[rec.birds] OUTDOOR: hotline e-mail lists, East, Central, West

cwilliamson@pimacc.pima.edu (10/17/90)

From: "Norman C. Saunders" <NYS@CU.NIH.GOV>
Subject: Change in List Status
To: new-list%ndsuvm1.BITNET@CU.NIH.GOV

                The National Birding Hotline Cooperative
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     We are  pleased to  announce  that  the  National  Birding  Hotline
Cooperative list on LISTSERV@ARIZVM1 has gone to a regional format.  The
three new  lists, which  replace the  former BIRD_RBA@ARIZVM1, provide a
clearing-house for transcribed birding hotlines for three major areas of
the country--East,  West, and  Central.   The new  lists  are  BIRDEAST,
BIRDCNTR, and BIRDWEST.

     Current subscribers  to BIRD_RBA  will be  automatically shifted to
all three  of the  new lists.   New subscribers must choose which of the
three  regional  lists  best  answers  their  needs.    Of  course,  new
subscribers may still subscribe to all three lists for full coverage.

     Subscribers are  invited to  submit transcripts  from their area of
the country  if it  is not  already represented.    A  current  list  of
hotlines available  from the  National Birding  Hotline Cooperative   is
appended.

     Contributions to the lists are always welcome and should be sent in
MAIL format  to BIRDEAST,  or BIRDWEST,  or BIRDCNTR,  all  at  ARIZVM1.
Please  note  that these are not intended to  be   general  chat  lists.
Contributions should  either be transcripts of birding hotlines or, if a
local hotline  recording is  not available to you, concise statements of
species seen  and the  location of the sighting, along with any relevant
information such as 'out of range,' 'out of normal time frame,' etc.  If
you are  confused about  which of  the three lists to send your material
to, contact  either of  the list  owners first.   Their  Bitnet/Internet
addresses are listed below.

     You may  subscribe to  The National  Birding Hotline Cooperative by
sending an  interactive SUBSCRIBE  command or  by including  a SUBSCRIBE
command as  the ONLY  line of  a MAIL  message to  LISTSERV@ARIZVM1,  as
follows:


     Interactive example from CMS:

          TELL LISTSERV AT ARIZVM1 SUB BIRDEAST <Your full name>
                              or       BIRDCNTR
                              or       BIRDWEST


     MAIL example:

          SUB BIRDEAST <Your full name>
          or  BIRDCNTR
          or  BIRDWEST


To  cancel   your   subscription,   issue   the   SIGNOFF   command   to
LISTSERV@ARIZVM1:

          SIGNOFF BIRDEAST
            or    BIRDCNTR
            or    BIRDWEST

     Do NOT  send  SIGNOFF  or  other  LISTSERV  commands  to  BIRDEAST,
BIRDCNTR, or BIRDWEST.

     If you are on the Internet network, subscription messages should be
sent to LISTSERV@ARIZVM1.BITNET and hotline transcripts should be mailed
to BIRDEAST@ARIZVM1.BITNET  (or CNTR  or WEST,  as the  case may be). In
some cases, Internet mailer programs will not know how to get to a local
Internet/Bitnet gateway.   If this appears to be a problem for you, send
subscription messages to:

          LISTSERV%ARIZVM1.BITNET@CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL.EDU

and hotline transcripts to:

          BIRDEAST%ARIZVM1.BITNET@CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL.EDU
      or  BIRDCNTR
      or  BIRDWEST



     The following  states are  currently represented  with  transcribed
hotlines on the three regional lists:


           BIRDEAST            BIRDCNTR            BIRDWEST
           ========            ========            ========
           Maine               Ohio                New Mexico
           New Jersey          Indiana             Arizona
           Pennsylvania        Michigan            California
           Delaware            Texas
           Maryland
           District of Columbia
           Virginia



     If you  have any  questions, problems, or suggestions please send a
note to us at one of the addresses listed below:
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Charles B. Williamson (Chuck)

Bitnet address   : CHUCKW@ARIZEVAX2
Internet address : CHUCKW%EVAX2@Arizona.edu
Snail mail       : 4425 E. Pima
                   Tucson, AZ 85712
Phones           : 602-323-2955 (voice)
Bulletin board   : 602-881-4280  So. Arizona Birding BBS
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Norman C. Saunders (Norm)

Bitnet address   : NYS@NIHCU
Internet address : NYS@CU.NIH.GOV
Snail mail       : 1261 Cavendish Drive
                   Colesville, MD  20905
Phones           : 202-272-5248 (o--Washington, DC)
                 : 301-989-9035 (h--Colesville, MD)
Bulletin board   : 301-989-9036  The Osprey's Nest Birders' BBS
                   (Colesville, MD -- PC Pursuitable)
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