Record's Committee Stuff
Darius Ecker (dariuse@abs.net)
Sat, 21 Feb 1998 07:50:37 -0500
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Phil,
I must admit, I was feeling just like Norm. The initial message written =
by Mary G. certainly gave us the impression she was on the Record's =
Committee by her declaration, and that's how the Record's Committee got =
dragged in. Lot's of our reactions probably go back to that original =
message.
I'd like to follow up with another question. Harvey's message he posted =
was great, but I seem to have lost it already in with the masses of =
email on my computer. Did Harvey mention the answers to these questions =
? If he did, I'd love it if someone could resend Harvey's message to =
me. If not, perhaps someone on the committee can post the answers ? =20
1. How are people selected to serve on the Records Committee ?
2. Is there a mechanism for removing them ?
3. Are members of the committee excluded from voting on their own =
sightings ?
Norm, I have submitted records to the MD/DC Records Committee and I've =
found it to be a painless process. The committee takes a long time to =
respond, so you tend to forget about what you've submitted. But that's =
ok, careful is better.
Good Birding,
Darius Ecker (dariuse@abs.net)
Columbia, Maryland
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From: Phil Davis[SMTP:pdavis@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 1998 12:20 AM
To: mdosprey@ARI.Net
Subject: Re: It is a common gull
Jeez ...
I've got to jump in here ... Norm, you are off base. Do not confuse the
"MD/DC Records Committee" with individuals who may nor may not be =
current
or past members of the committee. This is America ... any person is
entitled to express his/her opinion. The Committee, however, only =
speaks
through its deliberative process. The message that "set you off" does =
not
even contain the phrase "records committee". Furthermore, it appears to =
be
a debate between two people, neither of which are current members of =
the
committee.
The committee, as Harvey stated in his message of a few days ago, has =
not
even received a submission of a putative Common Gull, much less =
deliberated
and arrived at a decision. =20
Please do not add more fuel to this fire. Please leave the records
committee out of this discussion.
Phil Davis
Secretary, MD/DC Records Committee
At 11:13 PM 02/20/1998 -0500, you wrote:
(snip)
>I feel I've learned a tremendous amount during this discussion about=20
>looking critically at a bird, about defining the parameters of the=20
>research that must be carried out, and about presenting one's opinion=20
>to the powers that be--the records committee.
>
>Is Bruce Peterjohn's personal attack on Mark Hoffman typical of the=20
>way that such submissions are handled by the MD/DC Records Committee?
>If so, I can see why you may have trouble getting people to submit=20
>their thoughts to you.
>
(snip)
>
>I've never submitted any notes to the records committee...after=20
>hearing how they're received, how responses to opinions become=20
>personal vendettas, I probably never will.
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Phil Davis
home: PDavis@ix.netcom.com Davidsonville, Maryland USA
work: PDavis@OAO.com Greenbelt, Maryland USA
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