| Dear All,
Please may I remind everyone (as Matt Frawley already has) that the chat line etiquette issue has already been raised (by me) at the last COG Committee meeting, and was subsequently addressed in our President's most excellent post to the chat line (copied below).
The emails that include attacks on others, for whatever reason and in whatever format, have no place on our chat line. They debase the value of our discussions, are unconstructive in main, and are far to easy to misinterpret. They do not solve problems, but rather contribute to it.
It genuinely saddens me to see these posts on our much-loved, read and used chat line.
Please can we move on, and keep personal debates off the public line.
Best wishes to all, Beth
As President I am fortunate enough to be in a position to receive compliments on the things that COG does well. One of these is the email discussion forum, or chat-line . The chat-line has been an innovation that is of great value to both Group and non-Group members and is an excellent medium by which we can all benefit from each other's birding experiences. Because the chat-line is an open forum for discussion on birds and their habitats it is important to ensure that the Forum is open to anyone and that there are no suggestions that postings are not welcome. For the more experienced bird observer it is important to remember the thrill of seeing a species or some aspect of behaviour for the first time and to be able to share that experience. Repeated postings of observations on any particular species should be encouraged for it is in this way we are all able to learn from other's experiences. As I encourage all relevant postings to the chat-line I also encourage those observations to be documented with the COG database. A form can be found on the COG website (see under 'Maps, Forms and Lists' ) or, once an observer has been registered, observations can be entered on-line. Registration is possible by logging ontohttp://cogatlas.org.au/ I would like to take this opportunity to remind contributors that it is best practice to make sure that posted emails have an appropriate subject line. This is best done by writing a new email rather than just clicking on the 'reply' button. Good Birding Chris Davey (President)
24 Bardsley Place
Holt
ACT 2615
Tel: 02-62546324
On Oct 18, 2009, at 8:56 AM, Mark Clayton wrote: I shall be asking the COG committee to formally discuss this important issue at their next available meeting and forwarding the responses I received as evidence that there is a major problem. Mark
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