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From: John Triana <jtriana at connix.com>
To: nhbirdclub at aol.com <nhbirdclub at aol.com>
Date: Friday, August 24, 2001 8:06 PM
Subject: The Big Sit! 2001


>Hello Sitters!
>
>It is time once again for The Big Sit!. This year?s TBS! will occur on
>October 14, 2001. This is our ninth year doing this event, and SWAROVSKI
>OPTIK will again co-sponsor the event by donating $500 to the team who gets
>the "Golden Bird". New this year will be the help of BirdWatcher?s Digest.
>BWD has offered to spread the word about TBS! through their magazine,
email,
>and pages on their website.
>
>Instead of detailing the rules in this email, I am respectfully asking you
>to check the NHBC?s website at http://members.aol.com/nhbirdclub. From
>there, follow the link to The Big Sit!. Here you will be able to find out
>all the information you need to know about TBS!. The only part of TBS!
that
>I want to stress here is the preferred method of reporting your results.
>Details are at the bottom of this email and on our website. Your
>cooperation is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions, please
>contact me at jtriana at connix.com.
>
>Using the internet greatly cuts down on postage and paper, which is
>appreciated by the New Haven Bird Club. We are trying to streamline the
>data entry and analysis. All participants are highly encouraged to submit
>their data through a spreadsheet or email (see full instructions below and
>on the website). Again, this greatly cuts down on the time and expense
>needed to make The Big Sit! happen. We hope you'll join us!
>
>Sit well,
>John Triana
>New Haven Bird Club
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>AFTER THE SIT:
>Please send the following info by November 1, 2001:
>(1) Names of participants (and team name if you've got one)
>(2) Contact person's name (Circle Captain)
>(3) Address
>(4) Phone number
>(5) The Big Sit! location (state, town, habitat)
>(6) Weather conditions
>(7) Time spent at location
>(8) Name of the organization who would receive $500 prize
>(9) Any notes or anecdotes
>(10) Optional - a photo or slide of your team at your Big Sit! location!!
>(11) Complete checklist of all the birds you saw
>
>This year we hope to streamline the compilation and report, but we need
your
>help.
>
>First, make sure the species names are the same as those used by the AOU
>checklist. The AOU checklist can be seen at their
>website -http://www.aou.org/aou/birdlist.html. Make sure that apostrophes,
>hyphens, and spellings are correct. Also, please list species in taxonomic
>order. The AOU checklist is a good reference for this as well.
>
>Second, the best way to send in the data is as a list in a spreadsheet. If
>you can?t put them into a spreadsheet the next best thing is to list them
>vertically in an email. If you don?t have email access, sending it ?the
old
>fashioned way?, via US mail, is still acceptable.
>
>By sending us your data in this manner, we will be able to reduce the time
>it takes to produce the report.
>
>Send the information to John Triana, 2 Coer Rd., Prospect, CT 06712, USA or
>e-mail your results to jtriana at connix.com.
>
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>T-SHIRTS
>A new t-shirt design is in the works. We will be selling t-shirts with the
>new and improved logo in advance of the event. The cost will be $15 + $2
>S/H. The deadline for ordering t-shirts is October 30. If you are
>interested in buying a t-shirt, contact John Triana (see contact
information
>above).
>
>Thanks,
>JT
>
>
>John Triana "Just take your shoes off
>jtriana at connix.com and get soulful, ya know?"
>http://www.connix.com/~jtriana - Otis Redding
>