The discussion about the future of Tweeters comes at a good time for me,
because I'm on the point of un-subscribing, and the recent discussion of the
character of the list helps.

Am I an interested person? Sure I am. I have five active feeders at my house
and a three-foot shelf of bird books and two pairs of binoculars under the
window. Yesterday I was out on the Skagit flats looking at snow geese and
harrier hawks. So I'm surely one of the group. But this is not the only list
to which I subscribe. I'm on seven or eight lists. I get 200 messages a day,
and respond to some.

I have to say Tweeters is no more chatty than other lists, and, like most
lists, some of the chat is petty. Perhaps I would attempt to frame your
discussion in this way: In what are you most interested: information or
conservation? If the inherent inefficiency of conversation bothers you, and
you want more emphasis on information, head on out. Where, though?

The End: It is true that on most lists, like at most parties, a few
enthusiastic people talk a lot, and maybe they ramble. I think one could,
first, kick back and reflect on the imperfect nature of human discourse
(God, what about wives?) and then decide, maybe to leave and go to another
party. Me? I'm going. God bless you all.
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Ed Reading
ereading at oz.net
206-774-4977