I, for one, am thankful that this ancient LISTSERV technology and its admins have continued to provide a communication avenue for the Minnesota birding community for years.
(Decades? The lists.umn.edu archive goes back to 2008, while mail-archive goes back to 2005, and it was clearly in use prior to that: https://www.mail-archive.com/mou-net@lists.umn.edu/mail50.html. How long has MOU-NET been around?) It's nice to have a place for us in the MN birding community who refuse to support for-profit social media platforms that unapologetically generate revenue from political disinformation campaigns under the guise of "free speech". Even if we rarely post to it ourselves! Dale Trexel On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 8:05 AM Bob Dunlap <bob.dunlap...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi M.L. (and others), > > The mission of the listserve has not changed, and all such posts are still > encouraged. What has changed is that there are now several other platforms > that birders use to share bird sightings and other information, including > most notably Facebook but also Twitter and Instagram among still others. > eBird also allows people to sign up for rare bird alerts in a given county, > state, or country. All of this has resulted in a fragmented landscape of > bird sightings, and in many ways it’s now up to the individual to determine > how connected they want to be. This is in no means limited to MOU-net, as > other listserves around the country have been dealing with the same issue > for about a decade now. Several in the MOU try to ensure that notable > sightings are being cross-posted among platforms, so that if a rare bird is > posted on Facebook it will in turn get posted on MOU-net, and their efforts > are much appreciated. > > Finally, we’re just about at the end of the summer lull in terms of bird > activity, and we’ve already seen some shorebird reports trickling in which > is typical for this time of year. As migration picks up over the remainder > of the month I think we can expect to see more reports. > > Bob Dunlap > > On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 7:13 AM M. L. Munn <munn....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have noticed a dearth of observations of this listserve, has the > mission > > > > changed? > > > > > > > > "MOU-Net is an electronic mailing list made available to all persons > > interested > > > > in the birds of Minnesota. It is a place where birders can share their > > > > sightings -- notable or otherwise -- with other interested people. We > > > > particularly invite posts of observations that contribute to the > > understanding > > > > of the birds in the state. This includes sightings of birds that are > > unusual, > > > > in an unusual location or out of season, or present in significantly > higher > > > > numbers than normally expected." > > > > > > > > ---- > > > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > > > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > > > > > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > > > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
