Earlier this month, COG's President, Chris Davey, posted the appended
message to our list. It represents COG's policy on contributions to
CanberraBirds.
As List Manager, I request that subscribers stop sending comments on
this matter the the whole list. While I think that what needs to be
said and done has been attended to either via the list or in other
ways, if you have any further comments, please direct them to me, not
to the whole 250 subscribers. Offensive language and personal comments
should not be posted to the list.
Let's keep the focus of the list on reporting upon and discussing the
wild native birds of the Canberra region, and their conservation.
Thank you.
David McDonald
List Manager
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 onto http://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
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David McDonald
Canberra Ornithologists Group email lists manager
T: 02 6238 3706
M: 0416 231 890
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