'Citizen science can produce reliable data'

["Mark Clayton" <>]

Lia, 

We are paying enough taxes as it is. The trouble is we are spending it on
totally useless things like the Afghanistan war. Look at the mess that CSIRO
is in at present through lack of funding. Governments of both persuasions
seem to find all sorts of useless agendas to spend our money on other than
where it should be spent - for the benefit of all Australians. It is about
time the people of Australia told the government what should be done with
our money and not the other way around. They are after all supposed to be
our representatives!! (LOL)

Mark 

-----Original Message-----
From: Lia Battisson  
Sent: Monday, 7 January 2013 7:47 PM
To: David McDonald (personal); CanberraBirds
Subject: 'Citizen science can produce reliable data'

Every time I do a survey I worry about whether I'm doing well enough, but
scientists in Australia are relying ever more heavily on volunteers for
assistance.  Are we prepared to pay more taxes so that more can be spent on
research?

-----Original Message-----
From: David McDonald (personal)
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 12:42 PM
To: CanberraBirds
Subject: 'Citizen science can produce reliable data'

Hi

I found this article on http://theconversation.edu.au that you might
like: "Citizen science can produce reliable data"

http://theconversation.edu.au/citizen-science-can-produce-reliable-data-1081
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