Susan, to answer your questions about fighting the Vikings' decision to decline putting in bird-safe glass, below is contact information for the governor and mayor. It seems to me this might be the best way to exert pressure... after all, they (we!) paid for a big part of the stadium! (I suspect they pay less attention to email than phone calls or letters.) As for the Vikings and Sports Facilities Authority, the Audubon form (link repeated below) goes to both of them... or it shouldn't be hard to find their address.
https://secure.audubon.org/site/Advocacy?page=UserAction <https://secure.audubon.org/site/Advocacy?page=UserAction&id=1717> &id=1717 (Audubon says they have reached 65% of their goal of 65,000 signers, so birders should get on this...) http://mn.gov/governor/contact-us/form/ Office of the Governor & Lt Governor 116 Veterans Service Building 20 W 12th Street St. Paul, MN 55155 Telephone: 651-201-3400 http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/mayor/contact/index.htm Mayor Betsy Hodges 350 S. 5th St., Room 331 Minneapolis, MN 55415 Phone: (612) 673-2100 Stephen Greenfield Minneapolis <mailto:tapacul...@gmail.com> tapacul...@gmail.com From: Susan Gilmore [mailto:sgph...@mninter.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 12:59 PM To: tapacul...@gmail.com Cc: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] Vikings stadium rejects bird-friendly glass Stephen & MOU List: There has been a lot in the paper lately about the Vikings Stadium and their bad choice of glass making the windows a deadly hazard for birds. I have sent information to friends to sign the Audubon petition, put information on my Facebook page and written on the Vikings Stadium Facebook page. I would love to do more to pressure the right people. Is there a good email or site to write to the Mayor and the Governor? How about the Vikings owners? Should the MOU group do something as a group? Thank you. Susan Gilmore On Jul 23, 2014, at 9:22 PM, Stephen Greenfield wrote: The design for the new Vikings stadium includes massive windows facing towards the river. National Audubon and other groups had requested that they use glass that greatly reduces bird collisions, but last week the Vikings and the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority (MSFA) rejected the recommendation. Though they have the right to choose this design, it seems irresponsible to ignore available materials that will reduce the impact on wildlife. The following link makes it easy to send an e-mail to the owners to request or demand that they change course. (I'll also try to find mailing addresses so the mayor and governor can be copied.) https://secure.audubon.org/site/Advocacy?page=UserAction <https://secure.audubon.org/site/Advocacy?page=UserAction <https://secure.audubon.org/site/Advocacy?page=UserAction&id=1717> &id=1717> &id=1717 Thanks, Steve Stephen Greenfield Minneapolis <mailto:tapacul...@gmail.com> tapacul...@gmail.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
