I have to disagree.  It is very easy to watch what you
are posting.  You can double check what addresses you
post before you click the insert addresses.  As for
being a new person to the list, welcome, and simply
watch whom you are sending items to.

On a bird note, my Barred's are signing up a STORM!
Drives my dogs crazy.

Keep birding

Lynn Miller
Lone Jack,MO
Jackson CO.
--- Frank Reiter <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I agree with Debra. It seemed a little bit harsh to
> me. I understand how easy it would be to
> accidentally click on MO Birds List in my address
> book, too. And personally, I found the post to be
> hilarious. I also agree that a gentle, and maybe
> even offline, reminder would have been appropriate.
> Heck, if I got something like what Mr. Cowan did, I
> would be afraid or embarrassed to post ever again.
> Especially someone newer like me that hardly posts,
> anyway.
>
> Frank Reiter
> Sedalia MO
> Pettis County
>
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Debra Priest
>   To: [log in to unmask]
>   Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 7:30 AM
>   Subject: Mo bird readers--thought for today
>
>
>   Dear List-serve members,
>
>   I hope that I never accidentally send something to
> the list serve that I
>   shouldn't.  When I forward messages, it would be
> very easy to inadvertently
>   click on the MO bird list in my address book and
> not even realize it.
>
>   Would it be possible to just gently remind someone
> (if they are a first time
>   'offender') that the material is inappropriate?  I
> felt sorry for Mr. Cowan
>   when I read the response to his message (and the
> reply that he hadn't
>   realized he had sent it). We are all humans, we do
> make mistakes, and a
>   gentle reminder would be appreciated by all of us
> might someday make that
>   same mistake.
>
>   Debra Priest
>   Hannibal, MO
>
>
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: "Susa Hazelwood" <[log in to unmask]>
>   To: <[log in to unmask]>
>   Sent: February 18 2003 9:36 PM
>   Subject: Re: potato tale - NO MORE!
>
>
>   > This is NOT appropriate content for MOBirds-L.
>   >
>   > REMINDER: The University of Missouri-Columbia
> (MU) Information and Access
>   > Technology Services group allows us to run our
> MOBirds list serve FREE OF
>   > CHARGE on their file server with the following
> restrictions (which also
>   > apply to ALL 1000+ lists run on their file
> server).
>   >
>   > MU prohibits use of resources:
>   > A. For any illegal activity, forgery,
> harassment, intimidation, willful
>   > misrepresentation, defamation or unauthorized
> copying of anything.
>   > B. For plagiarism, cheating or any other
> activities contrary to University
>   > of Missouri Rules and
>   > Regulations.
>   > C. For commercial profit not approved by
> Business Services.
>   > D. For wasteful activities, chain letters,
> unapproved mass e-mail.
>   > E. For unauthorized publication of obscene,
> pornographic or indecent
>   > materials.
>   > F. For activities that place people or equipment
> at needless physical risk
>   > (including exposed electrical connections,
> harmful radiation, or food or
>   > drink in a public computing site).
>   > G. For exploitation of a discussion,
> distribution list, or database
>   outside
>   > its chartered purpose, as defined and policed by
> its owner.
>   > (This text comes from paragraph 7 of the MU
> Information and Access
>   > Technology Services User Service Agreement.)
>   >
>   > As a group we haven't violated items A. through
> F. (thank you!) but this
>   > message comes VERY close to breaking rule G!!!
> The "chartered purpose"
>   > statement below is what we wrote to MU officials
> to justify the creation
>   of
>   > the MOBirds list serve.
>   >
>   > "Education and service are two of the three
> component parts of MU's
>   academic
>   > mission. MOBirds-L clearly addresses these two
> academic missions.
>   >
>   > MOBirds-L, the requested IATS listserve, has
> existed on a MU Health
>   Sciences
>   > Center file server. It already has over 350
> subscribers who come from all
>   > parts of Missouri and some neighboring states.
> The members of MOBirds-L
>   come
>   > from a wide variety of backgrounds. They use
> this listserve to share
>   > information, to ask and answer questions, and to
> gain increased knowledge
>   > about Missouri's wild birds. IATS' hosting of
> MOBirds-L will provide a
>   > service to those citizens interested in
> continuing to learn more about
>   wild
>   > birds and topics related to wild
>   > birds.
>   >
>   > MOBirds-L subscribers include grade school,
> junior high, high school and
>   > post secondary faculty from MU and other
> academic institutions, as well as
>   > students and adult learners. The degree of
> ability and interest of list
>   > participants is highly varied. Knowledgeable
> list members educate those
>   with
>   > less knowledge or those with less access to
> suitable resources.
>   Conservation
>   > issues related to wild birds in Missouri are
> discussed, but without
>   > political content. The discussions serve to
> broaden members understanding
>   of
>   > how the environment relates to wild birds. This
> is an educational forum
>   > where learning occurs.
>   >
>   > MOBirds-L meets the service and educational
> missions that are the focus of
>   > the land grant institution that is MU."
>   >
>   > I am now the list owner on record as responsible
> for keeping MOBirds-L's
>   > content within the guidelines set by MU. First
> Chris Snook, former list
>   > owner, and I have generally taken a liberal
> approach to the interpretation
>   > of the statement to MU IATS. The desire is to
> foster a more open list.
>   > However, some postings on the list are clearly
> off-topic. If off-topic
>   > postings continue I will be forced into moving
> the list to a fully
>   moderated
>   > one in which
>   > I have to OK EVERY message that gets posted - a
> lot of work and most
>   > messages would be severely delayed before being
> posted to the list. Or, I
>   > can simply prevent certain folks from being able
> to post to the list. I do
>   > NOT want to implement such restrictions. Please
> keep content to MOBirds-L
>   > appropriate as defined above.
>   >
>   > Susan Hazelwood
>   > Owner, MOBirds-L
>   > Columbia, MO
>   > [log in to unmask]
>   >
>   > ----- Original Message -----
>   > From: John L. Cowan <[log in to unmask]>
>   > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>   > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 2:21 PM
>   > Subject: potato tale
>   >
>   >
>   > Potato Tale
>   >
>   >
>   > You know that all potatoes have eyes. Well, Girl
> Potato and Boy
>   > Potato had eyes for each other, and finally they
> got married, and had a
>   > little sweet potato, whom they called 'Yam.'
>
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