We’re moving

Hi everyone As advised a couple of weeks ago, Birding-Aus is moving because Vicnet is being decommissioned in the new year. The new mailing list will operate more or less the same as the old one, but will be hosted on our own server. Existing subscribers *do not need to do anything* at this stage. I will let you all know when the old service closes and the new one starts. I will migrate email addresses *for all subscribers* from the old to the new list. If you would like to sign up for yourself, then please visit our website: http://birding-aus.org and click the SUBSCRIBE link in the side bar. You will need to have your subscription approved if you do it this way – just a security measure while I am setting everything up. One possible change we are considering is to allow images in posts. Some people have asked for this – and some have asked not to have it because of bandwidth concerns. A third option may be that we allow images to be posted to the Birding-Aus website – or to our Yahoo Group. This would facilitate greater discussion of ID issues, and so on. I’ve put a *poll* on the website . If you feel strongly about images in messages, please make sure you cast your vote! Whatever we decide for images, the intention is not to replicate any of the other fantastic bird image repositories (e.g. Birdforum, Facebook Birders, OzBirdPix, ABID, and so on) but to allow members *to post an image they would like to discuss* on our forum. So – please keep posting to birding-aus@vicnet.net.au for the next few days until I announce the move has been completed. After that, the address to put in your contacts list will be birding-aus@birding-aus.org Regards Russell Woodford Birding-Aus Owner