Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!boulder!sunybcs!dmark From: dmark@cs.buffalo.EDU (David Mark) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: rec.nature.birds? Message-ID: <7055@sunybcs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 6-Dec-87 20:39:17 EST Article-I.D.: sunybcs.7055 Posted: Sun Dec 6 20:39:17 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 11-Dec-87 20:44:43 EST References: <19021@bbn.COM> Sender: nobody@sunybcs.UUCP Reply-To: dmark@joey.UUCP (David Mark) Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Geography Lines: 21 In article <19021@bbn.COM> cosell@bbn.com.UUCP (Bernie Cosell) writes: > ... > >Considering the bent of many of us, and considering the *actual* stated >purpose of the group, I'd like to propose that we change the name of this >group to: > > rec.nature.birds > ... > >I'll be happy to collect votes if this seems to be a reasonable plan. > This seems reasonable to me. And I vote for the change. It removes the ambiguity that the parrot folk correctly point out is inherent in rec.birds; rec.nature.birds is *perfectly* consistent with the original purpose for which the group was established (and the reason I read it).