Good idea: make a list for journal submissions only, or something like that. Might even have a form on a web site or some flavor of template for those submissions. That would really fix the confusions!
Chuck > -----Original Message----- > From: mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu]on > Behalf Of Michael Engh > > I agree that MOU should be more inclusive and supportive of new birders. > > I was intimidated by MOU as a new birder several years ago and really > enjoyed participating in MN bird. > > On the other hand, I stopped subscribing to MN bird because the volume > of emails was too much to receive while I was at work. > I then subscribed to MOU net because the volume was less and I wanted to > keep track of the more unusual/hotline type sightings while at work. > > I welcome the evolution of MOU net to be less exclusive. The enthusiasm > and friendliness of Mark Alt is great PR for MOU. > > But, do I dare suggest a second MOU service which would be more limited, > not to be snooty at all, but to limit the number of emails so I can > still receive unusual and timely bird news at work. Does anyone else > find themselves in this position? > > There have been attempts to standardize keywords on the subject line to > allow email filters to filter out hot reports but that is hard to > explain to users, hard to get right, and hard to enforce. > > I also remember an attempt to start an mn-ornithology list but never saw > any postings. > > Mike Engh