Thinking more along the lines of process efficiency ... what incentive do birders have to "input" sightings to Records Committee if the "output" of the process is four years away?
Does the committee have a service level agreement (SLA) with its customers (birders) in that when birder A submits a report; committee B has x-month(s) to review and decide? BTW SLAs are developed in agreement with your customer(s) not by the service provider (committee) alone. SLAs also can be measured over time to review performance giving customers a chance to say "well done" or "your process is not meeting our expectations" offering the committee a chance to become more efficient (review process) or review performance of process owners (committee members) in the process. Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ On May 10, 4:10 pm, "The \"Nunn Guy\"" <lefk...@coloradobirder.info> wrote: > So, as a "process guy" I'm sitting here wondering why a Kelp Gull > (which more than likely is not an escapee of any sort) takes four > years to say "accepted"? > > Thanks > gary Lefko, Nunnhttp://coloradobirder.ning.com/ > > On May 10, 3:07 pm, "Jim Beatty" <jdbea...@bresnan.net> wrote: > > > > > Hi COBirders, > > > The Rufous-collared Sparrow has raised questions about how the Colorado > > Bird Records Committee might approach this possible record. While I'm not > > a member of the CBRC, it may be helpful to present a summary of the basic > > process and reference sources of more detailed information. > > > Some background may be of interest to COBirds subscribers who are not > > members of Colorado Field Ornithologists. The CBRC is a unit of CFO and > > appointed by the CFO President and confirmed by the Board. There are seven > > members of the CBRC including the chair. All members are term-limited > > except for the chair. Members must be expert birders, CFO members, and > > contribute to the CFO goals. > > > Today most records are submitted and reviewed electronically, but, let me > > emphasize, nothing starts until a sighting record is submitted to the CBRC. > > The results of these reviews are published periodically in 'Colorado > > Birds,' as the 'Report of the CBRC.' These reports are extensive and the > > individual record reviews are in proportion to the uniqueness and > > difficulty of a particular record. > > > The CBRC is explained in more detail on the CFO website under 'Records > > Committee' and 'About.' The 'About' page at the top links to the CBRC > > reports from 1998 to 2010. The inidividual reports are summarized and then > > the full report, as published in 'Colorado Birds,' is linked to a .pdf file. > > > For an example of extreme complexity and thoroughness look at the 43rd > > Report of the CBRC and its review of the Kelp Gull. This acceptance report > > is cited as a 'summary' which has been condensed to 17 pages. If you page > > through this report, you will find the many factors that are considered in > > making a difficult final determination. This bird was sighted in September > > 2003 and the final report was published in 2007. Needless to say, most > > records can be reviewed in a much shorter time with much less effort. In > > fact the 57th report of the CBRC in the January 2011 issue of 'Colorado > > Birds' lists decisions made on sightings from 2009 and 2010. Both > > 'accepted' and 'not accepted' records are reviewed. > > > The CBRC is the official body that determines the bird list for the State > > of Colorado. They are expert, careful, diligent, and hard-working. We are > > very fortunate to have such a dedicated committee reviewing and managing > > our records. > > > Finally, I do request that you continue to document rare and unusal > > sightings within the state. These records contribute much to our knowledge > > of distribution and status of bird species in the state. All records are > > housed at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. > > > Jim Beatty > > Durango, CO- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
