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 ========================================== 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: ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) -------------------------------------------------------------------