when you word it as a quarter century I feel really old - I've been moderating it from the beginning when Dave Cahlander set it up.

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2020-08-13 Thread Brian Tennessen
I agree with all the thanks doled out, I appreciate the MOU! I haven’t used the social media birder options much, and not much eBird either though I do tend to check out hotspot reports on eBird... Thanks all, Brian On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 10:45 AM Dale Trexel wrote: > So, we're coming up

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2020-08-13 Thread Dale Trexel
So, we're coming up on a quarter century of the public MOU-Net in a couple of months. Quite a milestone! Feels like we should have some sort of celebration. -Dale On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 9:47 AM Anthony Hertzel wrote: > > On Aug 13, 2020, at 9:17 A.M., Dale Trexel wrote: > > > > I, for one,

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2020-08-13 Thread Susan Barnes Elliott
> workers/officers/administrators today and in years past. > > GAndersson/St Paul > > -Original Message- > From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Anthony > Hertzel > Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020 9:47 AM > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.

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2020-08-13 Thread Gordon Andersson
9:47 AM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] Purpose of this listserv? > On Aug 13, 2020, at 9:17 A.M., Dale Trexel wrote: > > I, for one, am thankful that this ancient LISTSERV technology and its > admins have continued to provide a communication avenue for the > Mi

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2020-08-13 Thread Anthony Hertzel
> On Aug 13, 2020, at 9:17 A.M., Dale Trexel wrote: > > I, for one, am thankful that this ancient LISTSERV technology and its > admins have continued to provide a communication avenue for the Minnesota > birding community for years. > > (Decades? The lists.umn.edu archive goes back to 2008,

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2020-08-13 Thread Tami Vogel
: [mou-net] Purpose of this listserv? I, for one, am thankful that this ancient LISTSERV technology and its admins have continued to provide a communication avenue for the Minnesota birding community for years. (Decades? The https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__lists.umn.edu=DwIFaQ

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2020-08-13 Thread Dale Trexel
I, for one, am thankful that this ancient LISTSERV technology and its admins have continued to provide a communication avenue for the Minnesota birding community for years. (Decades? The lists.umn.edu archive goes back to 2008, while mail-archive goes back to 2005, and it was clearly in use prior

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2020-08-13 Thread Thomas Gilde
Thanks, Bob - I rely on the MOU, Tom Gilde Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 13, 2020, at 8:05 AM, Bob Dunlap wrote: > > Hi M.L. (and others), > > The mission of the listserve has not changed, and all such posts are still > encouraged. What has changed is that there are now several other

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2020-08-13 Thread Bob Dunlap
Hi M.L. (and others), The mission of the listserve has not changed, and all such posts are still encouraged. What has changed is that there are now several other platforms that birders use to share bird sightings and other information, including most notably Facebook but also Twitter and